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SOCI 1306: Social Problems

Examining social problems from a sociological perspective will enable you to recognize and help address harmful social issues in ways that can make your community and the world around you a better place for everyone. Social problems are social conditions perceived to be problematic by groups of people: Members of society determine what social problems are as they continually construct and reconstruct society, every day.

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Tác giả: John Glass
Nhà xuất bản: Collin College
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01: Introduction to Social Problems
1.01: The Sociological Imagination
1.02: History and Biography
1.03: Understanding Social Problems
1.3.01: What Is a Social Problem
1.3.02: Sociological Perspectives on Social Problems
1.3.03: Continuity and Change in Social Problems
1.3.04: Doing Research on Social Problems
1.3.05: End-of-Chapter Material
02: EXAMPLE
2.01: Alcohol and Other Drugs
2.1.01: Drug Use in History
2.1.02: Drugs and Drug Use Today
2.1.03: Social Patterning of Drug Use
2.1.04: Explaining Drug Use
2.1.05: Drug Policy and the War on Illegal Drugs
2.1.06: Addressing the Drug Problem and Reducing Drug Use
2.1.07: End-of-Chapter Material
2.1.08: Case Study- Betty
03: Research
3.01: Science and Scientific Research
3.1.01: Science
3.1.02: Scientific Knowledge
3.1.03: Scientific Research
3.1.04: Scientific Method
3.1.05: Types of Scientific Research
3.1.06: History of Scientific Thought
04: Culture
4.01: What is Culture
4.1.01: What is Culture
4.1.02: The Capacity for Culture
4.1.03: Culture As An Adaptive Mechanism
4.1.04: Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism
4.1.05: Patterns of Culture
4.1.06: Levels of Culture
4.1.07: Culture Change
4.1.08: End of Chapter Discussion
4.02: Social Production of Culture
4.03: Culture and Meaning
4.3.01: Link Between Culture and Society
4.3.02: Defining Culture
4.3.03: Cultural Sociology
4.3.04: Theoretical Perspectives on Culture
4.3.S: Culture and Meaning (Summary)
4.04: Collective Culture
4.05: Improving Intercultural Communication Skills
4.06: Culture and Communication
4.07: Cross-Cultural Communication
4.08: Foundations of Culture and Identity
4.09: Cultural Power
4.9.01: Cultural Hierarchies
4.9.02: Social and Cultural Capital
4.9.03: Cultural Hegemoney
4.9.04: Prejudice and Discrimination
4.9.S: Cultural Power (Summary)
05: Groups
5.01: Types of Groups
5.02: The Psychology of Groups
5.03: Group Dynamics
5.3A: Effects of Group Size on Stability and Intimacy
5.3B: Effects of Group Size on Attitude and Behavior
5.3C: The Asch Experiment- The Power of Peer Pressure
5.3D: The Milgram Experiment- The Power of Authority
5.3E: Groupthink
5.04: Group Size and Structure
5.05: Group Dynamics and Behavior
5.06: Formal Organizations
5.07: Groups Organizations and Social Change
5.08: Social Categorization and Stereotyping
5.09: Ingroup Favoritism and Prejudice
5.10: Social Comparison
06: Media and Culture
6.01: The Lost Cell Phone
6.02: Intersection of American Media and Culture
6.03: How Did We Get Here The Evolution of Culture
6.04: How Did We Get Here The Evolution of Media
6.05: Media Mix - Convergence
6.06: Cultural Values Shape Media Media Shape Cultural Values
6.07: Framing
6.08: Mass Media and Popular Culture
6.09: Media Literacy
6.10: Discourse Institutions and Power
6.11: Institutions
6.12: Discourse and Institutions
6.13: Agenda Setting
07: Media Effects
7.01: Mass Media and Its Messages
7.02: Media Effects Theories
7.03: Methods of Researching Media Effects
7.04: Media Studies Controversies
7.05: Media Literacy and Media Studies Research
7.06: Advertising Public Relations and Propaganda
08: Persuasion Influence and Conformity
8.01: Attitudes Behavior and Persuasion
8.1.01: Social Cognitions
8.1.02: Schema
8.1.03: Attributions
8.1.04: Categories and Concepts
8.1.05: Exploring Attitudes
8.1.06: Changing Attitudes Through Persuasion
8.1.07: Changing Attitudes by Changing Behavior
8.1.08: Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Attitudes Behavior and Persuasion
8.1.09: Chapter Summary
8.02: Influencing and Conforming
8.2.01: The Many Varieties of Conformity
8.2.02: Obedience Power and Leadership
8.2.03: Person Gender and Cultural Differences in Conformity
8.2.04: Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Conformity
8.2.05: Chapter Summary
8.03: Conformity and Obedience
8.04: Persuasion- So Easily Fooled
09: Stratification Inequality and Social Class in the U.S.
