Sociology

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  • Toc: Cover ......Page 2Title page ......Page 4Copyright page ......Page 5Brief Contents......Page 6Contents......Page 7Boxes......Page 17REVEL Boxes......Page 18Maps......Page 19Preface......Page 21About the Author......Page 29Chapter 1 The Sociological Perspective......Page 30The Power of Society to guide our choices in marriage partners......Page 31Seeing the General in the Particular......Page 32Seeing the Strange in the Familiar......Page 33Seeing Society in Our Everyday Lives......Page 34Seeing Sociologically: Marginality and Crisis......Page 351.2: State several reasons that a global perspective is important in today’s world.......Page 36Sociology and Public Policy......Page 38Sociology and Personal Growth......Page 39Careers: The “Sociology Advantage”......Page 40Science and Sociology......Page 411.5: Summarize sociology’s major theoretical approaches.......Page 42The Structural-Functional Approach......Page 43The Social-Conflict Approach......Page 44Race-Conflict Theory......Page 45The Symbolic-Interaction Approach......Page 47Sports and Conflict......Page 48Sports as Interaction......Page 50Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life......Page 52Seeing Sociology in Your Everyday Life......Page 53Making the Grade......Page 54Chapter 2 Sociological Investigation......Page 56The Power of Society to influence our life chances......Page 57Common Sense versus Scientific Evidence......Page 59Positivist Sociology......Page 60Interpretive Sociology......Page 65Critical Sociology......Page 66Gender......Page 67Research Ethics......Page 68Testing a Hypothesis: The Experiment......Page 70Asking Questions: Survey Research......Page 71In the Field: Participant Observation......Page 75Using Available Data: Existing Sources......Page 78Research Methods and Theory......Page 81Putting It All Together: Ten Steps in Sociological Investigation......Page 82Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life......Page 83Seeing Sociology in Your Everyday Life......Page 84Making the Grade......Page 85Chapter 3 Culture......Page 87The Power of Society to guide our attitudes on social issues such as abortion......Page 883.1: Explain the development of culture as a human strategy for survival.......Page 89Culture and Human Intelligence......Page 91Symbols......Page 93Language......Page 95Values and Beliefs......Page 96Norms......Page 98Material Culture and Technology......Page 99High Culture and Popular Culture......Page 100Multiculturalism......Page 102Cultural Change......Page 105Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism......Page 106A Global Culture?......Page 108Structural-Functional Theory: The Functions of Culture......Page 109Feminist Theory: Gender and Culture......Page 110Sociobiology: Evolution and Culture......Page 111Culture as Freedom......Page 112Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life......Page 113Seeing Sociology in Your Everyday Life......Page 114Making t