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dlrecLly from a pamphleL glven Lo Cerman exchanged sLudenLs comlng Lo Lhe unlLed SLaLes Lo
sLudy ln 2000.
- Amerlcans say Pello" or Pow are you?" when Lhey see each oLher. A long answer ls noL
expecLed, [usL answer 1hank you, flne. Pow are you?"
- uslng deodoranL ls a musL.
- Amerlcan women usually shave Lhelr legs and under Lhelr arms. Women who don'L llke Lo do
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4. The educational system has been considered a gender, race, and social class sorting
machine. What perspective do you take on this issue? How do you see this working in your
own school? Describe in detail! ****
3. How has your education affected you? Which sociological theory or theories can you
apply to some of the experiences you have had? ****
6. Historically, who was education for? What were the goals of education? When did a
formal education emerge? What is the functionalist perspective of education? What is the
conflict perspective of education? What is the symbolic interactionist perspective of
education? Which perspective do you mostly agree with and why?
7. Discuss how socialization processes leads to differential treatment of men and women,
and how these processes have impacted your OWN views of this differential treatment.
Provide examples. ****
8. How do typical practices in advertising reproduce inequality in society? How do they
help to promote and create stereotypes? Think about race, class and gender in your
answer, and provide clear and relevant examples.
9. How do values, norms, sanctions, folkways and mores reflect culture? Use the United
States in your answer. How do these all come in to play in the transmission of American
culture and define us as uniquely American? ****
10. In the nature v nurture debate the 2 sides disagree on what has the largest impact on
how we not only act, but also how we see the world. Which side do you agree mostly with
and why? How would an understanding of the nurture side help to gain a better
understanding of the Nazi movement in Germany or the rise of anti-American terror
groups such as Al-Qaeda? How have major agents of socialization further influenced you
and your core beliefs? Using the Nazis or Al-Qaeda..predict how their social institutions
would have been used to transmit significant values and core beliefs.