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Questions
1. Summarize how each of the three sociological perspectives apply to the production, distribution and consumption of food.
2. What 3 basic premises were set forth by Blumer in describing the symbolic interactionist perspective on society?
3. What is a "cultural script"?
4. What is "constructivism"?
5. If "reality" is always viewed through a cultural prism, then would it be correct to say that reality is to some degree socially constructed by the symbolic framework people bring to it?
6. Response to criticism of symbolic interactionism as narrow and "micro":
Revisiting our food example; it is a fact that all cultures define some plants and animals as food and others as not edible for people who subscribe to that cultural framework. These cultural symbols guide our actions toward producing, distributing and consuming food. How does this illustrate symbolic interactionism as a large scale theoretical framework?
7. What use does sociological knowledge have in the workplace?
List the six on page 24:
8. How may posts on social media come back to haunt someone many years later?
9. What was the most important thing you learned from doing this assignment in your view?
10. What was the most surprising thing?