SOC101: Genes and the Environment

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Course Introduction

Course Syllabus

Unit 1: What is Sociology?

1.1: Introduction to Sociology

Introduction to Sociology

Sociology

What Is Sociology?

Sociological Imagination

The Wisdom of Sociology

Using Your Sociological Imagination

1.2: History of Sociology

History of Sociology

Auguste Compte

Karl Marx

Herbert Spencer

Georg Simmel

Émile Durkheim

Max Weber

Harriet Martineau

W.E.B. Du Bois

George Herbert Mead

1.3: Social Constructions of Reality

Social Constructions of Reality

1.4: Three Theoretical Perspectives in Sociology

Theoretical Perspectives on Society

Four Critical Perspectives

Functionalism

Conflict Theory

Alienation

Symbolic Interactionism

1.5: Types of Societies

Types of Societies

Unit 1 Assessment

Unit 1 Assessment

Unit 2: Sociological Research

2.1: Approaches to Sociological Research

Approaches to Sociological Research

Scientific Method

2.2: Research Methods

Research Methods

2.3: Ethical Concerns

Ethical Concerns

Why Is Ethics in Research Important?

Unit 2 Assessment

Unit 2 Assessment

Unit 3: Culture

3.1: What Is Culture?

What Is Culture?

Society and Culture

3.2: Elements of Culture

Elements of Culture

3.3: Cultures and Cultural Change

High, Low, Pop, Sub, and Counter-Culture

What Is Popular Culture?

3.4: Theoretical Perspectives on Culture

Theoretical Perspectives on Culture

Unit 3 Assessment

Unit 3 Assessment

Unit 4: Socialization, Groups, and Social Control

4.1: Theories of Self-Development

Theories of Self-Development

4.2: Why Socialization Matters

Why Socialization Matters

Genes and the Environment

4.3: Agents of Socialization

Agents of Socialization

More on Agents of Socialization

Socialization throughout Life

4.4: Types of Groups

Types of Groups

4.5: Group Size

Group Size and Structure

The Stanford Prison Experiment

The Psychology of War and Peace

4.6: Formal Organizations

Formal Organizations

McDonaldization

4.7: Social Deviance and Social Control

Deviance and Control

Theoretical Perspectives on Deviance and Crime