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SOC 100 Wk 1 Discussion – Perspectives of Sociology

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to other students.

Due Thursday

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

While all of us live in society, we rarely stop to consider the specifics of how various aspects of society affect us. This week, you are asked to think about how sociology is different from other social sciences, and what theories exist within sociology to explain how people behave within society. Take a moment to think about the culture and society in which you live, and refresh your understanding of the 3 sociological theories discussed in the reading.

What do you see as the differences between ‘culture’ and ‘society’? Provide an example of a ‘culture’ and an example of a related ‘society’. Share a specific example of what might be studied by each of the following sociological theories.

• Conflict theory
• Structural functionalism
• Symbolic interactionism
• Due Monday

Reply to at least 2 of your classmates. Be constructive and professional in your responses.

SOC 100 Wk 2 Discussion – The Self, Socialization, and Social Structure

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to other students.

Due Thursday

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

This week’s activities focus on the process that humans undergo to ‘become’ social beings. The discipline of sociology looks at the ‘self’ from the perspective of socialization differently than the discipline of psychology would. Take a moment to review the sociological theories of self-development.

Which of the sociological theories of self-development do you find most convincing? In your own words, according to this theory, what is the ‘self’ and how does it form? Why do you think socialization of individuals is so important to society?

Due Monday

Reply to at least 2 of your classmates. Be constructive and professional in your responses.

SOC 100 Wk 3 Discussion – Social Groups

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to other students.

Due Thursday

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

Last week, you reviewed some of the ideas about how individuals arrive at their concept of ‘self’. This week, you move on to explore the various kinds of groups to which individuals belong, and you look the various types of groups and some of the common and significant social groups. Groups can be divided into primary groups and secondary groups. Groups can further be identified as in-groups and out-groups. Consider the groups to which you feel you belong.

Provide an example of a primary and a secondary group to which you belong. How has technology affected the primary and secondary groups to which you belong? Also consider the concept of in-groups and out-groups. Provide an example of where people may have been excluded or rejected based on this kind of group dynamic.

Due Monday

Reply to at least 2 of your classmates. Be constructive and professional in your responses.

SOC 100 Wk 4 Discussion – Social Deviance and Control

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to other students.

Due Thursday

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

In the past few weeks of sociological study, you have explored views of individual development and group dynamics. This week you will study societal dynamics, which includes social control and social inequality.

According to the reading, social deviance can be perceived as positive or negative, depending on the context.

Provide an original example of social deviance (not one from the book) that might be considered ‘negative.’ Provide another that might be considered ‘positive.’ Explain why each example might be perceived as ‘negative’ or ‘positive’. How might the concept of social control contribute to the negative or positive perception?

Due Monday

Reply to at least 2 of your classmates. Be constructive and professional in your responses.

SOC 100 Wk 5 Discussion – Social Change

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to other students.

Due Thursday

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

In this final week of class, you have the opportunity to reflect on the material from the past 4 weeks. Sociology explores the relationships of people to one another, of individuals in groups, of groups within society, and the effect of the environment on all of them. Because the components of society are complex, social change is continuous. This week’s activities focused on causes of social change and the various types of social movements.

Identify one major social change you have observed during the last 10 years. Share your selected social change with your classmates. Which of the following forces contributed to that social change, and how: technology, social institutions, population, environment? Were there any social movements that related to this social change? What effect did the movement have on the change?

Due Monday

Reply to at least 2 of your classmates. Be constructive and professional in your responses.