All posts tagged "introduction to 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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  • Diversity Training Assignment Guide

    Henry Ford once said, “Whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t, you’re right”.  Why are these words important to you?  As we move throughout the term you’ll want to be your own biggest...

    • Posted January 29, 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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  • Religion Questions and Review

    What is the functionalist perspective of religion? What are the specific functions of religion? What is the conflict perspective of religion? Does religion perpetuate social inequality? How? What is “the opium of the people”? What do you...

    • Posted January 17, 2014
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  • Gender, Work and the Economy

      According to the U.S. Census Bureau, full-time working women earn, on average, 75.5 cents for every one dollar earned by men. There are two sides to the “pay gap” debate. One side believes that the country...

    • Posted January 17, 2014
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  • Gender and the Family

    The Postmodern Family DIVERSITY OF CONTEMPORARY FAMILIES American men and women are slowly moving toward a blending of gender and family roles and away from traditional notions of wives and husbands, mothers and fathers. There is a...

    • 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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