Johnny Cash on Gender Socialization

A boy named Sue

Recruiting for the Islamic State

http://news.yahoo.com/ex-gangsta-rapper-sparks-fear-of--homegrown--islamist-threat-in-germany-212937819.html

Class Review 9/16

We went quickly today; here's some things to focus on:

1) Give an example of overgeneralization/illogical reasoning/selective observation, etc.

2) Give an example of a mediating variable.

3) Give an example of a spurious relationship.

Book Group

Now that you have selected a book, it can be useful to you to find other people in my two classes that are also reading the book. I encourage you to discuss it with them (I can envision a book club meeting with snacks - in a safe environment, of course). You can use this space to find other people, discuss the book, or organize a get-together. (Comments about the book can count towards your 10.)

Age at Marriage and Divorce

Here's a chart from the CDC (http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/ad/ad323.pdf). I want you to think about what this chart says about marriage and divorce/disruption, and also some of the reasoning pitfalls you might fall in when looking at this chart if you aren't careful. 

NFL and Domestic Violence

http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2014/09/08/newly-surfaced-video-shows-ray-rice-punching-fiancee/

Lecture Review (9/9)

Here are some things to focus on from today:

0) How are different worldviews/paradigms in sociology like quantum mechanics/general relativity in physics? How are they different?
1) Inductive and deductive reasoning - if I give you an example can you tell the difference?
2) Theory vs. proposition vs. hypothesis. What is the difference between a theory and a proposition? What is the difference between a proposition and a hypothesis?
3) Why don't we "prove" things or identify "truth" in sociology?
4) Be familiar with the steps of the scientific method (the order of the process)?

Y'all are doing a great job with comments. Keep up the good work!

Today's Review

To account for the fact that I can be a bit of a scatterbrain, I will often post a list of key points/questions from lecture to help students know where to focus their studies. You can comment on these/offer answers as part of your 10 comments.

1) What is the point of theory?

2) What is the danger of theory?

3) Comte, Marx, Durkheim, Weber: identify something about them that is unique from the others.

      a) Power/property/prestige

4) What is the most important part of a worldview/paradigm?

5) What are the worldviews we talked about in class?

Intergenerational Mobility

Mean child household income is the average income of children born between 1980-1982 in 2010-2012 (when they are approximately 30 years old). Parent household income is the average income of parents between 1996-2000 (when the children were between 14 and 20 years old). Dollar values are adjusted for inflation so they reflect purchasing power in 2012. Income data comes from tax records.

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