Exercises in Sociology A Lab Manual for the Study of Social Behavior

by McGeever, Kelly F.; Faupel, Charles E.

• ISBN13: 9780131946613
• ISBN10: 0131946617
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-09-13
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

Thishands-on, introductory sociology lab manual contains readings, in-class assignments and homework assignments that encourage critical and creative thinking about sociology. It features readings that are timely and authoritative and that focus on issues that are personally relevant to today's society. sociology, social institutions, social inequalities, social deviance, and social movement and change. For anyone interested in the field of sociology.

Table of Contents

Introduction

The Sociological Perspective The Promise

Sociology on the Internet

Marginal Voices in Sociology

The Sociological Imagination

Research Methods Say What You Mean

Survey Design

Participant and Non-Participant Observation

Choosing a Research Approach

Culture Body Ritual Among the Nacirema

Cultural Diversity

Cultural Universals and Rites of Passage

Subcultures

Socialization Identity Transformation in a Maximum Security Prison

Social-Psychology Theories

Television as a Socializing Agent

Life Course Socialization and Crisis

Social Interaction Pathology of Imprisonmentby

The Social Construction of Reality

Social Interaction

Status and Role

Groups and Organizations ldquo;Banana Timerdquo;

Social Groups McDonaldization of Society

Bureaucracy

Social Stratification

No Degree, and No Way Back to the Middle

Stratification Poverty in the United States

Social Class in the United States

Deviance A Career Perspective on Heroin Use and Criminal Behavior

Crime Statistics

Criminal Court System

Deviance

Sex and Gender A Woman Can Learn Anything a Man Can

Gendered Institutions

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