Lecture One: Introduction to the Course and the Sociological Perspective

I. Sociology 102-Business: roster, introductions, etc.

II. Review Syllabus, Research Requirement, Paper Assignment

III. What is Sociology: Developing and using a Sociological Perspective

What is this course about?

What is sociology and what do sociologists do?

Developing and using a sociological perspective.

Fundamental Attribution Error.

Deviance and Social Norms.

Individuals also affect Society.

-Society is not deterministic.

-Effects of compliance.

-Effects of deviance.

The Sociological Perspective

1. Seeing the General in the Particular

2. Seeing the Strange in the Familiar

3. Seeing the Individual in Context