Introduction to Sociology
Professor Larry Stern
Reading Assignments, Lecture Notes & Web Sites

Unit 2B: The Sociological Imagination, Social Factors, & the Search for Social Patterns

Larry Stern Lecture Notes: What is Sociology?

Macionis, Society:The Basics, chapter 1, pp. 1 - 13.

Peter Berger, "Sociology as a Form of Consciousness"

C. Wright Mills, "The Promise" (The Sociological Imagination)

"Gowing Partisan Gaps on Government, Race, Immigration," Pew Research Center: US Politics & Society, October 5, 2017

"Party Identification Trends," Pew Research Center: US Politics & Society, March 20, 2018

Kim Parker, Juliana Menasce Horowitz, Ruth Igielnik, Baxter Oliphant and Anna Brown, "America’s Complex Relationship With Guns: An in-depth look at the attitudes and experiences of U.S. adults," Pew Research Center, Social & Demographic Trends, June 22, 2017

Ruth Igielnik and Anna Brown, "Key takeaways on Americans’ views of guns and gun ownership,"Pew Research Center, Fact Tank, June 22, 2017

Web Interactive:

How do your views on gender compare with those of other Americans?, Pew Research Center Fact Tankn December 5, 2017