Monday, March 12, 2012

Chapter 8 - due Thursday 3/15

1. Briefly summarize the four systems of stratification presented in the text. pages 210 - 213

2. Summarize Daniel Rossides's description of the class system in the United States. pages 212 - 213

3. How are wealth and income distributed in the United States? pages 221 - 223

4. Present ways that stratification influences a person's life chances. pages 228 -230

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Chapter 7 - Deviance and Social Control

What is social control? Informal and formal

What is Deviance?

What is the functionalist and conflict view on deviance?

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Chapter 5

1. What is meant by "social network?" p. 129

2. Distinguish between the functionalists and conflict views of social institutions. pages. 130 - 133

3. What are the five functional prerequisites that a society must satisfy if it is to survive? pages 130 - 133

due 3/1