Unit 1 Belonging to a Group 1
Chapter 1 Marriage,Family,and the Home 5
1 The Family Today 5
2 Alternative Lifestyles 12
3 How We Learn to Behave 18
4 The Importance of the Social Environment 24
Writing Assignment 29
Chapter 2 The Power of the Group 31
1 The Influence of Culture 31
2 Peer Group Pressure 37
3 Crowds 41
4 Panic! 47
Writing Assignment 52
Unit 2 Gender and Sexuality 53
Chapter 3 Growing Up Male or Female 57
1 Bringing Up Boys and Girls 57
2 Fairy-TaleLessons for Girls 64
3 Learning Gender Lessons at School 70
4 Gender Roles in the Media 75
Writing Assignment 79
Chapter 4 Gender Issues Today 81
1 Balancing Home and Work 81
2 It's Not So Easy Being Male 87
3 Inequality at Work 92
4 Sexual Harassment 97
Writing Assignment 102
Unit 3 Media and Society 103
Chapter 5 Mass Media Today 107
1 The Role of Mass Media 107
2 What Is Newsworthy? 113
3 Reporting the Facts 117
4 Advertising in the Media 123
Writing Assignment 127
Chapter 6 The Influence of the Media 129
1 Privacy and the Media 129
2 Internet Issues 136
3 Propaganda and the Media 142
4 Television and Children 147
Writing Assignment 152
Unit 4 Breaking the Rules 153
Chapter 7 Crime and Criminals 157
1 Deviance and Crime 157
2 Who Commits Crime? 162
3 Computers and Crime 168
4 Techniques for Solving Crimes 174
Writing Assignment 179
Chapter 8 Controlling Crime 181
1 What Stops Us from Committing Crimes? 181
2 Prisons 186
3 The Death Penalty 191
4 The War on Drugs 197
Writing Assignment 202
Unit 6 Changing Societies 203
Chapter 9 Cultural Change 207
1 Cultural Variation and Change 207
2 Subcultures and Cults 215
3 Changing Communication 220
4 The Changing Workplace 225
Writing Assignment 229
Chapter 10 Global Issues 231
1 Population Change 231
2 Flight to the Cities 237
3 The Environment 244
4 Into the Future 251
Writing Assignment 255
Text Credits 257
Art and Photo Credits 264
Task Index 269