Introduction to Sociology

Fall 2009

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Is spanking children deviant?

Kate caught spanking – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO5KkfbTj6Q

Moms talk about spanking -

Expert – The case against spanking

Recently, the NY Times ran an article on parents’ reliance on shouting (rather than spanking) to discipline their children. Interestingly, the evidence for shouting is not much better than the evidence on spanking and yet many parents seem to find this approach more palatable.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/fashion/22yell.html?_r=1&emc=eta1

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Monday, March 1, 2010

More information on Genie (and others like her)

A website dedicated to documenting cases of Feral Children – http://www.feralchildren.com/en/index.php

Transcript to the film: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/transcripts/2112gchild.html

Dr. Susan Curtiss’ website (the linguist on the Genie team) – http://www.linguistics.ucla.edu/people/curtiss/index.htm

posted by Prof. Baker at 9:33 am  

Monday, March 1, 2010

The consequences of isolation in later life

The clip that follows is from the documentary Grey Gardens, about a mother and daughter (Big Edie and Little Edie) who spent about 50 years of their lives in isolation at their home on Long Island.

If you are more interested in their story, you can check out the DVD from the IC Library. Also, read more here – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_Gardens

posted by Prof. Baker at 9:25 am  

Monday, February 22, 2010

Viewing Guide for Wednesday

Print and bring with you to class on Wednesday:

DOWNLOAD HERE

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Friday, February 19, 2010

Argot

Argot is discussed in the Sullivan textbook on p. 46-47.

posted by Prof. Baker at 12:47 pm  

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Subculture and Counterculture

Today’s film clip on the subculture of deaf culture was from the documentary Sound and Fury. The full length film is available in the IC library. The specific clips we watched are not available online. Below, however, is another clip in which the family engages in an intense debate over the value of deaf culture.

One historical example of a counterculture is the Black Panther Party for Self Defense.  Here’s the footage of Bobby Seale explaining the 10-point program.

The other counterculture example I used was the Evangelical movement portrayed in the film Jesus Camp. This film is also available in the IC library. The clips we watched in class are also available online (although the clips below are quite a bit longer than what we viewed in class).

Clip 1 – at camp

Clip 2 – visit to the capital

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Monday, February 15, 2010

Culture Shock

In class today we watched the film Daughter from Danang. The film is available in the library or can be watched online:

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Friday, February 12, 2010

Norms

Good examples of enforcing “folkways”

Real Housewives of Orange County (talking on the phone at the table) – begins at 26:30

And What Not To Wear

And “taboo” from the National Geographic tv show

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Friday, February 12, 2010

Norms

A good example of enforcing “folkways” – What Not To Wear

And “taboo” from the National Geographic tv show

posted by Prof. Baker at 9:38 am  

Friday, February 5, 2010

Articles with survey data used in class

Survey shows gap between scientists and the public – http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/10/science/10survey.html?scp=7&sq=survey&st=cse

Survey depicts Latinos as divided – http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/us/11pew.html?scp=10&sq=survey&st=cse

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