Lecture 1.1 What is society and sociology?

Hey everybody! This is Dr. Maples. I'm glad to have you in my intro sociology course.

In our first lecture for our intro sociology class, let's talk about some basic explorations of exactly what we mean by society and sociology. We'll define both ideas and use these definitions as we explore the field of sociology.

Some useful terms we'll describe in today's lecture:
Sociology
Society
Individuals
Culture
Groups
Social institutions
Differences
Change

In our subsequent lecture, we'll dig into another core component: C. Wright Mills' Sociological Imagination.

Playlist for all lectures in this course:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4A7FJI6O01A5RI0PiqTaHcFUEtoK6jNB
Chapters
0:00 What will we do today?
0:41 What is a sociologist?
1:51 What is a society?
3:15 Building a working definition of society for our class
3:40 Individuals: the building block
5:25 Next up: Culture!
7:30 Groups and normality
9:50 Social institutions and normality
12:00 Differences among individuals
13:55 Change is real!
15:55: Our newly revised working definition

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