Introduction to Sociology - Fall 2020
Syllabus | Schedule | Online Media | Notes | OPRs | Grades
Week 5. Social Structures & Theories
Sept 21: Read Textbook, Sections 4.0, 4.1
Sept 22: Read Textbook, Section 4.2
Sept 23: Read Textbook, Section 4.3
Take Chapter Quiz between Tues 9am & Thurs 9pm
Online Media #4 due Fri by 5pm
Contribute to the Discussion Board by Sunday
YOUR TEXTBOOK
Textbook Formats:
1http://cnx.org/content/col11407/latest/
Download the PDF version (free)
3) orPurchase a print copy on Amazon.com (~$25)
Sociology Quote of the Week
"Knowledge is shaped by the social world." - Karl Mannheim
Online Media 4
Social Interaction and Performance
Watch this Crash Course in Sociology video on Social Interaction and Performance (YouTube, 2017, 11:38) and answer the following questions below.
1. How are social interaction and social structure defined?
2. What is social status? Include the difference between ascribed and achieved status. Give three examples from your life.
3. What is a social role and how does it differ from a status?
4. What is the "Thomas Theorem?"
5. What is "impression management" and what are "sign vehicles"?
6. What's the difference between "front stage" and "back stage" performances?
Due on or before Friday, Sept 25 at 5pm. Late online media assignments are not acceptable.
DO NOT send as attachment. E-mail your completed answers to: reymers@morrisville.edu,
with
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Online Media SOCI4:
Crash Course in Sociology video on Social Interaction and Performance (YouTube, 2017, 11:38)
Read "The Culture of Fear" by Frank Furedi (Spiked, 2007) and watch the Interview with the author of the book The Culture of Fear, Barry Glassner (YouTube, 9 min)
Questions
Online Media SOCI2:
Watch this video about "The Fine Art
of Baloney Detection" (by Carl Sagan)
Questions
Online Media SOCI1:
Watch this video about
the "sociological imagination" and read these excerpts from C. Wright Mills'.
Questions
More info on the online media assignments:
Each week, except exam weeks (see the course schedule) you will be reponsible for completing and submitting by email a weekly online activity. This may entail doing a reading or watching a video made available online, or performing some other kind of activity. Instructions will be posted weekly right here on the webpage by Monday and will be due (by email) on Friday at 5pm of each week. You should e-mail your completed assignment to reymers@morrisville.edu, with the subject heading of "SOCI#" (with "#" being the number of that week's online activity, as noted above).
Recommended Reading:
Careers in Sociology