This document provides an overview of the key concepts and topics covered in a sociology course, including the sociological perspective, social institutions like family and religion, social stratification, population studies, social order and control, and social development and poverty. It outlines the major theories within each of these areas, as well as trends, issues, and approaches relevant to understanding society from a sociological point of view with specific reference to the Caribbean context.
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This document provides an overview of the key concepts and topics covered in a sociology course, including the sociological perspective, social institutions like family and religion, social stratification, population studies, social order and control, and social development and poverty. It outlines the major theories within each of these areas, as well as trends, issues, and approaches relevant to understanding society from a sociological point of view with specific reference to the Caribbean context.
This document provides an overview of the key concepts and topics covered in a sociology course, including the sociological perspective, social institutions like family and religion, social stratification, population studies, social order and control, and social development and poverty. It outlines the major theories within each of these areas, as well as trends, issues, and approaches relevant to understanding society from a sociological point of view with specific reference to the Caribbean context.
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This document provides an overview of the key concepts and topics covered in a sociology course, including the sociological perspective, social institutions like family and religion, social stratification, population studies, social order and control, and social development and poverty. It outlines the major theories within each of these areas, as well as trends, issues, and approaches relevant to understanding society from a sociological point of view with specific reference to the Caribbean context.
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UNIT 1
MODULE 1: Sociology, Culture and Identity
The sociological perspective
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Sociology as a discipline
Development of sociology as a discipline The development of sociology in the Caribbean Sociology as a science
How society works
Concepts: social order (structure, function, power), social change, status and roles, values, norms and sanctions, social group (primary and secondary; in group and out group), socialisation (types and agents - school, family, peer group, mass media, religion)
Theories
Functionalism Conflict theories Interactionism
The study of society
Positivism and interpretivism Quantitative and qualitative research Surveys, observations, document study Cross sectional and longitudinal studies Sampling - probability and non-probability Ethical issues in research
Culture and identity
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Elements of culture (material and non material) Characteristics of culture Types of culture change Sub-culture and counter-culture Globalisation and culture Plantation society and culture
Caribbean socio cultural diversity: continuity and change, conflict and assimilation, Creole and plural perspectives
Caribbean popular culture (music, dance art in a historical and social context)
MODULE 2: Social Institutions
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Theoretical perspectives
African and Indian heritage Social pathology Functionalism Feminist perspective Kinship ideology and practice
Ethnic diversity and Caribbean kinship
Afro Caribbean Indo-Caribbean Indigenous
Changing Caribbean kinship patterns
Rate of marriage and divorce Men and fatherhood Female headed households Single parent households Family breakdown The impact of slavery, indentureship, migration and contemporary factors
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Family and gender (the changing role of women and men) Problems associated with the family
Multicultural Psychology - Understanding Our Diverse - Jeffery Scott Mio, Lori A - Barker, John Gonzalez, Melanie M - 2019 - Oxford University - 0190854960 - Anna's Archive
Multicultural Psychology - Understanding Our Diverse - Jeffery Scott Mio, Lori A - Barker, John Gonzalez, Melanie M - 2019 - Oxford University - 0190854960 - Anna's Archive
