Introducing students to sociology’s core concepts by debunking popular misconceptions Do birds of a feather flock together or do opposites attract? Does haste make waste or should you strike while the iron is hot? Adages like these-or conventional wisdoms-shape our social life. This Fourth Edition of Second Thoughts reviews several popular beliefs and notes how such adages cannot be taken at face value. This unique text encourages students to step back and sharpen their analytic focus with 24 essays that use social research to expose the gray areas of commonly held beliefs, revealing the complexity of social reality and sharpening students’ sociological vision.

Second Thoughts: Seeing Conventional Wisdom Through the Sociological Eye

Politics & Social Sciences

Cerulo, Karen A.

Ruane, Dr. Janet M.

Social Sciences

Pine Forge Press

Sociology: Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Life, 7th Edition / Second Thoughts, 4th Edition

Newman, Dr. David M.

Sociology

Newman BUNDLE, Sociology: Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Life Brief Edition + Ruane, Second Thoughts, Fourth Edition

Ballantine BUNDLE, Our Social World, Second Edition + Ruane, Second Thoughts, Fourth Edition

Ballantine, Jeanne H.

Roberts, Keith A.

Newman BUNDLE, Sociology: Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Life, Eighth Edition + Ruane, Second Thoughts, Fourth Edition

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