Question 1

For which writing is Marx most famous? What were the key points of that writing?

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Question 2

In the classic book Invitation to Sociology, Peter L.Berger presents sociology as a form of consciousness.Explain.

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Peter Berger maintains that a "debunking motif" defines the sociological consciousness.Explain.

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Question 4

If Marx were alive today, how would he write about cellular phones?

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Question 5

What is the sociological imagination?

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Question 6

In studying patterns of courtship and marriage, what would sociologists emphasise?

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Why focus on cellular phones in a chapter introducing sociology as a discipline?

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Who are the bourgeoisie and the proletariat? How are they connected to the means of production?

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Explain the law of three stages.

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Question 10

Distinguish between troubles and issues.Give an example of how a personal problem is connected to some larger social force.

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Question 11

How does the capitalist system promote change?

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Question 12

What is sociology? What do sociologists study?

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Durkheim maintains that the sociologist's task is to study social facts.What are social facts? When do people experience the power of social facts?

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If Comte were alive today what features of the cellular phone would he emphasise?

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Question 15

What major historical event shaped the discipline of sociology? Why?

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Question 16

Who was Auguste Comte? What is he known for?

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Question 17

Consider the concepts listed below.Match one or more of the concepts with each scenario.Explain your choices.
-Scenario 5 On the progressive care unit where she works, nurses regularly have five or more patients.Over the years, hospital procedures with which nurses assist, have become more complicated, and patients are sicker.Brandon said there are not always enough nurses to go around."You get your running shoes on, take off, and go," Brandon said."The current nursing shortage is just beginning in Wyoming," said Julie Cann-Taylor, registered nurse and director of critical care at the hospital."There had been a nursing vacancy rate of 3 to 4 percent at the hospital for years, but it jumped to 7 percent last fall," she said.Matt Kaiser, director of human resources at the hospital, said there are about 40 registered nurse positions available, creating a vacancy rate of about 11 percent (Rupp 2007).
A)Anomic
B)Double consciousness
C)Troubles/Issues
D)Social fact
E)Currents of opinion

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The scenario describes a systemic issue affecting the nursing profession, highlighting a broader social issue of nursing shortages and increased patient complexity, rather than an individual trouble.

Question 18

How did the Industrial Revolution affect the nature of work and social interaction?

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What are currents of opinion? What does studying rates of behaviour reveal?

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What is solidarity?

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Quiz 1: The Sociological Imagination