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Unit 4: Sociology

Unit 4: Sociology. The study of social groups. What Will We Be Discussing?. Key terms used in sociology How sociological research is conducted Schools of thought in sociology How socialization works Identity and social roles Social groups and group dynamics Conformity and deviance

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Unit 4: Sociology

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  1. Unit 4: Sociology The study of social groups

  2. What Will We Be Discussing? • Key terms used in sociology • How sociological research is conducted • Schools of thought in sociology • How socialization works • Identity and social roles • Social groups and group dynamics • Conformity and deviance • Sociology in a digital age • Cultural norms • Subculture and counterculture • Social stratification and social inequality

  3. Culminating Assignment: Checkpoint 1: Research topic chosenBackground research conducted • A social experiment and report • Experiment: • Background research conducted • Designed to research a question of social behaviour • A survey or a series of experiments • Report: • 8-10 pages in length • 1 title page • 6-8 body pages • 1-2 reference pages • Well researched • Reporting on the findings of your experiment • Results of your experiment analyzed Checkpoint 2: Experiment / survey design completed References written Checkpoint 3: Experiment / survey completed 2 pages of report completed

  4. Today:An Introduction to Sociology “Sociology is the scientific study of social behavior or society, including its origins, development, organization, networks, and institutions.”

  5. Learning Goals: • Define sociology • Explain how sociological research is conducted • Define and properly use key terms related to sociology

  6. Vocabulary Check: 6 Minutes 1 Minute 2 Minutes 3 Minutes 4 Minutes 5 Minutes 15 Minutes 7 Minutes 8 Minutes 9 Minutes 10 Minutes 11 Minutes 12 Minutes 13 Minutes 14 Minutes • Anticipatory Socialization • Empirical • Functional Differentiation • Macrosociology • Microsociology • Norm • Positivism • Socialization • Primary Socialization • Secondary Socialization • Role • Survey • Values • Acting Crowd • Casual Crowd • Conventional Crowd • Expressive Crowd • Altruism • Census • Classism • Conformity • Dehumanize • Differential Association • Dyad • Groupthink • Informal Group • Mass Hysteria • Prosocial Behaviour • Sanction • Secondary Group • Smart Mob • Social Identity • Virtual Community • Achieved Status • Alienation • Anomie • Counterculture • Cult • Cultural Universals • Deviance • Social Cohesion • Social Fragmentation • Social Institution • Social Mobility • Social Stratification

  7. Vocabulary Check: • Learning to plan on how to behave in new situations • Something that is based on facts, statistics, or data • Differences that exist to help a complex environment work • Analyzing social systems on a large scale • Analyzing social groups or individuals • Common, or most frequently occurring behaviour (expected) • Using the scientific method to get quantifiable data about a society • Learning the appropriate and expected behaviours of a society • Learning the basic skills needed to survive in a society • Learning how to behave appropriately in group situations • The set of expected behaviours of a specific social position • A set of questions designed to study a sample of a population • Shared ideas and standards that are considered acceptable • Anticipatory Socialization • Empirical • Functional Differentiation • Macrosociology • Microsociology • Norm • Positivism • Socialization • Primary Socialization • Secondary Socialization • Role • Survey • Values

  8. Vocabulary Check: • A group of people who are acting (behaving) with a single purpose or goal • A group of people in the same place who do not have a common goal or purpose • A group of people who have gathered for a clear purpose and who behave according to expectations • A group of people who are all displaying emotion or excitement • The principle of being unselfish and acting solely for the benefit of others • Counting an entire population and gathering information about it, such as age, sex, employment, etc. • Discrimination based on social or socio-economic class • The process of changing thoughts/behaviours to match with those of the group or expectations of authority • To deprive people of their human qualities or to view people as less than human • Theory of people learning criminal values, attitudes, techniques, and motives from interacting with others • A group of two • When groups end up thinking the same thing because of the pressure to conform to the group itself • A gathering of people that is not governed by explicit rules • Widespread irrational reaction to a perceived danger • A type of altruism where groups seek to benefit others without benefiting themselves • An informal social penalty or reward to make sure that people conform to the rules of the group • A group where member’s roles are measured by their contributions to a common goal or purpose • A large group that uses electronic media to aid in the coordination of their organization and actions • The way an individual defines themselves to the world • A group of individuals who communicate online (exclusively) • Acting Crowd • Casual Crowd • Conventional Crowd • Expressive Crowd • Altruism • Census • Classism • Conformity • Dehumanize • Differential Association • Dyad • Groupthink • Informal Group • Mass Hysteria • Prosocial Behaviour • Sanction • Secondary Group • Smart Mob • Social Identity • Virtual Community

  9. Vocabulary Check: • A position that is held based on accomplishment of a task or role • A feeling of separation or isolation • A state of normlessness • A culture that rejects socially popular values and norms • An extreme religious group that opposes the norms of mainstream culture • Beliefs that are common across all cultures • Violating society’s norms and accepted standards • A bond or sense of unity shared by members of a society • A society which has many minority groups, not integrated into the whole • An organization whose function is to meet the basic needs of a society • The process of changing one’s status within a community • Social concepts of desirable and undesirable goods, occupations, etc. • Achieved Status • Alienation • Anomie • Counterculture • Cult • Cultural Universals • Deviance • Social Cohesion • Social Fragmentation • Social Institution • Social Mobility • Social Stratification

  10. Research and Experimentation: • Research and conducting experiments are important parts of any academic field and the social sciences are no different • Research involves: • Reading the work of others to learn from what they have done • Reading about the experiments of others to understand how things work • Reporting the findings of what you have researched, so that others can learn from what you have done • Experimentation involves: • Carefully understanding the problem or question and designing an experiment to test it’s relationship to other things • Carefully planning when, where, and how to do the experiment • Analyzing and interpreting the results, to identify both what they say and what they mean • Reporting the findings of an experiment, so that others can learn from what you have done

  11. Learning Goals: • Define sociology • Explain how sociological research is conducted • Define and properly use key terms related to sociology

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