All posts tagged "all things sociology"

  • Social Stratification

      Do you think we can predict what social class a person is in by his or her appearance? The house he or she lives in?  What about if the person has a big screen television? Actually...

    • Posted January 17, 2014
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  • Sexual Orientation and Social Inequality

    Most of our social institutions do not support homosexuals: politics (law: in some states to engage in homosexual conduct is a crime, same-sex marriages are not legal, and benefits to domestic partners is not universal), education (school...

    • Posted January 16, 2014
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  • Intro to Social Problems

    There is a difference between a “personal trouble” and a “public issue.” Personal troubles affect individual people and others who are a part of their lives. A public issue affects a large number of individuals, are typically...

    • Posted January 16, 2014
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  • Inequality in Education

    If we look at the history of education we can clearly see that there is a pattern and continues to be a pattern of inequality built into the institution of education. Historically education was for men, whites,...

    • Posted January 16, 2014
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  • Health and Illness

    Health risks are unevenly distributed in the United States and around the world. Social factors play a major role in our individual health. The social factors that affect our health are associated with specific characteristic including: race,...

    • Posted January 16, 2014
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  • Deviance and Social Control

    Every year on Halloween night in a small town in Central California something happens. If you ask those who live in this town about their town they would say, “Nothing really exciting ever seems to happen in...

    • Posted January 16, 2014
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  • Crime and Violence

      Explanations of Crime Historically biological and psychological explanations of crime have been investigated. However, sociologists look to social factors to explain violence and crime. Going back to our social forces (history, environment, and culture), how do...

    • Posted January 16, 2014
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  • Symbolic Interactionism

    Symbolic interactionism focuses on how individuals communicate with one another, the basis of that communication, and the results and consequences of each interaction. Symbolic interactionism focuses on everyday interactions and how people perceive and define events. George...

    • Posted January 16, 2014
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  • Intro to Sociology

    WHAT IS SOCIETY? When we say “a group of people who share territory and culture” we mean a group of people who live in the same area and share culture. They have similar attitudes, values, beliefs, and...

    • Posted January 16, 2014
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  • Conflict Theory

      Conflict theory states that our society is made up of groups and individuals who struggle and compete over the limited resources and rewards that are available in our society. Resources and rewards oftentimes indicates money, however,...

    • Posted January 16, 2014
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