Hello Class,
Below you'll find the lecture summary for Chapter 1, Week 1's lecture. Please use this to complete the homework assignment.
Ms. Collins
Welcome to Sociology
Sociology in the new age
› Is the study of you!
› It examines how your behavior and beliefs are influences by “groups, organizations, cultures, society and the world around you” (Ritzer, 2013).
› Not only does sociology study how people have an impact on your behavior, but it examines how you have the power to some degree to change large-scale structures and process (Ritzer, 2013).
› Small changes in one part of society can have far reaching impacts all over the world (Ritser, 2013).
Sociology in the Twenty-First Century
› Sociology has some interest in long term effects because its historical roots, but sociology deals with contemporary social phenomenon (Ritzer, 2013).
› These included the following:
› Globalization
› Consumption
› The digital world
Social changes and Sociology
› As society change so does sociology as sociology is the study of society, however, there’s some aspect of sociology that still hold on to it’s traditional roots.
Sociological imagination
› To truly understand and study the social world, sociologist utilizes the sociological imagination.
› One way to study the social world is to become an outsider-that’s to imagine yourself as those who you study.
› C. Wright Mills (1916-1962) wrote a detail book on the sociological imagination which gave sociologists the tools to conduct research and make observation.
› The sociological imagination takes on a holistic approach when analyzing social issues or individuals in society.
› Looking at some history or biography to better understand their actions and beliefs.
Macro-Micro Sociology
› Macro-sociology examines large scale “social phenomena such as groups, organizations, cultures, society and the world as well as the relationship between them” (Ritzer, 2013)
› For example sociologists might look at the relationship between groups and culture, and how culture has an impact on group behavior.
› Micro- sociology examines small scale “social phenomena such as individuals and their thoughts and actions” (Ritzer, 2013).
› For example, sociologists who examine micro sociology might look at why individual some individuals are more likely to commit crime or they might look at why people get married.
› Micro- sociology examines small scale “social phenomena such as individuals and their thoughts and actions” (Ritzer, 2013).
› For example, sociologists who examine micro sociology might look at why individual some individuals are more likely to commit crime or they might look at why people get married.
The Agency-Structure Relationship
› Sociologist look at the relationship between micro sociology and macro sociology
› Traditionally sociologists have examine the relationship that social structures, groups, organizations and culture have on the individual’s behavior and actions in society
› However, today sociologists analyze both how social structures impact individuals in society and how individuals have an impact on social structures.
› Lastly, we have the ability to create social structures, but often times we are controlled by them.
› We also have the ability to change these social structures and over throw them.
Social construction of reality and Social structures and process
› Social construction is the idea that you create social realities that as a result have an impact on social institutions examples of these are:
› Race and ethnicity
› Gender
› Sexual orientations.
Sociology’s purpose: Social reform or Science
› Public Sociology- is the scientific aspect of sociology which includes sociological research.
› Applied Sociology- is the intervention aspect of sociology and focuses on how to improve society by utilizing research
› Which one should be applied to the field of sociology?
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