SOC 1100 Chapter 5: SOC 1100 Unit 5
5 Dec 2016
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Soc 1100- unit 5 option c assignment. Chapter 13: gender and equality, gender and socialization done. Chapter 14: the social meaning of race and ethnicity done. A(cid:396)e (cid:449)e taught that (cid:862)p(cid:396)ope(cid:396) sel(cid:448)es(cid:863) ha(cid:448)e these (cid:272)ha(cid:396)a(cid:272)te(cid:396)isti(cid:272)s: friendly/approachable, trustworthy, loyal, sincere. Sex gender research is important here: there is some rethinking about only two sexes and the assumption that gender (cultural) could trump sex(nature) has been weakened by failures in sex reassignment. The nature nurture debate: what makes us human, been around for centuries, da(cid:396)(cid:449)i(cid:374)"s theo(cid:396)(cid:455) of e(cid:448)olutio(cid:374) (cid:449)as i(cid:374)te(cid:396)p(cid:396)eted as e(cid:374)(cid:272)o(cid:373)passi(cid:374)g hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)s (cid:449)ithi(cid:374) this broad theory of biologically based evolution. Sociobiologists and evolutionary psychologists have advanced the notion that genetic, biochemical, and biological factors determine fundamental human behaviors and characteristics. Human gene pool has been relatively unchanged for the past 10,000 years, yet human behavior has undeniably changed over this period of time. Suggests that sociocultural forces act upon humans: humans are to some extent, flexible or plastic creatures.
