1. Happy Friday!!! / Take out your class contract I need to collect those / We are going to present our puzzle pieces to the class so we can get to know each other! / Did you know: In some smaller towns in Arizona, it is illegal to wear suspenders / Take out your class contract I need to collect those / We are going to present our puzzle pieces to the class so we can get to know each other! / Did you know: In some smaller towns in Arizona, it is illegal to wear suspenders

2. What is Sociology anyways?

3. Isn’t it just common sense?? / “After September 11, 2001, Americans became more patriotic” / Some Americas are more or less likely than others to proclaim extreme pride in their country….but why?? THAT’S SOCIOLOGY! / “After September 11, 2001, Americans became more patriotic” / Some Americas are more or less likely than others to proclaim extreme pride in their country….but why?? THAT’S SOCIOLOGY!

4. Lets start at the beginning…. / Social Science: The study of the social features of humans and the ways in which they interact and change / Divisions of Social Science: / Anthropology / Psychology / Economics / Political Science / History / Sociology / Social Science: The study of the social features of humans and the ways in which they interact and change / Divisions of Social Science: / Anthropology / Psychology / Economics / Political Science / History / Sociology

5. How did Sociology emerge? / People have been trying to figure out how social life works since ancient times / Sociology as a science emerged in the 1800s / Rapid social and political changes bc of Industrial Revolution / Rapid growth of urban populations= social problems / Focus on liberty and individual rights in political movements / Attempts to prove beliefs through observations and experimentation / People have been trying to figure out how social life works since ancient times / Sociology as a science emerged in the 1800s / Rapid social and political changes bc of Industrial Revolution / Rapid growth of urban populations= social problems / Focus on liberty and individual rights in political movements / Attempts to prove beliefs through observations and experimentation

6. So again, What is Sociology? / Definition: The scientific study of social behavior and human groups / Focuses on social relationships / How those relationships influence people’s behavior / How societies develop and change / Definition: The scientific study of social behavior and human groups / Focuses on social relationships / How those relationships influence people’s behavior / How societies develop and change

7. The Sociological Perspective / A view of the world that helps you gain a new perception of social life / Helps you see that all people are social beings / Tells you behavior is influenced by social factors / Helps your broaden your understanding of society / Helps you find and accept balance / A view of the world that helps you gain a new perception of social life / Helps you see that all people are social beings / Tells you behavior is influenced by social factors / Helps your broaden your understanding of society / Helps you find and accept balance

8. Social Imagination / An awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society, both today and in the past / Key element: Gives us the ability to view one’s own society as a outsider would, rather than only from the perspective of personal experiences and cultural biases / An awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society, both today and in the past / Key element: Gives us the ability to view one’s own society as a outsider would, rather than only from the perspective of personal experiences and cultural biases

9. 2 major questions we ask / two basic questions that sociologists ask about human behavior: (1) the descriptive question (i.e., What do people do?) (2) the explanatory question (i.e., Why do people do what they do?

10. Let’s try something / List 6 reasons why someone might seriously consider suicide

11. For your 6 reasons… / Tell me the feelings that go along with each reason / In other words: what feelings would such a person experience that would lead him or her to consider suicide / Tell me the feelings that go along with each reason / In other words: what feelings would such a person experience that would lead him or her to consider suicide

12. Look at your list of feelings / How are they alike? / What “theory” can we create to explain why people commit suicide? / How are they alike? / What “theory” can we create to explain why people commit suicide?

13. “The Unhappiness Theory” / “People commit suicide because they are seriously, chronically, and profoundly unhappy” / example of an individualistic (or non- sociological) explanation / “People commit suicide because they are seriously, chronically, and profoundly unhappy” / example of an individualistic (or non- sociological) explanation

14. Why is the rate of suicide higher in Oregon than it is in New York

17. What factors did you list? / How are they similar?

18. The difference between the “thinkings” / sociological thinking considers external factors / non-sociological (or individualistic) consider internal factors / sociological thinking considers external factors / non-sociological (or individualistic) consider internal factors