Charles horton cooley and george herbert mead provided insight on the roles that people play as family members and how they modify or adapt these roles to the expectations of others—especially significant others such as parents, grandparents, and siblings. this is the foundation of the on the family as a social institution.

Chapter 1 what is the sociological perspective? why did durkheim say that some people are more likely to commit suicide? what does it mean that sociology us to see that “things are not as they seem"? what is the "sociological imagination"? how did industrialization and urbanization lead to the development of sociology? who is the "father" of sociology (and coined the term sociology)? what was the major goal of sociology’s pioneers like comte and durkheim? what did herbert spencer say? what did karl marx think caused social change? when did sociology become established as an academic discipline in the u. s.? what did w. e.b. dubois say was the major problem of the 20th century? what is the functionalist view of society? what is the main focus of the conflict perspective? why are gender and race important to the conflict perspective? what is the symbolic interactionist perspective? chapter 2 why is culture vital to human survival, and how is that different from animal instinct? what is the sapir-whorf hypothesis? what is a norm? what are mores and folkways? how does the u. s. compare to other nations in terms of how multicultural or culturally diverse it is? what is a subculture? what is a counterculture? what is cultural lag? can you give an example? what is the ethnocentrism vs. cultural relativism debate about?

According to the federal regulations, which of the following studies meets the definition of research with human subjects? a. a researcher uses the customs office’s passenger lists for ships bringing immigrants to the us between 1820-1845 to track the numbers of immigrants from certain ethnic groups. b. a researcher conducts a linguistic study of comments posted on a local public blog. c. a developmental psychologist videotapes interactions between groups of toddlers and their care givers to determine which intervention methods most effectively manage aggression. d. a researcher asks the director of a local free clinic about the number of patients in the last two years with newly diagnosed hiv/aids.

4) what articles do you think a soldier would have in his “old kit bag”?