Ch 1: Learning Objectives

After reading and studying Chapter 1 (The Sociological Perspective and Research Process), students should be able to: 1. Describe the sociological imagination and explain its value and importance in understanding people's behavior. 2. Discuss industrialization and urbanization as factors that contributed to the development of sociological thinking. 3. Define sociology and compare and contrast sociology with other social sciences. 4. State the major assumptions of functionalism, conflict theory, and interactionism, and identify the major contributors to each perspective. 5. State the assumptions of postmodernism. 6. Differentiate between quantitative and qualitative research and give examples of each. 7. Describe the six steps in the conventional research process. 8. Compare and contrast the most common research methods. 9. Describe the major ethical concerns in sociological research.

Ch 2: Learning Objectives

After reading and studying Chapter 2 (Culture), students should be able to: 1. Define culture, describe the components of culture (material and nonmaterial) and provide an example of each from U.S. society. 2. Define and provide examples of real and ideal culture. 3. Describe the importance of language and explain the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. 4. List and briefly explain ten core values in U.S. society. 5. State the definition of norms and distinguish between folkways, mores, and laws. 6. Compare and contrast discovery, invention, and diffusion as means of cultural change. 7. Define and provide examples of subcultures and countercultures. 8. Define culture shock, ethnocentrism, and cultural relativism, and explain the relationship between these three concepts. 9. Describe the functionalist, conflict, interactionist and postmodernist perspectives on culture.

Ch 3: Learning Objectives

After reading and studying Chapter 3 (Socialization), students should be able to: 1. Define socialization and explain why this process is essential for individuals and societies around the globe. 2. Distinguish between sociological and psychological perspectives on the development of human behavior. 3. Explain the key components of the theories of Charles Horton Cooley and George Herbert Mead (including the generalized other) and evaluate the contribution of each to our understanding of the socialization process. 4. Explain the development of self-concept , according to recent symbolic interactionist perspectives. 5. State the major agents of socialization and describe their effects on children's development. 6. Define gender socialization and racial socialization. 7. Define ageism and explain how it affects people. 8. Describe the process of resocialization and explain why it often takes place in a total institution.
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Ch 4: Learning Objectives

After reading and studying Chapter 4 (Social Structure and Interaction in Everyday Life), students should be able to: 1. Define social structure, identify the components of social structure, provide examples of social structure and explain why it is important for individuals and society. 2. Define social group, status, ascribed status, achieved status, master status and provide examples of each. 3. Define role expectation, role performance, role conflict, role strain, and role exit and give an example of each. 4. Define social institution, name the major institutions found in contemporary society and identify the social need each meets. 5. Describe the functionalist and conflict perspectives on the structure, nature and purpose of social institutions.

6. Contrast the characteristics of an industrial society with those of a postindustrial society with reference to Durkheim's typology of mechanical and organic solidarity and/or Tonnies' Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft. 7. Explain what interactionists mean by the social construction of reality. 8. Describe Goffman's dramaturgical analysis and explain what is meant by the presentation of self.
Ch 5: Learning Objectives

After reading and studying Chapter 5 (Groups and Organizations), students should be able to: 1. Define aggregates, categories, and groups from a sociological perspective. 2. Define, compare and contrast primary and secondary groups and explain how people's relationships differ in each. 3. Define ingroup, outgroup, and reference group. Provide an example of each and describe the significance of these concepts in everyday life. 4. Contrast functionalist and conflict perspectives on the purposes of groups. 5. Describe two major functions of leadership and compare the three major styles of group leadership. 6. Describe the experiments of Asch and Milgram and explain their contributions to our understanding about group conformity and obedience to authority. 7. Define groupthink and discuss reasons why it can be dangerous for organizations. 8. Compare normative, coercive, and utilitarian organizations and describe the nature of membership in each. 9. Summarize Weber's perspective on rationality and outline his ideal characteristics of bureaucracy. 10. Discuss the major shortcomings of bureaucracies and their effects on workers, clients or customers, and levels of productivity.
11. Ch 6: Learning Objectives

After reading and studying Chapter 6 (Deviance and Crime), students should be able to:

1. Explain the nature of deviance and describe its most common forms. 2. Describe the functions of deviance from a functionalist perspective and outline the principal features of strain, opportunity, and control theories. 3. Describe the key components of differential association theory, differential reinforcement theory, labeling theory, rational choice and social bonding from the interactionist perspective. 4. Describe conflict and feminist perspectives on deviance. 5. Discuss the simultaneous effects of race, class, and gender on deviant behavior. 6. Describe the criminal justice system and explain how police, courts, and prisons have considerable discretion in dealing with offenders. 7. State the four functions of punishment and explain how disparate treatment of the poor, all people of color, and white women is evident in the U.S. prison system. 8. Define conventional crime, occupational crime, corporate crime, organized crime, and political crime and explain how each may affect society.
9. Ch 7: Learning Objectives
1. Define social stratification and social mobility and describe the major systems of social stratification. 2. Describe and compare the perspectives on social class originated by Marx and Weber. 3. Define income, wealth, and socioeconomic status (SES) and describe the separate indices of power, wealth and prestige and how they interact to produce a contemporary understanding of social class. 4. Define the term life chances and understand how life chances are determined by inequalities of wealth and income. 5. Differentiate between absolute and relative poverty and describe the characteristics and lifestyle of the impoverished. 6. Define the feminization of poverty and what factors contribute to this phenomenon. 7. Describe the functionalist, conflict, and interactionist perspectives on social class.

