We reviewed the concepts of social solidarity, mechanical and organic solidarity, anomie, longitudinal and cross-sectional research methods, and measuring deviance.

Abby is taking a two-hour summative and formative exam this morning.

Noticing the difference between organic and mechanical solidarity in social changes...

The lesson focused on how changes in social solidarity can create anomie, which in turn creates dysfunctional deviant behaviors.

We finished the discussion on the nature of stereotypes and looked at their effects on the social stratification of society.

There was no class today since Abby was not feeling well. I will send her a short assignment to complete in lieu of this class. The assignment consisted of a two-hour exercise to come up with several stereotypes of five racial and ethnic groups in America.

We learned the origins of the concept of stereotype and how people use them.

We learned about manifest and latent functions for all of our society's institutions.

We reviewed the different levels of social theory, and paid particular attention to three major macrotheories in sociology.

We reviewed the nature, causes, and consequences of institutional racism, sexism, and ageism.