Veritasium
The Science of Six Degrees of Separation
The concept of everyone on earth being separated by only six degrees of social connections originated more than 100 years ago. Connect the dots using an installment from an engaging video series that takes a look at various social...
Macat
An Introduction to Herrnstein and Murray’s The Bell Curve
What role does intelligence play in a person's life? A playlist about the world's greatest ideas contains a video summary of "The Bell Curve" by Herrnstein and Murray, which summarizes the view that intelligence plays a large role in...
Macat
An Introduction to Elizabeth Anscombe’s Modern Moral Philosophy
Does moral obligation only make sense in the presence of divine authority? A video summary of "Modern Moral Philosophy" by Elizabeth Anscombe, part of a larger playlist about the world's greatest ideas, provides an overview of a newer...
Macat
An Introduction to Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow
Is the War on Drugs responsible for the inordinate number of black Americans sent to prison for non-violent drug offensives? That's MIchelle Alexander's contention in her book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of...
Macat
An Introduction to Max Weber's Politics as a Vocation
The basis of sociology rests in leadership, followers, and core beliefs driving a society. Max Weber's 20th century work Politics as a Vocation examines the path ahead for Germany after World War I, and posits that it is...
Macat
An Introduction to Emile Durkheim's Suicide
Suicide is one of the most tragic events in human existence, and it is also one of the least understandable phenomena in sociology. Emile Durkheim's 19th century work Suicide is the focus of a short analysis video that connects...
Macat
An Introduction to Robert Putnam's Bowling Alone
How important is connectedness in a community? Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community by Robert Putnam details the early 21st century theory of the decreased value of social capital. A short analysis...
Macat
An Introduction to Michel Foucault's Discipline and Punish
Which is worse: imprisoning someone for committing a crime, or intimidating someone into following the law? A short video introduces the main ideas of Michel Foucault's Discipline and Punish, including his perceptions of...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Symbolic Interaction Theory: Lesson 3
This lesson will explain, define and discuss the key ideas and the basic components of symbolic interaction theory, identifying it as a micro-level orientation and covers interpretive sociology. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Symbolic Interaction Theory: Lesson 2
This lesson will explain, define and discuss the key ideas and the basic components of symbolic interaction theory, identifying it as a micro-level orientation and covers interpretive sociology. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled...
Crash Course
Crash Course Sociology #1: What Is Sociology?
This video [9:41] focuses on defining sociology. Today we kick off Crash Course Sociology by explaining what exactly sociology is. We'll introduce the sociological perspective and discuss how sociology differentiates itself from the...
Crash Course
Crash Course Sociology #2: Major Sociological Paradigms
This video focuses on the introduction of sociology's three major theoretical paradigms: Structural Functionalism, Conflict Theory, and Symbolic Interactionism, and some of the advantages and disadvantages of each paradigm.
Crash Course
Crash Course Sociology #3: Sociology & the Scientific Method
This video focuses on sociology and the scientific method. What puts the "science" in social science? Today we'll explore positivist sociology and how sociologists use empirical evidence to explore questions about the social world. We'll...
Crash Course
Crash Course Sociology #4: Sociology Research Methods
This video focuses on sociology research methods. Today we're talking about how we actually DO sociology. Nicole explains the research method: form a question and a hypothesis, collect data, and analyze that data to contribute to our...
Crash Course
Crash Course Sociology #5: Emile Durkheim on Suicide & Society
This video focuses on Emile Durkheim and his study of suicide and society. Now that we've talked a little bit about how sociology works, it's time to start exploring some of the ideas of the discipline's founders. First up: Emile...
Crash Course
Crash Course Sociology #6: Karl Marx & Conflict Theory
This video focuses on Karl Marx and his Conflict Theory. Today we'll continue to explore sociology's founding theorists with a look at Karl Marx and his idea of historical materialism. We'll discuss modes of production, their...
Crash Course
Crash Course Sociology #7: Dubois & Race Conflict
This video focuses on W.E.B. Dubois, who is one of the founders of sociological thought more broadly and the founder of race-conflict theory. We'll discuss shifting ideas about race, Dubois' idea of 'double-consciousness', and the modern...
Crash Course
Crash Course Sociology #10: Symbols, Values, & Norms
This video focuses on symbols, values, and norms. What exactly is culture? We're going to try to answer that, and explain the difference between material and non-material culture. We'll look at three things that make up culture: symbols,...
Crash Course
Crash Course Sociology #12: How We Got Here
This video focuses on how we got here. So we know that sociology is the study of society, but what exactly *is* a society? Today we're going to find out. We'll look at Gerhard Lenski's classification of societies into five types, and the...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Relating Social Theories to Medicine
The resource from Khan Academy and the Association of American Medical Colleges provides study content for the MCAT. This resource shows how social theories are related to medicine.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Social Constructionism
The resource from Khan Academy and the Association of American Medical Colleges provides study content for the MCAT. Social constructionism observes how the interactions of individuals with their society and the world around them gives...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Art History and Other Disciplines
This lesson will explore the relationship between art history and other fields of study.