SOCI 1306: Social Problems

by John Glass

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Examining social problems from a sociological perspective will enable you to recognize and help address harmful social issues in ways that can make your community and the world around you a better place for everyone. Social problems are social conditions perceived to be problematic by groups of people: Members of society determine what social problems are as they continually construct and reconstruct society, every day.

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Collin College
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Social Sciences
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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. 1: Introduction to Social Problems
  7. 1.1: The Sociological Imagination
  8. 1.2: History and Biography
  9. 1.3: Understanding Social Problems
  10. 1.3.1: What Is a Social Problem?
  11. 1.3.2: Sociological Perspectives on Social Problems
  12. 1.3.3: Continuity and Change in Social Problems
  13. 1.3.4: Doing Research on Social Problems
  14. 1.3.5: End-of-Chapter Material
  15. 2: EXAMPLE
  16. 2.1: Alcohol and Other Drugs
  17. 2.1.1: Drug Use in History
  18. 2.1.2: Drugs and Drug Use Today
  19. 2.1.3: Social Patterning of Drug Use
  20. 2.1.4: Explaining Drug Use
  21. 2.1.5: Drug Policy and the War on Illegal Drugs
  22. 2.1.6: Addressing the Drug Problem and Reducing Drug Use
  23. 2.1.7: End-of-Chapter Material
  24. 2.1.8: Case Study- Betty
  25. 3: Research
  26. 3.1: Science and Scientific Research
  27. 3.1.1: Science
  28. 3.1.2: Scientific Knowledge
  29. 3.1.3: Scientific Research
  30. 3.1.4: Scientific Method
  31. 3.1.5: Types of Scientific Research
  32. 3.1.6: History of Scientific Thought
  33. 4: Culture
  34. 4.1: What is Culture?
  35. 4.1.1: What is Culture?
  36. 4.1.2: The Capacity for Culture
  37. 4.1.3: Culture As An Adaptive Mechanism
  38. 4.1.4: Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism
  39. 4.1.5: Patterns of Culture
  40. 4.1.6: Levels of Culture
  41. 4.1.7: Culture Change
  42. 4.1.8: End of Chapter Discussion
  43. 4.2: Social Production of Culture
  44. 4.3: Culture and Meaning
  45. 4.3.1: Link Between Culture and Society
  46. 4.3.2: Defining Culture
  47. 4.3.3: Cultural Sociology
  48. 4.3.4: Theoretical Perspectives on Culture
  49. 4.3.S: Culture and Meaning (Summary)
  50. 4.4: Collective Culture
  51. 4.5: Improving Intercultural Communication Skills
  52. 4.6: Culture and Communication
  53. 4.7: Cross-Cultural Communication
  54. 4.8: Foundations of Culture and Identity
  55. 4.9: Cultural Power
  56. 4.9.1: Cultural Hierarchies
  57. 4.9.2: Social and Cultural Capital
  58. 4.9.3: Cultural Hegemoney
  59. 4.9.4: Prejudice and Discrimination
  60. 4.9.S: Cultural Power (Summary)
  61. 5: Groups
  62. 5.1: Types of Groups
  63. 5.2: The Psychology of Groups
  64. 5.3: Group Dynamics
  65. 5.3A: Effects of Group Size on Stability and Intimacy
  66. 5.3B: Effects of Group Size on Attitude and Behavior
  67. 5.3C: The Asch Experiment- The Power of Peer Pressure
  68. 5.3D: The Milgram Experiment- The Power of Authority
  69. 5.3E: Groupthink
  70. 5.4: Group Size and Structure
  71. 5.5: Group Dynamics and Behavior
  72. 5.6: Formal Organizations
  73. 5.7: Groups, Organizations, and Social Change
  74. 5.8: Social Categorization and Stereotyping
  75. 5.9: Ingroup Favoritism and Prejudice
  76. 5.10: Social Comparison
  77. 6: Media and Culture
  78. 6.1: The Lost Cell Phone
  79. 6.2: Intersection of American Media and Culture
  80. 6.3: How Did We Get Here? The Evolution of Culture
  81. 6.4: How Did We Get Here? The Evolution of Media
  82. 6.5: Media Mix - Convergence
  83. 6.6: Cultural Values Shape Media; Media Shape Cultural Values
  84. 6.7: Framing
  85. 6.8: Mass Media and Popular Culture
  86. 6.9: Media Literacy
  87. 6.10: Discourse, Institutions, and Power
  88. 6.11: Institutions
  89. 6.12: Discourse and Institutions
  90. 6.13: Agenda Setting
  91. 7: Media Effects
  92. 7.1: Mass Media and Its Messages
  93. 7.2: Media Effects Theories
  94. 7.3: Methods of Researching Media Effects
  95. 7.4: Media Studies Controversies
  96. 7.5: Media Literacy and Media Studies Research
  97. 7.6: Advertising, Public Relations and Propaganda
  98. 8: Persuasion, Influence and Conformity
  99. 8.1: Attitudes, Behavior, and Persuasion
  100. 8.1.1: Social Cognitions
  101. 8.1.2: Schema
  102. 8.1.3: Attributions
  103. 8.1.4: Categories and Concepts
