All posts tagged "introduction to sociology"

  • 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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  • Divorce and the Family

    Some thoughts on consequences of divorce on children: More harmful effects for older children: less likely to graduate from high school, tend to marry at an earlier age, have lower probability of ever marrying, and if they...

    • Posted January 16, 2014
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  • Divorce and Culture Notes

    Become increasingly easy to obtain, spousal support has become less common, efforts to increase child-support, and shared parental decision-making. U.S. may have the highest divorce rate in the world – Divorce around the World Divorce per 1,000...

    • 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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  • Functionalists and Structural Functionalism

    Functionalists and Structural Functionalism Talcott Parsons saw “Society as a Social System.” All parts of society (institutions and groups) must work and fulfill their function in order to maintain homeostasis. Each part of society contributes to the...

    • 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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