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Sociology
Article Packet Unit 3 Period_____
Why Sisterly Chats Make People Happier Pg. 1
1. Generally speaking, how does having a sister impact your mood and demeanor?
2. What is different about the way men and woman communicate based on this study?
3. Older research has indicated that woman talk up to three times as much as men. Newer data suggests that men and women talk only slightly more than women. Does your personal experience back this up? Why do you think this is the case?
NJ Transit train fatally strikes Manasquan High School student Pg. 3
4. How many students or recent graduates had committed suicide between 2008 and 2009 in Manasquan?
5. What method was used in 4 of those suicides?
6. Many suicidal adolescents are described as loners and socially disconnected. How was Matthew Caughey described by the Superintendent Margin?
7. What two agencies were created to deal with this particular suicide cluster?
4th Teen from same Palo Alto high school commits suicide
8. What similarity could be seen in the Manasquan and Palo Alto suicide clusters?
9. Why do you think many teens commit suicide by stepping in front of trains?
10. Why did the Palo Alto police decide to limit the media coverage of the latest suicide?
11. What percentage of teen suicides occurs in clusters?
12. Apart from teens which other social groups have engaged in suicide cluster behavior?
Teen Suicide Clusters Page 7
13. The 16 cluster suicides in Bridgend South Wales are being tied to the internet, specifically social media sites. How do you think social media might influence suicidal teens?
14. One teen interviewed in the story denied that social media had anything to do with suicide clusters. How does Professor Margaret Gould refute that claim?
LGBT (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender) Youth Facts / Statistics
15. What percentage of LGBT students hear anti-LGBT comments in school?
16. What percentage of LGBT students drop out of school because of harassment?
17. What connection is their between LGBT youth and drug and alcohol abuse?
18. Identify two positive social trends with regard to the LGBT community?
Mean Girls, Bullies, Study Sheds Light on School Cliques (exclusive social groups)
19. What is relational aggression?
20. What is the difference between being popular and being well-liked?
21. Research has shown that as children grow older there social cliques become less racially mixed. Why do you think this is?
22. Why do the researchers suggest that cliques are not necessarily bad?
Obama says bullying is not a rite of passage Page 12
23. What is a rite of passage?
Merkel: Multicultural society has “failed” Page 13
24. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said the Germany’s attempt to integrate “foreigners” has failed. What sociological argument is she making?
Gender Roles Change at Work and Home Page 15
25. What were the traditional gender roles of men and women when it came to work and family?
26. According to the study how do children raised by working mothers feel about them?
27. What striking change has taken place with regard to men and raising children?
28. What has changed with regard to men and housework (cooking and cleaning)?