SOC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Anal Sex, Structural Equation Modeling, Erving Goffman

• School: University of Alabama
• Department: SOC
• Course: SOC 101
• Professor: Chenoia Bryant

Document Summary

Q: the admissions process at major american universities has: Scientific study of the connection between the individual and social structure. Examines the underlying patterns in human behavior and our relationships with one another. Sociological imagination looking beyond the individual and realizing there are forces other than the individual themself acting upon them. Socialization process through which people develop an awareness of social norms and values and achieve a distinct sense of self: explains social order, norms reflect divisions of power and class. People will never move away from their original socialization experience (what is conditioned into them) Outliers people who are unaffected by the social order. Things that go against social norms typically bother the people who have been socialized to believe them. Agency & structure concepts that suggest to what extent an individual"s life is determined by social forces: sociological explanations are problematic, individuals have the capacity to deviate from patterns, to go against the odds.