UCI Wage Inequality Illness Families and Crime Questions

Q1. Researchers find there are several characteristics that contribute to wage inequality between men and women.

1. ???Choose 2 characteristics that were discussed in the module and explain how they contribute to gendered wage inequality.
2. ???Use examples to support your answer.

Q2. Scholars recognize that illness can be studied in different ways using the 3 major theoretical perspectives in sociology.

a) Using an illness of your own choice as an example, explain how each theoretical perspective would approach understanding illness.

Q3. There are a number of trends that shape how we think and define families.

1. ???According to researchers (e.g. from the module), what are 3 trends?
2. ???Explain what they are and why they shift how we think about families today compared to the past.

Q4. Strain Theory has been used by many cities to better understand why people commit crimes.

1. ???What does Stain Theory argue?
2. ???Using income/social class as an example of strain, explain the 5 different ways people can react to strain.