All posts tagged "intro to sociology"

  • Notes on The Parental System

    Transition to Parenthood Time is the major problem (Ralph LaRossa): sleep time, television time, communication time, sex time, and bathroom time) Mothers’ Role Primary caretaker Maternal duty – nurturing role Especially with young children More involvement throughout...

    • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Social Theory Explained

      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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  • Science and Technology

    Have science and technology solved social problems? Or have science and technology created social problems? In terms of structural functionalism the following concepts apply to the issues of science and technology: efficiency, social disorganization, and cultural lag...

    • Posted January 16, 2014
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