The Practical Skeptic: Core Concepts in SociologyUsing a conceptual organizing framework, this work provides a concise introduction to sociology that focuses on core concepts as the central building blocks for understanding sociology. Written in a conversational style, it uses numerous pedagogical features to help students grasp key sociological concepts. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 35
Page 59
... Gender affects occupation . When we set up that hypothesis , we posited a relationship between gender and occupation . To put it another way , we posited that men and women are likely to have different sorts of occupations . Testing ...
... Gender affects occupation . When we set up that hypothesis , we posited a relationship between gender and occupation . To put it another way , we posited that men and women are likely to have different sorts of occupations . Testing ...
Page 233
... Gender Gender is a social construction as well . If differences between men and women were biologically determined , then they would be the same across cultures . But they aren't . In 1935 the American anthropologist Margaret Mead ...
... Gender Gender is a social construction as well . If differences between men and women were biologically determined , then they would be the same across cultures . But they aren't . In 1935 the American anthropologist Margaret Mead ...
Page 235
... gender ? In other words , which of the differences between men and women have to do with their innate biological selves and which have to do with the kind of socialization they receive ? The evidence increasingly shows that gender ...
... gender ? In other words , which of the differences between men and women have to do with their innate biological selves and which have to do with the kind of socialization they receive ? The evidence increasingly shows that gender ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Sociological Eye 27 | 3 |
The Vocabulary of Science | 52 |
Copyright | |
19 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
achieve African American anomie attributes behavior believed bureaucracy called caste system chapter crime culture defining each concept deviant discrimination Durkheim effect Émile Durkheim ethnic ethnocentrism expect experience explained female Gemeinschaft gender Gesellschaft goals grade important income independent variable individual institutions interaction latent functions live look macrosociology manifest function marijuana marriage Marx Matthew effect Max Weber means Merton mobility nature negative sanctions norms occupation one's parents particular people's percent person perspective poor position primary group problems professor questions race relationships religion responses role rules social class social facts social structure social world society sociological concepts sociological imagination sociologists sociology sort status status inconsistency STOP & PEVIEW stratification system subculture suicide symbolic interactionist teachers tend things Thomas theorem tion Tönnies understand University values Weber women words workers
References to this book
Teaching the Novel Across the Curriculum: A Handbook for Educators Colin C. Irvine No preview available - 2007 |