The Social and Cultural Dimensions of

Human Experience

MAHWISH SIDDIQUI
Motivation Questions
What is Sociology?
What is Society?
What is Culture?
Lets Solve the Puzzle!
Form groups of 6 members each, try to solve the
puzzle given in class and think on following
questions.
How do you think this activity based learning relates
to Sociology?
What are some Sociological principles that you can
share with the class?
Principles of Sociology
Sociologists guide their work according to the following set of
principles
• Social interaction is the basis for the construction of societies.
• How we interact with one another reflects what we believe and what
we value as group members.
• Societies are organized into distinct social units (e.g. family,
government, education, and religion) that tell us what the rules are.
• Our patterns of behavior reveal unequal social relationships.
Principles of Sociology
◦ Social change is a necessary and essential part of our survival.
◦ We must attempt to explain our social behavior.
◦ We must strive to provide evidence that supports our claims
about social behavior.
◦ We can use our scientific work to improve the human social
condition.
objectives
objectives
Culture
Culture
Culture
Culture
Culture
Culture
Culture
Sub-culture
Sub-culture
Sub-culture
Sub-culture
Intercultural Interaction Model
Intercultural Interaction Model
Lets have a discussion on Intercultural Interaction Model
Sociocultural Change
Factors
Process
Process
Process
Process
Theories
Theories
Theories
Theories
Review on activity based learning
Working a puzzle is a lot like the study of sociology. Sociologists find
meaning by gathering individual pieces of data and putting them
together to find broader meaning. The puzzle serves as a metaphor for
this, and helps understand basic principles of sociology.