Chapter 1 (The Sociological Perspective and Research Process) Questions
1. Explain Social imagination and use an example to illustrate the term.
2. Among three sociological theories, which two theories primarily use a macro-sociological framework to view and understand society? Please explain Structural functionalist theory and Conflict theory
3. Describe basic steps of social research and four reasons to conduct social science research.
4. Identify hypothesis and variable. Please formulate a hypothesis and distinguish between independent variable and dependent variable.
Chapter 2 (Culture) Questions
5. Give 3 examples of material culture and nonmaterial culture. Distinguish between ideal value or culture and real value or culture.
6. Define high culture and popular culture and give 3 examples to illustrate both of them.
7. Describe ethnocentrism, cultural relativism, and multiculturalism. Use conflict theory to explain culture.
Chapter 3 (Socialization) Questions
8. Identify primary socialization and secondary socialization. How does the Functionalist theory view socialization?
9. Explain George Herbert Mead's two components of the self Discuss the differences between the "I" of and the "me" of the self. Please provide an example to illustrate it.
10. Describe Charles Cooley's Looking-Glass Self and use an example to illustrate it.