stand Darwin to use the term
"the struggle for existence"? How many of these are applicable to human
society?

6. What do you understand Darwin to mean when he says: "The structure of
every organic being is related, in the most essential yet often hidden
manner, to that of all the other organic beings with which it comes into
competition for food or residence, or from which it has to escape, or on
which it preys"? Does his principle, in your opinion, also apply to the
structure of social groups?

7. What examples of competition occur to you in human or social
relations? In what respects are they (a) alike, (b) different, from
competition in plant communities?

8. To what extent is biological competition present in modern human
society?

9. Does competition always lead to increased specialization and higher
organization?

10. What evidences are there in society of the effect of competition
upon specialization and organization?

11. What do you understand Crile to mean by the sentence: "In every case
the fate of each creature seems to have been staked upon one mechanism"?
What is this mechanism with man?

12. Do you think that Crile has given an adequate explanation of the
evolution of mind?

13. Is there a difference in the character of the struggle for existence
of animals and of man?

14. What is the difference in competition within a community based on
likenesses and one based on diversities?

15. Compare the ecological concept "reaction" with the sociological
conception "control."

16. What do you understand by the expression "the reaction of a
community is usually more than the sum of the reaction of the component
species and individuals"? Explain.

17. How far can the terms migration, ecesis, and competition, as used by
Clements in his analysis of the invasion of one plant community by
another, be used in the analysis of the process by which immigrants
"invade" this country, i.e., migrate, settle, and are assimilated,
"Americanized"?

18. What are the social forces involved in (a) internal, (b)
foreign, migrations?

19. What do you understand by the term segregation? To what extent are
the social forces making for segregation (a) economic, (b)
sentimental? Illustrate.

20. In what ways has immigration to the United States resulted in
segregation?

21. Does the segregation of the immigrant in our American cities make
for or against (a) competition, (b) conflict, (c) social control,
(d) accom