Assignment: Sociological Theory & Trends in Family Life
Instructions
Choose one question from each of the question sets below (2 sets total). In other words, you will be answering two questions total (1 from each set).
Question Set 1
Briefly compare and contrast structural-functionalist, social-conflict, and symbolic-interactionist approaches in their analyses of health and health care, generally, and, in particular in their analyses of disability. How do concepts such as the sick-role model, role ambiguity, and subordinate groups help sociologists understand health, health care, and disability?
Briefly compare and contrast structural-functionalist, social-conflict, and symbolic-interactionist approaches to racial and ethnic relations. How do concepts such as assimilation, stereotyping, and economic stratification help different types of sociological theorists understand race and ethnicity?
Briefly compare and contrast structural-functionalist, social-conflict, and symbolic-interactionist approaches in their analyses of gender stratification.
Question Set 2
Examine divorce trends in the United States over the past several decades and discuss ways they shape family life. Also, explain factors contributing to the divorce rate in the U.S. Compare and contrast at least two U.S. subgroups in your answer.
Define cohabitation and examine trends in cohabitation in the United States over the past several decades, and ways these trends shape family life. Also, explain factors contributing to the cohabitation rate in the U.S. Compare and contrast at least two U.S. subgroups in your answer.
Examine single parent trends in the United States over the past several decades and ways they shape family life. Analyze and describe most single-parent-households with children in the U.S. Compare and contrast at least two U.S. subgroups in your answer.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.