Kendall, Sociology in Our Times: The Essentials
Chapters 7-10 [Required/Graded: 15 Points)
Assignment Instructions:
Read the textbook Chapters 7-10. Use Microsoft Word and save the completed assignment as Word document with a filename that includes the assignment title, your first initial and last name.
How to earn full points?
This is the writing assignment with essay questions and is worth a total of 15 points.
Provide substantive responses to each essay question. By substantive responses, it means:
Cover all key elements of each essay question
Give enough information about the topic
apply the chapter concepts and theories to real-life situations
Seek out additional resources to gain a better insight of the topic
Bring in examples and experiences to illustrate the point
Cite references if necessary
Acceptable length: write a minimum of 150 words per essay question
Formatting Requirements
Use one-inch margins
Use 1 12-point Times New Roman font
Use double-line spacing in the document
Cite all sources in APA (American Psychological Association)
Chapter 7 (Class and Stratification in U.S.) Questions
Identify intergenerational mobility and intragenerational mobility and give an example to illustrate them.
Explain the model of American class structure and their lifestyles: the upper-upper class, middle class, working class and working poor class
Chapter 8 (Global Stratification) Questions
3. Explain World systems theory and construct a list of countries in each of the three categories.
4. Describe dependency theory and modernization theory? Explain the ways these two theories complement or clash with one another.
Chapter 9 (Race and Ethnicity) Questions
5.Sociologist Robert Merton identified four combinations of prejudice and discrimination. Give each one example unprejudiced nondiscriminators, unprejudiced discriminators, prejudiced nondiscriminators, and prejudiced discriminators
6.Identify subordinate group and give examples of subordinate group in terms of race, gender, etc. Also identify a subordinate group and explain how this group of people with minority status is discriminated against.
Chapter 10 (Sex and Gender) Questions
7.Differentiate between sex and gender. Highlight factors of gender inequality. Give examples to illustrate it.
8.Explain multicultural feminism and use an example or any source to describe the possible disadvantages and multilayered oppression that women might experience based on race, social class, class, sexual orientation, and age.
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