16. One of the major reasons that for 60 years it was common practice for Native Americans to be placed in boarding schools was
24. As discussed in lecture, in Tibet, there are about 200 t…
24. As discussed in lecture, in Tibet, there are about 200 traditional healers known as amchi who provide health care. What is their system of health care based on?
CONGRATS! You’ve finished the Final Exam for Soc 201A. H…
CONGRATS! You’ve finished the Final Exam for Soc 201A. Honorlock-enabled link to a National Geographic video about the Australian quokka (1 min. 48 sec.) More fun facts about the quokka can be found here.
11. Social change…
11. Social change…
10. In 1961, Stanley Milgram devised an experiment to measur…
10. In 1961, Stanley Milgram devised an experiment to measure
26. Offshoring takes place when corporations
26. Offshoring takes place when corporations
29. In the Sociological Conversations interview we watched i…
29. In the Sociological Conversations interview we watched in Module 15, Rob Willer talks about research he and his colleagues have done on altruism. What has Willer concluded about the duality of generosity? Although some altruistic behavior
52. Reformative social movements
52. Reformative social movements
17. When asked if they attend church services nearly every w…
17. When asked if they attend church services nearly every week or more, about 29 percent of Americans say they do. But when daily diaries of people’s activities are examined, rates of church attendance are much lower. This problem of self-reporting positive behaviors is known within sociology as
4. Hollywood films are often popular abroad, and their conte…
4. Hollywood films are often popular abroad, and their content often reflects favored US ideologies, such as free trade or democratic political institutions. This is an example of