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Sociology

Curriculum Revision 2010

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1. Culture and Social Structure	Culture, Conflict and Consequences	1. Sociology is the science that studies hum society and social behavior. 2. Culture is all of the shared products of human groups. 3. Basic cultural universals that all societies h= ave include housing, music, dancing, sports, religion, etc.	1. Why should we study Sociology? 2. How has the study of Sociology changed through= out the past 100+ years? 3. How do different roles attached to a single pe= rson at times conflict with one another? 4. = Why do some societies resist cultural change?
2. The Individual in Society	Culture, Conflict and Consequences	1. Socialization occurs throughout the entire lif= espan of a human being. 2. Personality is the sum of total behaviors, attitudes, beliefs, and values that are characteristic of an individual.<= /p> 3. Deviance has many functions in a society: unif= ies groups, clarifies norms, diffuses tension, identifies problems, and creat= es jobs.	1. How is personality influenced by birth order?<= /p> 2. What are the effects of an individual that is stigmatized from a society? 3. How does a cultural environment influence personality development? 4. What are the different agents of socialization= in a society?
3. Social Inequality	Culture, Conflict and Consequences	1. Social stratification is defined as the rankin= g of individuals or categories of people on the basis of unequal access to sca= rce resources and social rewards. 2. Social mobility is defined as the movement bet= ween or within social classes. 3. Poverty affects a large amount of people acros= s the world. 4. Discrimination happens to individuals and grou= ps in many different forms.	1. Why do social stratification systems exist in = the world today? 2. Explain how the American class system can bene= fit and restrict Americans who want to move upward in terms of social advancement. 3. How is poverty defined differently between societies? 4. Explain the many factors that cause discrimina= tion and prejudice in every society.
4. Social Institutions	Power and Governance, Social Development and Citizenship, Impact of Economic Systems, Culture, Human Environmental Interactions, and Conflict and Consequences	1. There are a variety of social institutions throughout the world such as family, religion, education, politics, scien= ce, sport, and economy. 2. Globalization of markets has made nations acro= ss the world economically interdependent. 3. Religion is defined as a system of roles and n= orms organized around the sacred realm that binds people together in social gr= oups.	1. How do societies determine how they organize t= heir families? 2. What are the characteristics of a successful marriage? 3. How do capitalism and socialism differ? What a= re societies that rely on the capitalist economic model? Socialist? A mix of both? 4. What purpose does education have in society, specifically U.S. society? 5. What are the functions of religion in a societ= y?
5. The Changing Social World	Reform and Change, Culture, Impact of Economic Sy= stems, and Science and Technology	1. Collective behavior is defined as the relative= ly spontaneous social behavior that occurs when people try to develop common solutions to unclear situations. 2. Urbanization is defined as the concentration o= f the population in cities. 3. Sociologists have suggested numerous theories = to explain social change, but the most significant theories can be grouped i= nto four categories: cyclical, evolutionary, equilibrium, and conflict theory= .	1. What are the different types of social movemen= ts? 2. What is the life cycle of a social movement? 3. What are the different factors that influence population change? 4. Why are more people living in urban areas as o= pposed to rural areas today? 5. How do the principles of sociology explain how and why groups make the decisions that they do? <= /p>