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Assignment:
1. What did sociologist C. Wright Mills mean by the Sociological Imagination? Include the ideas of Biography, History, Society, Public Issues, and Private Troubles.
2. What is the difference between Qualitative and Quantitative research? Does the difference matter in the interpretation of the results?
3. What does it mean to look at social problems through an intersectional lens? What are the problems with this method? What are the benefits?
4. What does Marx mean that workers are alienated? From what are they alienated?
5. What is the Nature v. Nurture debate? What side do sociologists tend to fall on?
6. What is Socialization? Why is it important in sociology?
7. Name 3 ways that the industrialization revolution changed the world.
8. What is Modernization? Name 3 positive and 3 negative effects? In your opinion is it a positive?
9. What does social construction mean? Provide 2 brief examples of ideas that we have discussed that are socially constructed and why.
10. What does it mean that the United States is heteronormative? Provide two examples and explain.
11. What are the ideas of medicalization and demedicalization? Provide an example of each and explain.
12. Explain the idea of the sick role. What are 3 benefits and 3 consequences that occur during the performance of the role?
13. What is the difference between prejudice, discrimination, and racism?
14. What is stratification? What factors play a role in stratification?
15. Income and wealth are different. What are the differences? Why are the differences important?
16. What is deviance? Explain two types of deviance. What sanctions can occur for your types?
17. We see that women and men are socialized differently. Give three examples of this socialization difference. What impacts can these have when people become adults?
18. What are the 6 major social institutions that sociologists study? What happens if any one of them change?
19. What are the 3 major theoretical perspectives? Compare and contrast them and their ideas.
20. What is a family? How are families changing? Choose three systemic changes that are causing the change of families.
Extra Credit:
1. What is Sociology? Why should we study it? Can it be useful in your everyday life?
2. What was your favorite topic of the semester? Why? Did it make you think differently about it?