Please read the learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter.
These themes, concepts, information, and sociological perspectives will
help you live more enrichingly.
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Please answer the following questions after reading “Why it Matters:
Foundations of Sociology and the rest of Module 1. When you complete a
page, click “Next” to continue to the next page. As you continue, you
will find filmed lectures and informed films integrated into the module.
These videos provide direct course material and facilitate your
understanding and knowledge to answer the questions for each assignment.
Throughout the text, you find ungraded multiple-choice questions for
you to take. Always take them to check your understanding. PLEASE MAKE SURE TO NUMBER THE ANSWER’S.
Please define and explain the following terms: sociology, group,
society, micro-level (provide an example), and macro-level (give an
example). From the first film, “What is Sociology” ( Crash Course #
1), please explain how sociology differs from other social sciences,
what the sociological imagination means, and your social location.
Please read about and explain the work and theories of Auguste
Comte, Harriet Martineau, Karl Marx, and Emile Durkheim. (three to five
sentences for each))
Please explain the comparison of George and Sarah in the film
What Are Social Factors. Did this film make you think about your social
factors, and if so, why?
After watching the film on obesity in the US, do you see obesity as a
public issue or personal trouble? Is there a discussion within your
peer group about this topic; is there a gender difference? Explain each
part in a sentence or two.
You learn about the three main sociological theories/ paradigms
from the written text and the film “Major Sociological Paradigms. Please
explain each in terms of analysis level, the focus of study, and
application. Which one interests you the most and why? ( Four to five
sentences for each)
Vocabulary
review: Please define these terms: looking-glass self, dramaturgical
analysis, the bourgeoisie, the proletariat, class consciousness,
patriarchy, power elite, social institutions, latent function,
generalized others, quantitative sociology, and verstehen.
What did C Wright Mills mean by the “sociological imagination.? How might you apply this concept to your everyday life?
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