  104. 8.1.5: Exploring Attitudes
  105. 8.1.6: Changing Attitudes Through Persuasion
  106. 8.1.7: Changing Attitudes by Changing Behavior
  107. 8.1.8: Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Attitudes, Behavior, and Persuasion
  108. 8.1.9: Chapter Summary
  109. 8.2: Influencing and Conforming
  110. 8.2.1: The Many Varieties of Conformity
  111. 8.2.2: Obedience, Power, and Leadership
  112. 8.2.3: Person, Gender, and Cultural Differences in Conformity
  113. 8.2.4: Thinking Like a Social Psychologist About Conformity
  114. 8.2.5: Chapter Summary
  115. 8.3: Conformity and Obedience
  116. 8.4: Persuasion- So Easily Fooled
  117. 9: Stratification, Inequality, and Social Class in the U.S.
  118. 9.1: Social Class
  119. 9.1.1: Social Class
  120. 9.1A: Social Class
  121. 9.1B: Property
  122. 9.1C: Power
  123. 9.1D: Prestige
  124. 9.1E: Status Inconsistency
  125. 9.2: Social Class in the U.S.
  126. 9.2A: Social Class in the U.S.
  127. 9.2B: Income
  128. 9.2C: Wealth
  129. 9.2D: Education
  130. 9.2E: Occupation
  131. 9.3: The Class Structure in the U.S.
  132. 9.3A: Class Structure in the U.S.
  133. 9.3B: The Upper Class
  134. 9.3C: The Upper Middle Class
  135. 9.3D: The Lower Middle Class
  136. 9.3E: The Working Class
  137. 9.3F: The Lower Class
  138. 9.3G: Income Distribution
  139. 9.4: Social Mobility
  140. 9.4A: Social Mobility
  141. 9.4B: Growing Gap Between Rich and Poor
  142. 9.4C: Open vs. Closed Stratification Systems
  143. 9.4D: Types of Social Mobility
  144. 9.4E: Social Mobility in the U.S.
  145. 9.5: The Impacts of Social Class
  146. 9.5A: Consequences of Social Class
  147. 9.5B: Physical Health
  148. 9.5C: Mental Health
  149. 9.5D: Family Life
  150. 9.5E: Education
  151. 9.5F: Religion
  152. 9.5G: Politics
  153. 9.5H: Crime and Criminal Justice
  154. 9.6: Poverty
  155. 9.6A: Poverty
  156. 9.6B: Measuring Poverty
  157. 9.6C: Explaining Poverty- The Sociological Debate
  158. 9.6D: Social Exclusion
  159. 9.6E: The Dynamics of Poverty
  160. 9.6F: The Feminization of Poverty
  161. 9.6G: Government Assistance Programs
  162. 9.7: Digital Suppression of Social Movements (in the US)
  163. 9.7.1: Mechanisms of Social Movement Suppression
  164. 9.7.2: Digital Threats to Social Movements
  165. 9.8: Dominant and Minority Groups
  166. 9.8.1: Dominant and Minority Groups
  167. 9.8.2: Minorites by Group
  168. 9.8.3: Course Objectives for Part I
  169. 9.8.4: Study Guide for Part I
  170. 9.8.5: Key Terms and Concepts for Part I
  171. 9.8.6: Lecture Outline for Part I
  172. 9.8.7: Assignments for Part I
  173. 9.8.8: Reading List for Part I
  174. 9.9: Defending against Surveillance and Suppression
  175. 10: Your Social Problem
  176. 10.1: Select a social problem
  177. 10.1.1: Interventions and Problem Solving
  178. 10.1.2: Problem Solving Approaches and Interventions
  179. 10.1.3: Commonalities of Approaches
  180. 10.1.4: References, Key Terms and Concepts
  181. 10.2: Conduct research on your problem
  182. 10.2.1: The Scientific Method in Practice
  183. 10.2.2: Data Collection and Analysis
  184. 10.2.3: Sociological Application - Using Research to Assess and Solve Problems
  185. 10.2.4: Reading Reports of Sociological Research
  186. 10.2.5: Being a Responsible Consumer of Research
  187. 10.2.6: Media Reports of Sociological Research
  188. 10.2.7: It’s Everywhere
  189. 10.2.8: Doing Research for a Cause
  190. 10.2.9: Appendix - Research Portfolio
  191. 10.2.9.1: Instructions for completing the Research Portfolio assignment
  192. 10.3: Identify main contributors
  193. 10.4: Develop an intervention
  194. 10.4.1: Basic, Public, and Applied Sociology
  195. 10.4.2: Public Sociology
  196. 10.4.3: Levels of Analysis
  197. 10.4.4: Theoretical Approaches
  198. 10.4.5: Using a Sociological Perspective
  199. 10.4.6: References, Key Terms and Concepts
  200. 10.4.7: Skills and Competencies in Sociological Practice
  201. 10.4.7.1: Practice Competencies
  202. 10.4.8: Community Interventions
  203. 10.4.9: Tools for Action
  204. 10.4.9.1: Public Policy
  205. 10.4.9.2: Community Organizing, Partnerships, and Coalitions
  206. 10.4.9.3: Behavioral Community Approaches
  207. 10.5: Framing
  208. 10.5.1: Framing solutions
  209. 10.5.1.1: Compulsive innovation
  210. 10.5.1.2: Blind spots as opportunities
  211. 10.5.1.3: Transcending reductionism, re-purposing the Internet
  212. 10.5.1.4: Productive innovation
  213. Back Matter
  214. Index
  215. Glossary
  216. Detailed Licensing