Suicide (Part Three)
Dr. Andrew Leuchter, Director of Adult Psychiatry at UCLA, explains that the people who are at the highest risk for committing suicide are those who are socially isolated.
Face To Face: Power of Language, The
Gestures, facial expressions and other variations in body language can certainly play a significant role in social interaction. But it's the actual words and language that people use that often determine how those individuals relate to one another,...
The Role of Gender: Gender Socialization
The gender socialization process teaches children from a very early age how to differentiate between males and females. Over time, most boys and girls take on gender-related traits and incorporate them into their behavior. There has been a longst...
Changing Families: Role of Family and Social Change, The
Despite enormous changes in the forms that families may take, family as an institution somehow endures and continues to play a uniquely important role in society.
Fitting In: Socialization in Non-Intact Families
There are many aspects of family life that play an important role in a child's socialization experience. The stability of the family unit is one of the most crucial.
Changing Families: Impact of the Family
An Arab-American family in Dearborn, Michigan, a lesbian couple and their daughter in San Francisco, California, and a family living among the Amish in Pennsylvania are profiled. They illustrate how living in a family has an enormous impact on nea...