Biased Judgments• How do your examples relate?• How are they different?

• Talk to a few people around you…what do we look at to judge others?

• How often do you think our biased judgments are wrong?

Journal #1 PART 2

• Thinking about yesterday….Explain how you made a biased judgment about someone else because of their age, skin color, clothes they were wearing, gender, the way they speak, where they live, how much money their family has, or some other reason? Explain why you made that judgment…

Intro to Sociology

Definition- the study of human

social behavior

• A social science*

Background• Relatively new science

• Started in late 19th century Europe

• Father of SOC= Auguste Comte

• SOC in the U.S.= 1892 at the University of Chicago

• Someone who can’t find a job is _____________.

• Homelessness is the result of ____________.

• Immigrants came here because of ______________.

Homelessness is the result of ______________.

•Sociological perspective- never on the individual!

•Concerned with societal causes

Sociological Imagination

• helps us understand events in our daily lives

• Relationship between personal lives and events in society

• i.e. family sizesocial pressure

Review new information

• Read pg. 11-13 and answer the following questions:– pg. 12 #1– pg. 13 #3, 4

• Write your answers in the journal portion of your notebook!!

Journal Reflection #3- Two Objects

• Please look at the two items on the desk. Decide which has the most personal meaning to you and write 3 sentences describing the item and what it means to you.– Who sells the object? Who buys the

object?– Does everyone use it?– Are there other uses for the object?

• Besides your personal meaning, objects hold a wider social and economic significance. Other lives are connected to it and our sociological imagination helps us see the larger picture.

Theoretical Perspectives of SOC

1) Functionalism

• Looks at the functions of each part of society

– Family

– Religion

2) Conflict Perspective

• Emphasis on conflict, competition, change, and struggles

3) Symbolic Interactionism

• More focus on how people interact

• As humans, we learn to react to “symbols” from others

• We learn the meaning of symbols and then base our behavior

*pg. 31 question #2

SOC Theories and Tattoos• Answer the following questions on a

separate sheet of paper as you watch the video (each answer should be at least 2 sentences)

• 1. What is the function of the tattoos?

• 2. How could the tattoos create conflict?

• 3. Describe a specific symbol in the video. How do people interact because of that symbol?

• 4. Overall reaction?

Research MethodsAs of 2010, ________ percent of

Americans (over 25 years old) have a college degree.

1. Survey

– Close ended vs open ended– Need to use a representative

sample (random)– i.e. the Census

2. Secondary Analysis– Also known as precollected data

3. case study- investigate a single group, incident, or community

4. participant observation– researcher becomes a member

of the groupi.e. Black Like Me*chart on page 45

WWYD- Teen Couple Fights

• 1) Group behavior vs. individual behavior- is it different? Why or why not?

• 2) What category of people are more likely to step in with the situation? Males, females, teens, older people, etc…? WHY?

• 3) Use your sociological imagination: what various perspectives might people have about fighting or abuse?

• http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/stereotypes/

• Qualitative vs Quantitative on page 38-39