All posts tagged "all things sociology"

  • Global Stratification Assignment Guide

    Stratification is like a ladder.  We see lower rungs and higher rungs.  To get up the ladder one often climbs on the lower to get the higher.  Make sense?   In a nutshell, stratification is the tiers of...

    • Posted February 12, 2014
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  • Vitual Environments Assignment Guide

    When we hear the term “virtual reality” we often think of someone in a darkened room, reaching out into space, with mechanical devices attached from them.  This has changed greatly.  Today we see that virtual reality can...

    • Posted February 12, 2014
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  • Socialization

    Social learning theory states that “we learn social behavior by observing and imitating and by being rewarded and punished.” Our significant others are our agents of socialization and are our role models, hopefully guiding us to appropriate...

    • Posted January 17, 2014
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  • Social Structure

    The social structure is the framework of society. We focus on how this framework affects individuals. Think about how our position or location (social location) in the social structure affects our behaviors and attitudes and guides our...

    • Posted January 17, 2014
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  • Sex and Gender

    Traditional sociologists say we are born with a completely “blank slate” and it is all nurture that determines our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Contemporary sociologists feel that it is a combination of biology and the environment, but...

    • Posted January 17, 2014
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  • Gender and Social Inequality

    Let’s open this section with a bit of humor. A couple years ago I read the following list: IF MEN GOT PREGNANT 1. Maternity leave would last two years – with full pay. 2. Men would stay...

    • Posted January 17, 2014
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  • Education Lecture

      Malcolm X tells the story of what he was told by one of his teachers: “I know that he probably meant well in what he happened to advise me that day. I doubt hat he meant...

    • Posted January 17, 2014
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  • Lecture Notes on Culture

    Our culture is a major part of our socialization. Our specific culture, whether it be the American culture or ethnic culture teaches us norms, values, and beliefs. The most prominent aspect of our culture is language. For,...

    • Posted January 17, 2014
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  • The Family, Work and Roles

    AMERICAN FAMILY TODAY 2000 Census – typical American family is now a dual-earner family 58.6% of children under 6 – both parents working 55% of mothers with children under 1 year old were working or looking for...

    • Posted January 17, 2014
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  • THE FAMILY and “PLAYING FIELD”

    Our playing field is the situation we are born into and how it affects us. It is the tools we have to work with in our lives or what we have available to us and the specific...

    • Posted January 17, 2014
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