Please use complete sentences to answer the following questions. Each of these questions can be answered after completing the Chapter Readings (linked to the module)
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Chapter 9 Questions:
1. Where did your family grow up? What is their understanding of the American Dream and how you can achieve it? Does your family share the same understanding of stratification?
2. Analyze the Davis-Moore thesis. Do you agree with Davis and Moore? Does social stratification have an important function in society? What examples can you think of that support the thesis? What examples can you think of that refute the thesis?
3. Consider social stratification from the symbolic interactionist perspective. How does social stratification influence the daily interactions of individuals? How do systems of class, based on factors such as prestige, power, income, and wealth, influence your own daily routines, as well as your beliefs and attitudes? Illustrate your ideas with specific examples and anecdotes from your own life and the lives of people in your community.
Chapter 11 Questions:
1. Distinguish between race and ethnicity
2. Distinguish between stereotype, prejudice, discrimination, institutional discrimination
3. How do redlining and racial steering contribute to institutionalized racism? You could choose to check out this resource for local-level information on the impacts of redlining in Hampton Roads and include in your answer: https:
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Chapter 12 Questions
1. Why do sociologists find it important to differentiate between sex and gender? What importance does the differentiation have in modern society?
2. How is children’s play influenced by gender roles? Think back to your childhood. How “gendered” were the toys and activities available to you? Do you remember gender expectations being conveyed through the approval or disapproval of your playtime choices?
3. Identify three examples of how U.S. society is heteronormative.