Institution: OpenStax College

Keywords: aging, assembling perspective, authority, bureaucracies, collective behavior, conflict theory, conformity, crime, culture, demography, deviance, discrimination, diversity, economy, education, emergent-norm perspective, Emile Durkheim, environment, ethics, ethnicity, experiment, family, feminist theory, field research, formal organizations, functionalism, gender, global inequality, globalization, government, health, in-groups, Karl Marx, marriage, Max Weber, McDonaldization, medicine, minority groups, modernization, out-groups, politics, population, power, queer theory, race, religion, resocialization, sanctions, sex, social change, social class, social control, social movements, social stratification, social structure, socialization, sociology, stereotypes, survey, symbolic interactionism, urbanization, value-added perspective

Summary: Introduction to Sociology was written by teams of sociology professors and writers and peer-reviewed by college instructors nationwide. The textbook was developed for OpenStax College as part of its Open Educational Resources initiative. This free online text meets standard scope and sequence requirements and incorporates current events such as ... four-year school. [Expand Summary] Introduction to Sociology was written by teams of sociology professors and writers and peer-reviewed by college instructors nationwide. The textbook was developed for OpenStax College as part of its Open Educational Resources initiative. This free online text meets standard scope and sequence requirements and incorporates current events such as the Occupy Wall Street movement. The text is designed for the Introduction to Sociology course at any two- to four-year school. [Collapse Summary]

Keywords: Dependent variables, Empirical evidence, Hypothesis, Independent variables, Interpretive framework, Literature review, Operational definitions, Reliability, Scientific method, Validity

Summary: Define and describe the scientific method Explain how the scientific method is used in sociological research Understand the function and importance of an interpretive framework Define what reliability and validity mean in a research study

Keywords: Acting crowds, Assembling perspective, Casual crowd, Collective behavior, Conventional crowds, Crowd, Emergent norm perspective, Expressive crowds, Flash mob, Mass, Public, Value-added theory

Summary: Describe different forms of collective behavior Differentiate between types of crowds Discuss emergent norm, value-added, and assembling perspective analyses of collective behavior

Keywords: Corporate crime, Corrections system, Court, Crime, Criminal justice system, Hate crime, Legal codes, Nonviolent crimes, Police, Self-report study, Street crime, Victimless crime, Violent crimes

Summary: Identify and differentiate between different types of crimes Evaluate U.S. crime statistics Understand the three branches of the U.S. criminal justice system

Keywords: Deviance, Formal sanctions, Informal sanctions, Negative sanctions, Positive sanctions, Sanctions, Social control, Social order

Summary: Define deviance and explain the nature of deviant behavior Differentiate between methods of social control