Discussion Post: Sociology
Read articles (by Durkheim and Meyer) and posted under course resources as Optional Reading Packet-1 and watch videos, below.
• In Durkheim's classic study on Suicide, he explained suicide by social, rather than psychological or biological phenomena. Other things, similarly, can be explained from this sociological perspective. For instance, creativity. Please watch the following video and answer this question: How is creativity a product of society -- do you think that it is?
Note: You might want to bring the Durkheim article into this discussion.
"Where Good Ideas Come From by Steven Johnson" Creativity as a Site of Sociological Inquiry
• How does the Stanford Prison Experiment (like the Milgram Experiment) show how "social structure--the way society is organized--shapes our lives?" (p. 163)
Note: You might want to bring the readings into this discussion (e.g., you might want to discuss the article from Durkheim and/or Meyer).
Stanford Prison Experiment BBC Documentary YouTube Video: "Psychology: The Stanford Prison Experiment - BBC Documentary".
The response should include a reference list. One-inch margins, Using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, double-space and APA style of writing and citations.