All posts tagged "outline 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Social Class and the Family Notes

      Defining social class Social Class and the Family  Social Class o Consequences of social class o Deferred gratification o Blue collar vs. white collar families o “The Saints and the Roughnecks” Poverty o The poor o...

    • 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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  • 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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