"Socialization" Please respond to the following:
Explain how the various agents work together to socialize today's adolescents compared to the socialization of your grandparents or parents.
Imagine how the next generation might answer this same question.
"Social Interaction in Everyday Life" Please respond to the following:
A status is a recognized social position that an individual occupies. People occupy many statuses at the same time. Each status has a role associated with it. A role is the behavior and attitudes expected of someone who occupies a particular status. Discuss your current ascribed and achieved status set.
Identify your statuses that operate as a master status. If you have no master status, state what will have to change for you to hold a master status.
Describe the role expectations of your statuses.
"Sexuality and the Media" Please respond to the following:
From the first e-Activity article, discuss whether you agree or disagree with the article's premise that the media portrays women as sexual objects.
Describe the boundaries you think that the media should adhere to when it comes to issues of sexuality.
"Deviance" Please respond to the following:
From the second e-Activity, identify any items from the list that you feel are not a violation of a social norm and propose items that you would add to the list and state why.
Explain who is responsible for establishing what is, and is not, considered deviant behavior.