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Explain W.E.B.Du Bois's idea of double consciousness.

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Discuss the views of Harriet Martineau on women's experience in marriage and enslaved Black people in the United States.

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Identify a social problem or issue.Explain this phenomenon using a structural functionalist approach or lens.Include specific functionalist theories and concepts to explain why the issue "exists and persists."

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Discuss the marginalization of women sociologists and theorists and sociologists of color-in particular,African Americans-from the field of sociology.Discuss how a conflict theorist might explain this marginalization.

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Question 5

Define power and inequality.Explain the relationship between the two.

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One of the rules of critical thinking is to think about the assumptions and biases that may underlie a study.Imagine you are conducting a study that examines the relationship between race and income.Identify how your own assumptions and biases might come into play.

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Question 7

Explain the relationship between urbanization and capitalism.Include a brief discussion of Marx's ideas about capitalism.

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Explain the concept of the sociological imagination.Choose a particular phenomenon that could be understood as a private trouble,and explain it in terms of public issues.

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Define the term symbol,and provide three specific examples of symbols in the United States.

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Explain what it means for a society to have a collective conscience,and provide an example.

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Question 11

Define the term bureaucracy,and illustrate it with an example.

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Question 12

Define the terms anomie and norms,and explain the relationship between the two concepts.Identify one social problem or issue that could arise because of anomie.

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Define globalization.Identify three effects of globalization and how these effects can either be positive or negative for local or national communities.

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Explain what it means to be ethnocentric,and illustrate it with two examples of an individual practicing ethnocentrism.

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Identify a social problem or issue.Explain this phenomenon using a symbolic interactionist approach or lens.Include specific theories and concepts.

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Identify a social problem or issue.Explain this phenomenon using a conflict theory approach or lens.Include specific conflict theories and concepts to explain why the issue "exists and persists."

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Question 17

The text outlines six simple rules for critical thinking (as outlined by Wade & Tavris,1997).Choose at least three of these rules,and discuss why they are important when conducting a sociological study.

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Question 18

Compare and contrast the theories of Karl Marx and Max Weber.

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Question 19

Define agency and structure as sociological concepts,and explain the differences between them.Using an example,illustrate and describe the relationship between agency and structure.

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Discuss how the scientific revolution,the Enlightenment,the industrial revolution,and urbanization each played a role in the development of sociological thinking.

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Quiz 17: Understanding Sociology: Concepts, Theories, and Perspectives

Explain W.E.B.Du Bois's idea of double consciousness.

Discuss the views of Harriet Martineau on women's experience in marriage and enslaved Black people in the United States.

Identify a social problem or issue.Explain this phenomenon using a structural functionalist approach or lens.Include specific functionalist theories and concepts to explain why the issue "exists and persists."

Discuss the marginalization of women sociologists and theorists and sociologists of color-in particular,African Americans-from the field of sociology.Discuss how a conflict theorist might explain this marginalization.

Define power and inequality.Explain the relationship between the two.

One of the rules of critical thinking is to think about the assumptions and biases that may underlie a study.Imagine you are conducting a study that examines the relationship between race and income.Identify how your own assumptions and biases might come into play.

Explain the relationship between urbanization and capitalism.Include a brief discussion of Marx's ideas about capitalism.

Explain the concept of the sociological imagination.Choose a particular phenomenon that could be understood as a private trouble,and explain it in terms of public issues.

Define the term symbol,and provide three specific examples of symbols in the United States.

Explain what it means for a society to have a collective conscience,and provide an example.

Define the term bureaucracy,and illustrate it with an example.

Define the terms anomie and norms,and explain the relationship between the two concepts.Identify one social problem or issue that could arise because of anomie.

Define globalization.Identify three effects of globalization and how these effects can either be positive or negative for local or national communities.

Explain what it means to be ethnocentric,and illustrate it with two examples of an individual practicing ethnocentrism.

Identify a social problem or issue.Explain this phenomenon using a symbolic interactionist approach or lens.Include specific theories and concepts.

Identify a social problem or issue.Explain this phenomenon using a conflict theory approach or lens.Include specific conflict theories and concepts to explain why the issue "exists and persists."

The text outlines six simple rules for critical thinking (as outlined by Wade & Tavris,1997).Choose at least three of these rules,and discuss why they are important when conducting a sociological study.

Compare and contrast the theories of Karl Marx and Max Weber.

Define agency and structure as sociological concepts,and explain the differences between them.Using an example,illustrate and describe the relationship between agency and structure.

Discuss how the scientific revolution,the Enlightenment,the industrial revolution,and urbanization each played a role in the development of sociological thinking.