UNIT TWO:  INDIVIDUALS IN  A DIVERSE SOCIETY

PART ONE:  LEAVING HOME

Read Chapter 3, Early Adulthood, from the textbook.

Answer questions 1, 2, 3, 4, and 8a on page 92 and:

a)       Are your expectations similar to those of teenagers in table 4.2, page 58?

b)       Develop a questionnaire (look at the question on page 65).

c)       Read the case study on page 71 and answer questions 1-5.  What are the latest trends regarding who lives at home and adults returning to their parents home?

d)       How has the employment market changed?  (See pages 82-84).

e)       How does a higher education improve your job prospects?  (See pages 84-86).

Due:  Monday, April 19 

PART TWO:  THE SINGLE LIFE

Assignment One

Read Families in Canada, pages 177 to 185.

Answer the following questions:

1. Review the major features of dating prior to the 1920s; from the 1920s to the 1920s; and since the 1960s.  Would you add a new phase for the 1990s and today?
2. How did Waller differentiate between dating and courtship?
3. What are the major functions of dating?
4. What are the key problems that young people encounter in the areas of securing dates, network interference, gender differences in perceptions and expectations, and violence and coercion?
5. What are the causes of violence in a dating or courtship relationship?  Why do people remain in such relationships?
6. What can women do to protect themselves and what can society do to protect women?
7. Research the safety measures taken in one Canadian university to protect women from all types of assault.

Due:  Wednesday, April 21 

Assignment Two

Read pages 190-203 from the textbook.

Answer questions 1 and 7, page 222.

1. How do you think computer dating and the internet will affect courtship in Canada?
2. What would be the advantages and disadvantages of chat lines and chat rooms for finding a mate?
3. • Find examples in the media (films, television, books, magazines) of relationships that demonstrate Sternberg’s Love Triangle and ones that do not.  For more information on Sternberg's Love Triangle, click here. 

Due:  Friday, April 23

Assignment Three

How many programs on television do you know of that are about single people?

1. Choose two of these programs and consider the following:
   1. How many of the characters have stayed single?
   2. How do they find and choose their mates?
   3. What causes their relationships to fall apart?

Due:  Friday, April 23

PART THREE:  MATE SELECTION

Summarize the different types of relationships presented in the chapter.  (See pages 88-91)

Read pages 173-177. (Families in Canada)

1.  Define:  exogamy, endogamy, age homogamy, religious homogamy, and ethnic homogamy.
2. What is the impact of the sex ratio on mate selection? What is the ‘real’ marriage squeeze?

Read pages 50-52. (The Family Dynamic)

Read pages 41-48. (Families:  Changing Trends in Canada)

1. What is the purpose of marriage in society?
2. How is marriage being ‘threatened’ in society today?
3. What conclusions can you make based on the information provided in table 3.1 (page 42) and table 3.2 (page 43) about female marital status?
4. Prepare a chart to compare arranged marriages and free marriages, citing the advantages and disadvantages of each.
5. How free is a ‘free’ marriage?
6. After reading about the two cases of mate selection on page 44, write a reflection on how you might feel being in their position.

Due:  Tuesday, April 27

Individuals in a Diverse Society