Unit 1 Belonging to a Group

Chapter 1 Marriage,Family,and the Home

1 The Family Today

2 Alternative Lifestyles

3 How We Learn to Behave

4 The Importance of the Social Environment

Writing Assignment

Chapter 2 The Power of the Group

1 The Influence of Culture

2 Peer Group Pressure

3 Crowds

4 Panic!

Writing Assignment

Unit 2 Gender and Sexuality

Chapter 3 Growing Up Male or Female

1 Bringing Up Boys and Girls

2 Fairy-TaleLessons for Girls

3 Learning Gender Lessons at School

4 Gender Roles in the Media

Writing Assignment

Chapter 4 Gender Issues Today

1 Balancing Home and Work

2 It's Not So Easy Being Male

3 Inequality at Work

4 Sexual Harassment

Writing Assignment

Unit 3 Media and Society

Chapter 5 Mass Media Today

1 The Role of Mass Media

2 What Is Newsworthy?

3 Reporting the Facts

4 Advertising in the Media

Writing Assignment

Chapter 6 The Influence of the Media

1 Privacy and the Media

2 Internet Issues

3 Propaganda and the Media

4 Television and Children

Writing Assignment

Unit 4 Breaking the Rules

Chapter 7 Crime and Criminals

1 Deviance and Crime

2 Who Commits Crime?

3 Computers and Crime

4 Techniques for Solving Crimes

Writing Assignment

Chapter 8 Controlling Crime

1 What Stops Us from Committing Crimes?

2 Prisons

3 The Death Penalty

4 The War on Drugs

Writing Assignment

Unit 6 Changing Societies

Chapter 9 Cultural Change

1 Cultural Variation and Change

2 Subcultures and Cults

3 Changing Communication

4 The Changing Workplace

Writing Assignment

Chapter 10 Global Issues

1 Population Change

2 Flight to the Cities

3 The Environment

4 Into the Future

Writing Assignment

Text Credits

Art and Photo Credits

Task Index