Lectures on Sociology

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Lectures on Sociology for nonsociologist.

Quite generally reviewed all the major issues of general sociology.

In the "additional information" see the table of contents.


Format: MS Word 2000

Volume: 36 p. (12 pt. Times New Roman)
Table of contents

Sociology as a science

Functions of sociological knowledge

Functions of sociology

General characteristics of the subject area Sociology.

The specificity of sociological explanation.

The system of sociological knowledge.

Social action and social interaction

Signs of social action

Social action.

The theories of social interaction

The concept of social exchange

The concept of symbolic interactionism

The concept of management experiences

Culture

1. Basic. theoretical approaches in the study of culture.

1. functionalism

2. Symbolism

3. Adaptive-active approach

2. Elements of culture. Language, values, norms.

1. Language

2. Values

3. Standards

3. Functions of culture

4. The cultural universals and diversity of cultural forms

5. The processes of change in the culture

Social communication

1. Basic definitions and models of communication

2. Types of Social Communication

3. Public opinion and social attitudes as a result of mass communication.

Social stereotype

Public opinion

Information barriers

4. Hearings as an example of informal communication

Small social group

1. Characteristics of the small group

2. Types and functions of small groups

3. Group dynamics

4. The study of small groups

Experiment 1

2. The method of sociometry (J. Moreno)

Social structure

1. Social community

2. Social mobility

Social institutions in the social structure. Institution of the family.

1. The concept of institution and institutionalization

2. Signs of social institutions.

3. The functions of social institutions.

4. Types of family structures.

5. Transformation of social institutions. Alternative family structures and ideologies.

6. Social control

Analysis of the documents in sociology

Social organization

1. The organization as a social system

2. Social property organizations. Their symptoms.

The survey - as a method of research in sociology

The individual and society

1. The status-role concept of personality

2. Socialization

Social conflict

The method of observation in sociology

Exam questions for the course "Sociology"