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Soc 201Contemporary Social
Problems M/W 6:10 to 8:00 PM
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Culture◦ ◦
Values◦
Culture as a product of action, or as an element of further action
A brief review of Soc 101
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Institution◦An accepted and persistent constellation
of statuses, roles, values, and norms that respond to important social needs
A brief review of Soc 101
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Institution◦
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A brief review of Soc 101
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Social Structure◦ ◦
Statuses – your position in the social structure
Roles – the sum total of expectations about the behavior attached to a particular social status
A brief review of Soc 101
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Socialization◦
Nature vs. Nurture
A brief review of Soc 101
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How socialization works◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦
A brief review of Soc 101
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Deviance and Social Control◦ ◦ ◦
A brief review of Soc 101
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Deviance and Social Control◦Why deviance is good for society
A brief review of Soc 101
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Functionalist Perspective◦ ◦ ◦ ◦
Various Perspectives
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Conflict Perspective◦ ◦
Various Perspectives
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Feminist perspective◦ ◦
Various Perspectives
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Interactionist perspective◦ ◦
Various Perspectives
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Interactionist perspective◦Highlights “what we take for granted: the expectations, rules, and norms that we learn and practice without even noticing” (Leon-Guerrero 2011)
◦Social problems are created and defined by social interaction
Various Perspectives
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“personal” problems vs. “social problems”
The Sociological Imagination Biological and Psychological influences
“Objective reality” “Subjective reality”
◦The Social Construction of Society
Sociology and Social Problems
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The role of “meaning”The role of “language”The role of “social learning”
How social “things” are socially constructed
Social Constructionism
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Who defines something as a social problem?◦ ◦
What do they (try to) do about it?How does it “spread?”How does it impact those affected?
The Social Problems Process
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Transformation process
Legitimization process◦
Stages of a Social Problem
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Conflict stage◦
Outside the system, or change the system?
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Stages of a Social Problem
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“…all human knowledge is socially constructed through our language, which means that all social problems are socially constructed.” (Best 2008:16)
A Key Assumption for this course
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Making arguments Issues and ConclusionsReasons and EvidenceStated and Unstated Assumptions
Fallacies of logic
Critical Thinking!
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What is a “value?”Values as goals to achieveValue hierarchy
◦ Overt, or hiddenValue congruence and conflict Importance of in critical thinking and reading
the importance of VALUES