Sociology

Deviance, in a sociological context, describes actions or behaviors that violate social norms, including formally-enacted rules as well as informal violations of social norms. It is the purview of sociologists, psychologists, psychiatrists, and criminologists to study how these norms are created, how they change over time and how they are enforced.

Social structure is a term used in the social sciences to refer to patterned social arrangements in society that are both emergent from and determinant of the actions of the individuals.

Social change refers to an alteration in the social order of a society. Social change comes in the form of values, beliefs, technology and population and many times is met with resistance.

In this video lesson we will be looking at deviance. Deviance, in a sociological context, describes actions or behaviors that violate social norms, including formally-enacted rules as well as informal violations of social norms. It is the purview of sociologists, psychologists, psychiatrists, and criminologists to study how these norms are created, how they change over time and how they are enforced.

This lesson gives you background on Absolute Monarchs in Europe from the 16th through the 19th century's.

Formal organization is a fixed set of rules of infra-organization procedures and structures. As such, it is usually set out in writing, with a language of rules that ostensibly leave little discretion for interpretation. In some societies and in some organizations, such rules may be strictly followed; in others, they may be little more than an empty formalism.

As per outlined in Sociology, in this video lesson we will be exploring terms and the patterns of dominant groups. A dominant group, a social group that controls the value system and rewards in a particular society.

In this video lesson we will be exploring the three perspectives of Sociology. These three perspectives are symbolic interactionism, functionalism and conflict theory.

In this video lesson we will be looking at social interactions. These interactions include competition, conflict, correlation and accommodation.