1. What is Sociology?

2. Nature of Sociology Def: The social science that is studies societies, social groups and the relationships between people. Focus of Sociology 1.Population Patterns 2.Social Behavior 3.Social Institutions 4.Social Change 5.Cultural Influences

3. Humanistic vs Scientific…or both? Fields of Sociology 1.Criminology 2.Demography 3.Educational Sociology 4.Human Ecology 5.Intellectual Sociology 6.Legal Sociology 7.Political Sociology 8.Sociolinguistics 9.Sociometry 10.Urban Sociology

4. Goals of Sociology 1.Describe the structure, function, pattern, and process of human social behavior. 2.Explain the causes and effects of human social behavior. 3.Predict the development of human social behavior.

5. Relevancy of Sociology 1.Self-understanding of one’s social relationships. 2.Development of an understanding of the social relationships of others. 3.Improvement of the conditions of human social behavior.

6. Review Questions 1.Sociology is best defined as the scientific study of A.Social problems. B.Human personality. C.Social interaction. D.Human development. E.Attitudes and values.

7. 2.What should be is to the __ approach. A.Scientific B.Humanistic 3.What is to the ___ approach. A.Scientific B.Humanistic

8. 4.You want to research the meaning and pattern of gang symbols. What field of sociology should you study in? A.Criminology B.Demography C.Sociolinguistics D.Urban Sociology

9. ORIGINS OF SOCIOLOGY

10. Auguste Comte 1838 1 st to term the word sociology as a field of study Promotes the scientific study http://www.marxists.org/glossary/people/c/pics/comte.jpg

11. Adolphe Quetelet 1869 Applies mathematical statistics http://www.califice.net/belge/img/celeb/Quetelet%202.jpg

12. Herbert Spencer 1877 Society follows a natural evolution toward something better http://cepa.newschool.edu/het/profiles/image/spencer.jpg

13. Emile Durkheim 1897 1 st statistical analysis of suicide http://www.born- today.com/Today/pix/durkheim_emile.jpg

14. Max Weber 1904 Emphasized historical analysis of capitalism http://www.ne.jp/asahi/moriyuki/abuk uma/images/webers/weber.jpg

15. Lester Ward 1904 American Sociological Association to promote basic and applied sociology. Social probs: crime, drug addiction, prostitution, juvenile deliquency http://swc2.hccs.cc.tx.us/salinas/LesterWard.gif

16. Trends of Sociology 1.Empirical Sociology 2.Sociological Specialization 3.Applied Sociology