9.01: Social Class
9.1.01: Social Class
9.1A: Social Class
9.1B: Property
9.1C: Power
9.1D: Prestige
9.1E: Status Inconsistency
9.02: Social Class in the U.S.
9.2A: Social Class in the U.S.
9.2B: Income
9.2C: Wealth
9.2D: Education
9.2E: Occupation
9.03: The Class Structure in the U.S.
9.3A: Class Structure in the U.S.
9.3B: The Upper Class
9.3C: The Upper Middle Class
9.3D: The Lower Middle Class
9.3E: The Working Class
9.3F: The Lower Class
9.3G: Income Distribution
9.04: Social Mobility
9.4A: Social Mobility
9.4B: Growing Gap Between Rich and Poor
9.4C: Open vs. Closed Stratification Systems
9.4D: Types of Social Mobility
9.4E: Social Mobility in the U.S.
9.05: The Impacts of Social Class
9.5A: Consequences of Social Class
9.5B: Physical Health
9.5C: Mental Health
9.5D: Family Life
9.5E: Education
9.5F: Religion
9.5G: Politics
9.5H: Crime and Criminal Justice
9.06: Poverty
9.6A: Poverty
9.6B: Measuring Poverty
9.6C: Explaining Poverty- The Sociological Debate
9.6D: Social Exclusion
9.6E: The Dynamics of Poverty
9.6F: The Feminization of Poverty
9.6G: Government Assistance Programs
9.07: Digital Suppression of Social Movements (in the US)
9.7.01: Mechanisms of Social Movement Suppression
9.7.02: Digital Threats to Social Movements
9.08: Dominant and Minority Groups
9.8.01: Dominant and Minority Groups
9.8.02: Minorites by Group
9.8.03: Course Objectives for Part I
9.8.04: Study Guide for Part I
9.8.05: Key Terms and Concepts for Part I
9.8.06: Lecture Outline for Part I
9.8.07: Assignments for Part I
9.8.08: Reading List for Part I
9.09: Defending against Surveillance and Suppression
10: Your Social Problem
10.01: Select a social problem
10.1.01: Interventions and Problem Solving
10.1.02: Problem Solving Approaches and Interventions
10.1.03: Commonalities of Approaches
10.1.04: References Key Terms and Concepts
10.02: Conduct research on your problem
10.2.01: The Scientific Method in Practice
10.2.02: Data Collection and Analysis
10.2.03: Sociological Application - Using Research to Assess and Solve Problems
10.2.04: Reading Reports of Sociological Research
10.2.05: Being a Responsible Consumer of Research
10.2.06: Media Reports of Sociological Research
10.2.07: Its Everywhere
10.2.08: Doing Research for a Cause
10.2.09: Appendix - Research Portfolio
10.2.9.01: Instructions for completing the Research Portfolio assignment
10.03: Identify main contributors
10.04: Develop an intervention
10.4.01: Basic Public and Applied Sociology
10.4.02: Public Sociology
10.4.03: Levels of Analysis
10.4.04: Theoretical Approaches
10.4.05: Using a Sociological Perspective
10.4.06: References Key Terms and Concepts
10.4.07: Skills and Competencies in Sociological Practice
10.4.7.01: Practice Competencies
10.4.08: Community Interventions
10.4.09: Tools for Action
10.4.9.01: Public Policy
10.4.9.02: Community Organizing Partnerships and Coalitions
10.4.9.03: Behavioral Community Approaches
10.05: Framing
10.5.01: Framing solutions
10.5.1.01: Compulsive innovation
10.5.1.02: Blind spots as opportunities
10.5.1.03: Transcending reductionism re-purposing the Internet
10.5.1.04: Productive innovation