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A vibrant new learning program designed to engage students every step of the way with a modular approach and a dynamic digital experience. Mastering Sociology provides a friendly and accessible introduction to the discipline.
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- Understand the Concepts – Designed as a modular program, chapters are divided into short and easy to read modules that begin with learning objectives and conclude with self-assessment.
- Engage Students – Each chapter contains student perspectives videos featuring students sharing their experiences and thoughts on sociological topics and issues.
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A vibrant new learning program designed to engage students every step of the way with a modular approach and a dynamic digital experience.
Mastering Sociology provides a friendly and accessible introduction to the discipline.
MySocLab for
Mastering Sociology features engaging student learning experiences including an interactive eText, the New Core Concepts Video Series, and the New Social Explorer.
This text is available in a variety of formats digital and print. Pearson offers its titles on the devices students love through Pearson s MyLab products, CourseSmart, Amazon, and more.
Teaching & Learning Experience This program will provide a better teaching and learning experience for you and your students. Here s how:
- Personalize Learning MySocLab is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program. It helps students prepare for class and instructor gauge individual and class performance.
- Improve Critical Thinking The author encourages students throughout the program to pause and consider how their own life experiences are influenced by society. This personal approach helps students think critically and make sociological connections to the world around them.
- Understand the Concepts Designed as a modular program, chapters are divided into short and easy to read modules that begin with learning objectives and conclude with self-assessment.
- Engage Students Each chapter contains student perspectives videos featuring students sharing their experiences and thoughts on sociological topics and issues.
- Explore Research Social Explorer activities connect with topics from the text, engaging students with data visualizations, comparisons of change over time, and data localized to their communities.
- Support Instructors MySocLab, Instructor s eText, Instructor s Manual, Test Item File, Electronic MyTest Test Bank, PowerPoint Presentation Slides, and Pearson Custom course material are available.
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Part I: The Sociological Perspective
Chapter 1: The Sociological Perspective
Seeing the Social Context
Origins of Sociology
Sociology in North America: Social Reform
Versus Social Analysis
Chapter 2: Research and Theory in Sociology
Doing Research: The Need
Doing Research: The Model
Doing Research: The Methods
Why Research Needs Theory: A Very Brief Introduction
Theoretical Perspectives: Symbolic Interactionism
Theoretical Perspectives: Functional Analysis
Theoretical Perspectives: Conflict Theory
Putting the Perspectives Together: Macro and Micro
Chapter 3: Culture
What Is Culture?
Culture and Orientations to Life
Symbolic Culture: Language
Symbolic Culture: Gestures
Symbolic Culture: Values, Norms, Sanctions, Folkways, and Mores
Many Cultural Worlds
Values in U.S. Society
Changing Values
Cultural Universals
Technology in the Global Village
Chapter 4: Socialization
Extremes in Socialization
Socialization into the Self and Mind
Socialization into Emotions
Getting the Message: Learning Gender
Agents of Socialization
Resocialization
Socialization through the Life Course
Chapter 5: Social Structure and Social Interaction
Levels of Sociological Analysis:
Macrosociology and Microsociology
THE MACROSOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
The Macrosociological Perspective:Social Structure
The Components of Social Structure: Culture, Social Class, Groups, Social Status,
and Roles
Another Component of Social Structure: Social Institutions
Comparing Functionalist and Conflict Perspectives
What Holds Society Together?
The Microsociological Perspective: Social Interaction in Everyday Life
Dramaturgy: The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
Ethnomethodology: Uncovering Background Assumptions
The Social Construction of Reality
Chapter 6: Deviance and Social Control
What Is Deviance?
Comparing Sociobiology, Psychology, and Sociology
The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective
The Functionalist Perspective
The Conflict Perspective
Reactions to Deviance: Prisons
Reactions to Deviance: The Death Penalty
On Laws and Crime Statistics
The Medicalization of Deviance
The Need for a More Humane Approach
Part II: Social Inequality
Chapter 7: Social Stratification
Global Stratification: From Slavery to Social Class
Three Worlds of Stratification
How Did the World’s Nations
Become Stratified?
Why Is Social Stratification Universal?
What Determines Social Class?
Social Class in the United States
A Social Class Model
Consequences of Social Class
Social Mobility
Poverty
Chapter 8: Race and Ethnicity
Race: Myth and Reality
Minority Groups and Dominant Groups
Prejudice and Discrimination
Theories of Prejudice
Racial—Ethnic Relations: European Americans
Racial—Ethnic Relations: Latinos (Hispanics)
Racial—Ethnic Relations: African Americans
Racial—Ethnic Relations: Asian Americans
Racial—Ethnic Relations: Native Americans
Looking Toward the Future
Chapter 9: Sex and Gender
Differences between Sex and Gender
Human Behavior: Biological or Social Factors?
How Females Became a Minority Group
Fighting Back: The Rise of Feminism
Global Inequality in the World of Work
Gender Inequality in the
American Workplace
Sexual Harassment
Gender Inequality in Everyday Life and Health Care
Violence against Women
The Changing Face of Politics
Part III: Social Institutions
Chapter 10: Politics and the Economy
Politics: Esta blishing Leadership
Power, Authority, and Violence
Types of Government
The U.S. Political System
Who Rules the United States?
War and Terrorism: Implementing
Political Objectives
The Economy : Work in the Global Village
The Transformation of Economic Systems
Principles and Criticisms of Capitalism and Socialism
Belief Systems and the Convergence of Capitalism and Socialism
The Globalization of Capitalism
A New World Order?
Chapter 11: Marriage and Family
Marriage and Family in Global Perspective
Marriage and Family in Theoretical Perspective
Love and Marriage
Family Transitions
Racial—Ethnic Diversity
More Diversity
Current Trends
Divorce and Remarriage
Two Sides of Family Life
The Future of Marriage and Family
Chapter 12: Education and Religion
Education in Global Perspective
The Functionalist Perspective: Providing Social Benefits
The Conflict Perspective: Perpetuating Social Inequality
The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective:
Teacher Expectations
Problems in U.S. Education–And Their Solutions
Religion: Establishing Meaning
Religion in Global Perspective
The Functionalist Perspective
The Conflict Perspective
The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective
Religion in the United States
Part IV: Social Change
Chapter 13: Population and Urbanization
Population in Global Perspective
A Planet with No Space for Enjoying Life?
Why Are People Starving?
How Populations Grow
The Three Demographic Variables
Urbanization
The Development of Cities
U.S. Urban Patterns
Models of Urban Growth
City Life: From Alienation to Community
The Diffusion of Responsibility
Urban Problems and Social Policy
Chapter 14: Social Change and the Environment
How Social Change Transforms Social Life
Global Politics: Power and Conflict
Theories and Processes of Social Change
Ogburn’s Theory
Networking, Facebook, and Technology
The Growth Machine Versus the Earth
The Environmental Movement
Environmental Sociology