Unit 1 Our Changing Society

Chapter 1: Technology and Society

Reading : Human Societies — From the Iceman to Us

Chapter 2: Social Experience and Personal Development

Reading : Social Forces That Shape Our Lives

Reading : Emotions in Global Perspective: Do We All Feel the Same?

Chapter 3: The Changing Nature of the Family

Reading : Family Structure

Chapter 4: Strategy Practice

Unit 2 Consumer Behavior and Marketing

Chapter 5: Influencing the Customer

Reading : Marketing’s Impact on the Consumer

Chapter 6: Who Buys What? The Family’s Influence

Reading : Consumer Socialization of Family Members

Reading : Different Views on Purchasing Behavior

Chapter 7: How We See Ourselves

Reading : How Perspectives on the Self Influence Consumer Behavior

Chapter 8: Strategy Practice

Unit 3 Workplaces and Work Spaces

Chapter 9: How Office Space Affects Behavior

Reading : Work Space Design

Chapter 10: The Modern Office: Symbols of Status

Reading : The Meaning of the Chair

Reading: Office Designs That Work

Chapter 11: Sitting Comfortably

Reading : The Ergonomics of Sitting

Chapter 12: Strategy Practice

Unit 4 Use and Abuse of Natural Resources

Chapter 13: Water for Sale

Reading : Exploding Sales for Bottled Water

Chapter 14: The Aral Sea — An Environmental Disaster

Reading : The Dying Lake

Reading : Creating More Fresh Water Through Desalination

Chapter 15: International Conflict over Natural Resources

Reading : Water Politics in the Middle East and North Africa

Chapter 16: Strategy Practice

Unit 5 We Are What We Eat

Chapter 17: Food Roots and Foodways

Reading : Food Habits and Beliefs

Chapter 18: Getting Back to Nature

Reading : Organic Farming Versus Traditional Methods

Reading : Genetically Modified Foods

Chapter 19: Microorganisms: The Spice of Life?

Reading : Food Microbiology

Chapter 20: Strategy Practice

Unit 6 Encounters with Music and Sound

Chapter 21: Music as Social Conscience

Reading : Opposing War Through Music: Classical and Modern Examples

Chapter 22: Noise Hurts

Reading : Noise Pollution

Reading : The Science of Sound

Chapter 23: Ultrasonics: Super Sound?

Reading : Ultrasonics

Chapter 24: Strategy Practice

Unit 7 Animal Nature

Chapter 25: Endangered Elephants

Reading : Saving the African Elephant: Using International Law and Trade

Chapter 26: Animals: How Human?

Reading : Chimpanzees: Our Closest Relative

Reading : Kanzi: A Case of Ape Language Development

Chapter 27: Living Together: Advantage or Disadvantage?

Reading : The Costs and Benefits of Social Behavior

Chapter 28: Strategy Practice

Index of Target Words