Ch 8: Learning Objectives
After reading and studying Chapter 8 (Global Stratification), students should be able to:

1. Define the term global stratification and describe the Three Worlds and Levels of Development approaches to studying global inequality. 2. Describe the World Banks classification of low, middle, and high income economies based on GNP. 3. Define absolute, relative poverty and subjective poverty and explain how how life expectancy, health, education and literacy are related to global poverty. 4. Summarize the various theories of global inequality including development and modernization theory, dependency theory, world systems theory, and the new international division of labor theory.

Ch 9: Learning Objectives

1. Differentiate between race as a biological concept and race as a social construct and describe the history of the concept of race in the U.S. 2. Define the terms race, ethnicity, majority group, minority group, prejudice, stereotype and racism and provide examples of each. 3. Describe the process of socialization into race. 4. Define prejudice and explain the major theories of prejudice. 5. Define, contrast, and provide examples of individual and institutional discrimination. 6. Define the concepts of social oppression and social privilege and be able to provide examples of white privilege in the U.S. 7. Discuss the history and intergroup relationships of the major racial and ethnic groups in the U.S.

Ch 10: Learning Objectives

1. Define and contrast the terms sex and gender and describe how gender is a social construct. 2. Appreciate the complexity of human sexuality, including sexual orientation and be able to define the terms transsexual, transgendered, transvestite, and hermaphrodite. 3. Define gender role and describe the cross cultural relativity of gender roles emphasizing roles that conflict with dominant gender roles in the U.S. 4. Define sexism and how sexism is related to discrimination and patriarchy.

5. Compare the status of women and gender stratification in foraging, pastoralist, agrarian, industrial and postindustrial societies. 6. Describe the process of gender socialization and identify specific ways in which parents, peers, teachers, sports, and the mass media contribute to the process. 7. Describe the gendered division of labor, the issue of comparable worth, the significance of the second shift and how changes in the labor force have contributed to these phenomena. 8. Describe the functionalist, conflict, and interactionist views on gender and gender stratification. 9. Summarize the feminist perspective on gender equality and basic assumptions of different feminist perspectives.

Ch 11: Learning Objectives

1. Identify why sociologists believe that the traditional definition of the family is no longer sufficient. 2. Describe the differences among the various family forms described in the text. 3. Define marriage and explain the various forms that exist. 4. Explain why the systems of descent and inheritance have significance and be able to describe the various forms. 5. Discuss the difference between patriarchal, matriarchal, and egalitarian families, including how power and control influences roles and decision-making. 6. Explain how functionalist, conflict, and symbolic interactionists view the family. 7. Describe some of the major changes that have influenced the institution of the family over the past 20 years. 8. Describe specific factors influencing the rate of divorce and remarriage in the United States and the impact on individuals and society. 9. Identify the most common forms of family violence in our culture and be able to describe some of the causes and consequences.

Ch 12: Learning Objectives

1. Explain why education and religion are such powerful and influential social institutions in society. 2. Describe the functionalist perspective on education, including both manifest and latent functions of education. 3. Describe the conflict perspective on education and identify the primary differences between this perspective and the functionalist perspective. 4. Describe the symbolic interactionist perspective on education including the significance of the self fulfilling prophecy and labeling theory as it relates to education. 5. List and discuss the four categories of religion as outlined in your text. 6. Describe the functionalist view of religion and identify the major functions of religion according to the functionalist perspective. 7. Describe the conflict perspective on religion, including how Marx and Weber viewed this social institution. 8. Describe the symbolic interactionist perspective on religion, including how religion may be perceived differently by men and women. 9. Describe recent trends in religion in the United States and describe what potential impact these trends may have on education in the future.

Ch 13: Learning Objectives

1. Explain the relationship between politics, government, and the state. 2. Describe the difference between power and authority and identify the three major types of authority. 3. Compare governments characterized by monarchy, authoritarianism, totalitarianism, and democracy. 4. Describe the functionalist (pluralist) and conflict (power elite) models of power and political systems. 5. Explain the relationship between political socialization, political attitudes, and political participation. 6. Compare and contrast pre-industrial, industrial, and postindustrial economies.

7. Describe the military industrial complex and explain why it is called the iron triangle.
Ch 14: Learning Objectives
1. Differentiate between health, health care and disability. 2. Identify important components in the social construction of illness. 3. Describe the characteristics of the sick role. 4. Define disability and outline sociological perspectives on this social status. 5. Identify important issues related to health in a global perspective. 6. Define the social epidemiology in the United States in relation to age, sex, race, and ethnicity. 7. Describe lifestyle factors and their relation to health. 8. Elaborate on inequalities associated with health and health care. 9. Summarize the rise of scientific medicine in the United States. 10. Identify the most important issues related to health care in the future.

Ch 15: Learning Objectives

1. Define demography and describe its basic concepts. 2. Compare and contrast the basic features of the Malthusian, Marxist and neoMalthusian perspectives on population growth. 3. Describe the demographic transition theory. 4. Describe global patterns of urbanization. 5. Describe the functionalist, conflict, and interactionist perspectives on urbanization. 6. Describe the issues and problems associated with overpopulation and continued urbanization in the U.S. and around the world.
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1. Define collective behavior and describe the conditions necessary for this kind of behavior to occur. 2. Describe the difference between crowds and masses. 3. Define casual, conventional, expressive, acting, and protest crowds and give an example of each.

4. Summarize the main ideas of contagion theory, social unrest and circular reaction, convergence theory, and emergent norm theory. 5. Define mass behavior and describe the most frequently occurring types of this behavior. 6. Identify the five major types of social movements and relate the goals/change that they seek to accomplish. 7. Explain why social movements are often a major source of social change and explain why people join social movements using relative deprivation theory and value added theory. 8. Identify some of the social changes that will occur in the future and discuss how these changes might impact both the individual and society.