8 Sep 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Soc 160
• Race
o Category of humankind, shares certain distinctive physical traits
• Ethnicity
o People classes according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic,
or cultural origin or background
• Sex
o Biological traits that society associates with male and female
• Gender
o Meaning of being male or female in a given society race, ethnicity, gender
▪ These are social constructs
• Sociology as a science
o Systematic methods
▪ Theoretical thinking
▪ Data analysis
▪ Logical assessment of arguments
▪ A body of knowledge
• Sociological study of social problems
o 1. Measure objective conditions
o 2. Measure subjective concerns
o 3. Apply sociological imagination
o 4. Identify possible social policies
o 5. Likely consequences of social policies