Index
Index
Page references followed by "f" indicate illustrated
figures or photographs; followed by "t" indicates a
table.
A
A factor, 191, 390
Aborigines, 120
abortion, 161, 175, 180, 241, 387
definition, 180, 241, 387
incidence of, 175
medical, 175
rate, 161, 180, 387
safety of, 161
statistics, 161, 387
Abstract thinking, 70, 77-78
Abuse, 22, 27-29, 33, 39-40, 100, 106, 128, 136,
146-150, 160, 175, 277, 376, 382
Acceptance, 10, 14-15, 51, 85, 96, 131, 183, 240, 242,
286
Accidents, 3, 6, 390
accommodation, 118
actor, 7, 104, 107, 113
adaptation, 66
Addiction, 24, 33, 136
Adolescence, 222, 386
Adolescents, 141, 386
Adulthood, 82, 386
Advertising, 3, 69, 178, 373
advocates, 7, 16, 34, 36, 138, 192-193, 281, 286, 290,
296-298
Affection, 60
Africa, 238
African Americans, 7, 19, 21, 40, 120, 169, 246,
262-263, 376, 385
Age, 9-10, 24, 29, 31, 38, 41, 84-85, 128, 141, 153,
174, 178, 193-194, 204-205, 212-213, 222,
224, 239-240, 249-252, 254, 262, 266, 270,
274, 276-277, 371, 373, 376-377, 381,
387-388
health and, 381
agency, 31, 33, 37, 96, 99, 102, 106, 110, 113, 118,
121, 156, 158, 160-161, 384, 387-388, 390
Aggravated assault, 226
Aggregate, 108, 155
Aggression, 1, 64, 69, 368, 376
Aging, 175, 371, 382
Agriculture, 8, 282, 384
AID, 33, 172, 202-203, 226
AIDS, 153, 276-277
Air pollution, 35
Alaska, 251, 382
Alcohol, 27, 39, 153, 175, 294-295, 370, 382, 386, 390
abuse, 27, 39, 175, 382
effects, 153, 386
Alcohol abuse, 27
Alcohol consumption, 295, 370
Alcoholism, 152, 381
alienation, 86, 203, 205, 208, 220
America, 52, 71-72, 98, 190, 263-264, 381, 385
American Psychological Association, 133-134
American Revolution, 217
American Sociological Association, 15, 146, 156, 242
ancestry, 62
and stratification, 24
Androgyny, 383
Anger, 6, 77, 177
Animals, 11, 157, 300
Anime, 63
anomie, 66
Anthropology, 8, 96, 124, 130-131, 134-135
Antisocial behavior, 87-88
Anxiety, 56, 138, 148-150, 163, 304, 309, 312
Appreciation, 195
approach, 1, 4, 8, 16-18, 20, 28, 32, 43-44, 52, 69-71,
85, 87, 92-93, 96-99, 102-103, 105-107,
109-110, 113-115, 117, 119-120, 122-124,
138-140, 142, 162, 167-168, 170-171, 177,
179-180, 185, 195, 198, 204, 218, 241-242,
248, 273, 282, 285-286, 310, 313, 368
Arguments, 21, 56, 86, 96, 153, 188
Arson, 150
ART, 9, 94, 103, 119-120, 178, 229, 371, 384
technology, 119
artifacts, 299-300, 312
Asia, 18
Asian immigrants, 377
Assessment, 11, 20, 28, 31-34, 53-54, 217
Assimilation, 18
Assumptions, 2, 9, 12, 35-36, 57-59, 61-62, 65, 68, 74,
85-87, 89, 92-98, 102, 104, 106, 108, 115,
118-120, 123, 127, 162, 167, 170, 173, 191,
195, 208, 221-223, 227, 269, 385, 390
Asthma, 35, 144
Athens, 197
Athletics, 87
Attachment, 35, 180
Attitude, 14, 16, 106, 123, 149, 180, 203, 208, 210,
214, 226, 230, 234-235, 309
positive, 210, 234
Attraction, 148
Australia, 122, 231, 252, 254, 380, 384-386, 389, 392
Authoritarian personality, 40
authority, 5, 7-9, 30-31, 60, 64, 66-67, 72, 146, 149,
164, 167, 216-217, 376
Automobile accidents, 390
Autonomy, 28, 36-37, 113, 118, 121, 123, 152, 210
Avoidance, 61
Awareness, 11, 28, 30, 32, 93, 116, 121-122, 139,
145, 153, 162, 206, 285, 372
B
Baby boom, 45
Background assumptions, 62
Balance, 28, 34-35, 83, 86, 145, 147, 161, 173, 197,
251
Banks, 67, 274
Baptists, 141
base, 106, 191, 197, 229-231
