Week1introductiontosociology 2013-fall revised

Introduction to Sociology

Ray Brannon

A little about myself…six kids and five grandchildren

A long time ago in a distant galaxy ……I began to program with IBM cards on very big computers that didn’t have the power of your smart phone.

Retired President & CEO of Choice Technologies

The Mid Ray Brannon, Ph.D. candidatewww.inspectyourgadgets.com

• Your picture please!• Pick two class contacts

• OMG – this syllabus is long.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o

Did You Know?We Are a Piece of the Social Puzzle

The good news……

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1NJ9Vv-Y6Q

Trapped!! Psycho –Social Interweave

• Personal destinies are linked to societal structures • Blinding pace of change

• What problem in society bothers you?

The Challenge:To become a critical thinker on sociologic issues because …..

your personal history matters!!

• Locating yourself in the period in which you live- how you are shaped by society and how you can shape society

• Link history and biography – three generations

• My grandfather, father, me, son, grandson

Changing Sociological ParadigmsYour date of manufacture is not

important!

What is Epistemology?

\What is a Paradigm?

Paradigm Shift: The destruction an old theory by new facts and its replacement as a new theory that fits the new facts.

Thomas Kuhn

What is a Paradigm Shift?

Baloney Detection Kit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJmRbSX8Rqo