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Race and Ethnicity in the United States (m42866)
Maintainers: OpenStax College, Sociology Cap
Keywords: Model minority
Summary: Compare and contrast the different experiences of various ethnic groups in the United States Apply theories of intergroup relations and race and ethnicity to different subordinate groups
Subject: Social Sciences
Language: English
Popularity: 53.94%
Revised: 2012-06-12
Revisions: 3
Racial, Ethnic, and Minority Groups (m42857)
Maintainers: OpenStax College, Sociology Cap
Keywords: Dominant group, Ethnicity, Minority group, Scapegoat theory, Social construction of race, Subordinate group
Summary: Understand the difference between race and ethnicity Define a majority group (dominant group) Define a minority group (subordinate group)
Subject: Social Sciences
Language: English
Popularity: 55.53%
Revised: 2012-05-18
Revisions: 2
Religion in the United States (m42900)
Maintainers: OpenStax College, Sociology Cap
Keywords: Liberation theology, Megachurch
Summary: Give examples of religion as an agent of social change Describe current U.S. trends including megachurches and secularization
Subject: Social Sciences
Language: English
Popularity: 46.48%
Revised: 2012-05-18
Revisions: 2
Research Methods (m42960)
Maintainers: OpenStax College, Sociology Cap
Keywords: Case study, Content analysis, Control group, Correlation, Ethnography, Experiment field research, Hawthorne effect, Interview, Nonreactive, Participant observation, Population, Primary data, Qualitative data, Quantitative data, Random sample, Research design, Samples, Secondary data analysis, Surveys
Summary: Differentiate between four kinds of research methods: surveys, field research, experiments, and secondary data analysis Understand why different topics are better suited to different research approaches
Subject: Social Sciences, Social Sciences
Language: English
Popularity: 97.93%
Revised: 2012-06-12
Revisions: 3
Sex and Sexuality (m42873)
Maintainers: OpenStax College, Sociology Cap
Keywords: Double standard, Queer theory, Sexuality
Summary: Understand different attitudes associated with sex and sexuality Define sexual inequality in various societies Discuss theoretical perspectives on sex and sexuality
Subject: Social Sciences
Language: English
Popularity: 86.20%
Revised: 2012-06-12
Revisions: 3
Social Change (m42948)
Maintainers: OpenStax College, Sociology Cap
Keywords: Modernization, Social change
Summary: Explain how technology, social institutions, population, and the environment can bring about social change Discuss the importance of modernization in relation to social change
Subject: Social Sciences
Language: English
Popularity: 52.45%
Revised: 2012-06-04
Revisions: 2
Social Constructions of Reality (m42964)
Maintainers: OpenStax College, Sociology Cap
Keywords: Achieved status, Ascribed status, Habitualization, Institutionalization, Looking-glass self, Role conflict, Role performance, Roles, Role-set, Role strain, Self-fulfilling prophecy, Status, Thomas theorem
Summary: Understand the sociological concept of reality as a social construct Define roles and describe their place in people’s daily interactions Explain how individuals present themselves and perceive themselves in a social context
Subject: Social Sciences
Language: English
Popularity: 57.13%
Revised: 2012-05-07
Revisions: 2
Social Movements (m42945)
Maintainers: OpenStax College, Sociology Cap
Keywords: Alternative movements, Diagnostic framing, Frame alignment process, Motivational framing, New social movement theory, Prognostic framing, Reform movements, Religious/redemptive, Resistance movements, Resource mobilization theory, Revolutionary movements, Social movement industry, Social movement organization, Social movements, Social movement sector
Summary: Demonstrate awareness of social movements on a state, national, and global level Distinguish between different types of social movements Identify stages of social movements Discuss theoretical perspectives on social movements, like resource mobilization, framing, and new social movement theory
Subject: Social Sciences
Language: English
Popularity: 52.23%
Revised: 2012-06-04
Revisions: 2
Social Stratification and Mobility in the United States (m42843)
Maintainers: OpenStax College, Sociology Cap
Keywords: Class traits, Downward mobility, Intergenerational mobility, Intragenerational mobility, Social mobility, Standard of living, Structural mobility, Upward mobility
Summary: Understand America’s class structure Describe several types of social mobility Recognize characteristics that define and identify class
Subject: Social Sciences
Language: English
Popularity: 52.60%
Revised: 2012-06-12
Revisions: 3
Socialization Across the Life Course (m42829)
Maintainers: OpenStax College, Sociology Cap
Keywords: Anticipatory socialization, Degradation ceremony, Resocialization
Summary: Explain how socialization occurs and recurs throughout life Understand how people are socialized into new roles at age-related transition points Describe when and how resocialization occurs
Subject: Social Sciences
Language: English
Popularity: 58.05%
Revised: 2012-05-07
Revisions: 2
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