Shepard Chapter 2---Social Research
Shepard Chapter 5---Social
Structure & Society AND Shepard Chapter
4---Socialization
Course Objectives for Sociology 204
Definition of Sociology
My working definition of Sociology
Sociological Concepts
We'll spend a bit of time going over these...please read carefully
Handwritten notes on The Sociological Imagination
My own "scribblings" taken while reading "The Promise"...kind of an outline of ideas...with quotes
Paradigms
Short article...excellent ideas
Motifs of Sociological Consciousness
Thomas Theorem/Definition of Situation
Sociological Theoretical Perspectives
What is Social Action?...by Max Weber
General Issues in Science & Research Methods
Milgram's Obedience Experiment
Fromm's Critique of Milgram's Experiment
Tearoom Trade
A controversial "participant observation" study...sensitive subject for some people.
Laud Humphreys and the Tearoom Sex Study
Body Ritual Among the Nacerima
Gender Allocation in 224 Cultures
-----Notes on Dialectical Logic
-----Dialectics as Method
-----Effects of Logic System in Everyday Life
Twenty Statements Test (TST) and Guidelines
Stanford Prison Experiment Home & Slideshow
Stanford Prison Experiment: Still Powerful after all these Years
Groupthink
Slide display...brief but good
Groupthink: How Harmful is it Really?
A very different "take" on Groupthink...a very interesting site about the future of our society and humanity in general
Short Essay on "Groupthink"
More traditional treatment of Groupthink