Social Structure, Research, and Culture

📋 Course Outline

1. Elements of Social Structure
2. Social Status Categories
3. Social Institutions and Communities
4. Ethnic and National Communities
5. Inequality and Stratification
6. Classes, Measures, and Power
7. Sociological Research Methods
8. Sampling and Data Analysis
9. Culture and Its Components
10. Cultural Forms and Change
11. Modern Cultural Issues
12. Cultural Universals and Classification

📖 1. Elements of Social Structure

🔑 Key Concepts & Definitions

• Social structure : the established and stable network of relationships among the parts and elements of society — В.Занден
• Social status : the position that a person occupies in society
• Social role : A social role is what people are expected to do because of the position or status they have acquired.
• Social institution : an organized complex of statuses and roles directed toward satisfying a specific social need

💡 Memory Hook

SRI: Status, Roles, Institutions

📖 2. Social Status Categories

📝 Essential Points