Baseball, 88
Basketball, 12, 69, 173, 207
Battered women, 251
Beauty, 3, 34, 119
Becker, Howard, 246
behavior, 3, 6, 13, 18, 20, 27, 33, 36, 47, 51, 56, 72,
77, 85, 87-88, 93, 95, 97-106, 108-109,
112-115, 117, 125, 128, 133, 141, 143,
145-146, 148, 150-151, 153-154, 157-159,
166-167, 178-181, 188, 190-191, 206,
216-217, 219, 237, 247, 251, 276, 285-286,
302-305, 308-309, 312, 368-370, 383, 385
Behaviorism, 97, 286
Belgium, 228
beliefs, 2-3, 7-8, 10-12, 19-20, 40-41, 48-49, 56-57,
69-70, 77, 83-85, 94, 101-102, 104, 106-107,
111-115, 118-119, 121, 129, 149, 154, 173,
180, 182, 186, 189, 195-196, 206, 215-216,
225-226, 233, 284, 291, 378
Bell curve, 10
Berger, Peter, 1
bias, 5, 99, 101, 190, 198, 233, 264, 300, 304,
310-312, 383, 388
Bible, 236
Bicyclists, 6
bilingual, 386
Binge drinking, 251
Biological factors, 119
Biology, 8, 13, 15, 92, 96, 229
Birth, 45-46, 48, 111, 119, 205, 224, 369, 383-385, 387
Birth rates, 384
Black, 3, 9, 19, 45, 48, 72, 76, 80, 101, 142, 161, 168,
174-175, 196, 215, 246, 262, 271, 281,
296-297, 387
Black students, 3
Blacks, 39, 80-81, 168, 196, 262, 297
Blue, 19, 44, 375, 380
Boards of directors, 274
Body, 10, 22, 49, 65, 83, 88, 94, 111, 126-127, 129,
166, 203-204, 249, 371
Bogardus, Emory, 235
Bogardus scale, 237
Bogardus social distance scale, 235, 237-238, 241
Bolivia, 52
borders, 142
Boundaries, 12, 29, 42, 64, 85, 113, 118, 158, 168,
197, 206-207, 217, 251-252, 285
Bourdieu, 57, 110, 124
Bourgeoisie, 67
boys, 88, 383
Brain, 222, 305
Brazil, 39
Brazilians, 39
Breast cancer, 32, 144
Britain, 97, 122, 231, 240, 380, 389
Bulgaria, 231
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 161
Bureau of Labor Statistics, 13, 227, 387, 389
Bureaucracies, 102, 387
bureaucracy, 65-66, 101, 180
Burglary, 176, 180, 226
Business, 1, 11, 13, 28, 31, 33-35, 39, 56, 72, 101,
108, 164, 185, 207, 210, 213, 234-235, 246,
252, 256, 305, 379, 384, 392
C
California, 6, 32, 42, 100, 143, 168, 197, 253, 274,
382, 392
camps, 147
Cancer, 32, 144, 183, 205
capital, 40, 64, 66, 127, 164, 173, 175, 225
Capital punishment, 40, 173, 175
Capitalism, 66
Capitalist class, 67
capitalists, 67
care for, 112
Career, 11-13, 26, 31, 143, 145, 147, 255, 290, 384
careers, 12, 107, 150, 385
Caregiver, 166
Caring, 8
Case studies, 42, 51, 119
casino gambling, 33
Casinos, 33
Category, 41, 44, 46, 137, 168, 174-175, 180, 196,
215, 225, 232, 243, 249-250, 262, 277-278,
387
Catholics, 189
Caucasian, 223
causality, 74-76, 78, 89, 99, 106, 113, 120, 181-182,
188, 191, 282, 292, 312-313, 389
Cause and effect, 78
Cell phones, 11
Censorship, 14, 161
census data, 45, 168, 246, 380-381
Change, 5, 8, 30-32, 44, 58-60, 67, 83, 85, 87, 98,
106, 108, 110-116, 118-119, 121-122, 125,
132, 142, 158, 172-173, 177, 180, 190, 202,
206, 212, 260, 267, 276, 284, 291, 299, 301,
311, 376, 383, 388
Changes, 26, 29-30, 38, 45, 52, 102, 106, 115, 137,
160, 164, 202, 286, 300-301, 370, 380, 388
Cheating, 14
Checks and balances, 101
Chicago, 20, 28, 42, 75, 100, 103, 125, 133, 154, 165,
169, 247, 297, 384, 392
Child abuse, 33, 39-40, 77-78, 100, 106, 175, 382
Child care, 1-2, 167, 390
child sexual abuse, 128
childcare, 203
Children, 1-2, 8, 29, 38-40, 60, 75, 77, 79, 112, 133,
147, 153, 159, 167, 175, 181-182, 192, 250,
259-260, 262, 283, 290, 300, 370, 373-374,
