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Objectives At the end of this unit, students will be able to: 1. Understand the importance of evidence and reasoned assessment to working with the social reality. 2. Identify several different research methods used by sociologists to study the social…
Objectives At the end of this unit, students will be able to: 1. Have a basic understanding of the discipline of sociology and the sorts of questions it seeks to answer. 2. Identify early and significant sociologists by name. 3. …
Objectives At the end of this unit, students will be able to: Identify gender inequalities in their work and life. Discuss the basic theoretical positions that attempt to explain gender (e.g., various forms of feminism). Consider the “why?” questions. Why…
Objectives At the end of this unit, students will be able to: 1. Identify what is meant by the phrase “diversity of the family. 2. Outline the changing demographic characteristics of the family 3. Outline the difference between complementary and…
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Objectives At the end of this unit, students will be able to: 1. Define culture, counter culture, high culture, mass culture, ideal culture, real culture, and so on. 2. Describe ethnocentrism, eurocentrism, and reverse ethnocentrism with examples. 3. Have considered…
Objectives At the end of this unit, students will be able to: 1. Distinguish between absolute and statistical definition of deviance. 2. Be able to discern the intersection of power and deviance. 3. Understand the importance of social resources in…
Objectives At the end of this unit, students will be able to: 1. Define and provide examples of social inequality in Canada and other countries. 2. Discuss possible negative consequences of class systems. 3. Explain the importance of Marx’s notion…
Objectives At the end of this unit, students will: Understand the political and economic meaning of empire. Understand the importance of power in relation to our ability to “create” the world that we live in. Relate the topics presented in…
Objectives At the end of this unit, students will be able to: 1. Define socialization. 2. Be able to identify agents of socialization and their impact on the development of the human individual. 3. Understand some of the mechanisms that…
