All posts tagged "soc 101"

  • Cultural Relativism Assignment Guide

    There’s a great teaching antidote that I’d like to share with you.  A Professor asked his students to define the Ignorance and Apathy.  One student replied with “I don’t know and I don’t care”.  The point?  We...

    • Posted January 29, 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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  • Education Lecture

      Malcolm X tells the story of what he was told by one of his teachers: “I know that he probably meant well in what he happened to advise me that day. I doubt hat he meant...

    • 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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  • 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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