Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Sociology Notes for January 5th, 2010


Sociology is a scientific study of patterns and processes of human social relationship. In order for something to be scientific the researcher must be systematic and show the steps they made. The patterns that sociologists are interested in come from how people.

Groups and Social Networks
Social networks: patterns of social relationships between social units.
Solidarity: density and emotional intensity of attachment in a group.
Conflict: unfriendly interaction between groups.

Primary Groups: Groups that you are born into, example: family.
Secondary Groups: Groups that individuals choose to join, example: sports team.

This is an image of the scientific process. A researcher must go through this process for any given study that they wish to conduct. Repeating this process over and over again is what makes it scientific.

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9 comments:

  1. Howard T. WelserJanuary 5, 2010 at 2:40 PM

    Where is teh content?

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  2. Greg SchindlerJanuary 5, 2010 at 10:16 PM

    To suggest a clip of the day should we just copy and paste the URL?

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  3. UnknownJanuary 5, 2010 at 10:28 PM

    When are our projects due?

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  4. ChristinaJanuary 5, 2010 at 11:18 PM

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk4AEoARazg

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  5. Lauren AndersonJanuary 6, 2010 at 12:19 AM

    Hey everyone, please post your recommendations for clip of the day on the previous blog. It's okay that you leave this clip on here Christina, but no one else should put their clip in this blog entry.
    Greg - Yes just copy and past the URL into the comment box; however, like I just mentioned post your idea for the clip of the day on the blog titled Thursday's Clip of the Day.
    Lauren - Please refer to the syllabus It does not explicitly state what day it is due; however you can see in week 9 there is still a project work day and also the first screening day. Next week is when everyone will begin to decide the groups for the project.
    Ted - Sorry about not having content originally posted. Like I said the picture caused some technical difficulties, requiring me to remove everything.

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  6. MyriahJanuary 6, 2010 at 10:35 PM

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BKDFsVGN9g

    Hey everyone, so this video is kind of similar to some of the other stuff we have watched but i really like it.

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  7. Daniel AhrensJanuary 7, 2010 at 10:16 AM

    What exactly are we supposed to do on these Blogs? Are we supposed to create our own? Just comment on things? How are we graded on this?....

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  8. RtimblinJanuary 7, 2010 at 1:02 PM

    I am still confused about the blogs too, i have never done it before so if someone could explain what we are supposed to comment on that would help greatly.

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  9. Adam C.March 4, 2010 at 8:59 PM

    Would slaves be considered primary or secondary?

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