Assignment task: Address one of the essential questions sociologists study (below). Pick one and share your opinion. To what extent is the individual shaped by society? Why and to what extent does our social class background affect our life chances? Why and to what extent does our gender affect our life chances? Why and o what extent does our race/ethnicity affect our life chances? What is the role of institutions in society - do they perform positive functions, or simply work in the interests of the powerful and against the powerless? (Institutions would be education, the economy, work, religion, family, government, medicine, etc.) How and why has American society changed over the last 50 years? Is American Society today better than it was 300 years ago? Need Assignment Help?