Week 5 Sociology Matters SOC/262 Week 5 Sociology Matters Introduction Sociologist William F. Ogburn (1922) introduced the term culture lag. The term culture lag is used “to refer to the period of maladjustment when the nonmaterial culture is struggling to adapt to new material conditions” (Schaefer, 2019). Culture lag can occur at any time and …
Week 4 Sociology Matters SOC/262 Week 4 Sociology Matters Introduction “A family may be defined as a set of people who are related by blood, marriage (or some other agreed-upon relationship), or adoption who share the primary responsibility for reproduction and caring for members society” (Schaefer, 2019, Chapter 8). When you think of the term …
Sociology Matters Week 3 SOC/262 Sociology Matters Week 3 Introduction When looking at our society, there are many different racial and ethnic groups. Some of these groups may be treated better than others. With society, there are many times when people of different groups may judge or react to outside groups in a negative manner. …
Week 2 Sociology Matters SOC/262 Week 2 Sociology Matters Introduction McLeod (2008), “Social norms are unwritten rules about how to behave.” Social norms help us to understand how we are meant to behave in certain social groups or cultures. These groups can be anything from friendship to college groups to work groups. Social norms are …
Week 1: Sociology Matters SOC/262 Week 1: Sociology Matters Sociology matters because it brings awareness to cultures and patters that you may take for granted otherwise. It also matters because it can show you how you became the person that you are now. There are many questions you can ask yourself to determine the culture …