SOC 215 Lecture 1: 8-25-16

• School: UIC
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 215
• Professor: L A U R I E S C H A F F N E R

Document Summary

Social structure: social structure is a term social scientists use to refer to a pattern of relationships among basic components in a social system. Social justice perspective: a social justice paradigm enables us to critically assess the entire array of practices that contribute to a particular social problem. It argues for structural not individualistic solutions. G. stanley hall (1844-1924: psychologist, credited with discovery of adolescence. Key arguments: age stages of growth, distinction between normal and deviant , discourses around rebelliousness . Youth serves as a metaphor for key indicators of the state of a nation for shifts in cultural values over sexuality, morals, and family. Cultural anxieties over national morality congeal around gender stereotypes, racial myths, and sexual oppression and often focus on young people"s behaviors. We must remember to think of u. s. youth as living in a very high-risk environment without the skills, power, or protection that adults have.