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| Chapter 1: The Sociological Perspective |
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In today's society, are most of our troubles caused by a lack of sociological imagination?
If more people utilized their ability to see the relationship between individual experiences and the larger society, what would the results be? |
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| Chapter 2: Sociological Research Methods |
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| Is it possible for one to conduct a sociological survey without bias? |
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| It is important to experience other cultures in order to appreciate one's own culture. |
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| Is homeschooling a child doing him a disservice? Does homeschooling deprive children of peer socialization and skew their vision of cultural norms? |
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| Chapter 6: Groups and Organization |
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| Is it human nature to organize into a heirarchy? Do we naturally divide ourselves into 'followers' and 'leaders'? |
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| Chapter 5: Society, Social Structure and Interaction |
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| Who are you? What is your social identity? What status do you occupy in our society? |
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| How is food indicative of culture? A culture's food indicates lifestyle, domain, how they acquire money, agricultural skills, etc |
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| Chapter 7: Deviance and Crime |
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| Does our correctional system really correct anything? |
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| Chapter 7: Deviance and Crime |
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A 2002 study survey showed that among nearly 275,000 prisoners released in 1994, 67.5% were rearrested within 3 years, and 51.8% were back in prison.
Recidivism- the act of a person repeating an undesirable behavior after they have either experienced negative consequences of that behavior |
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| Chapter 7: Deviance and Crime |
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| In 2005, whites accounted for almost 70% of all arrests. Does this match up with the racial profiling techniques used by police? |
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| Chapter 7: Deviance and Crime |
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| Does one's social class predispose one to crime or deviance? If so, does one's social class justify crime or deviance? |
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| Chapter 8: Class and Stratification in the United States |
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ODESSA — Leaders of the Black Cultural Council say volunteers and the black community felt “humiliated” after two health department food inspectors threatened to put a stop to a Juneteenth celebration over questions about food preparation for 600 free barbecue sandwiches.
“I hate that it happened,” Davenport-Littleton said in a story for today’s edition of the Odessa American. “I wanted people to go away talking about how great the celebration was this year. All you heard was ‘They were going to deny us barbecue. Here we are in modern-day slavery again.’ “
Is this REALLY modern-day slavery? |
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| Chapter 8: Class and Stratification in the United States |
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| Should our laws guarantee people a living wage, even if it leads to higher taxes and the redistribution of wealth? |
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| Chapter 8: Class and Stratification in the United States |
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| Should our laws guarantee people a living wage, even if it leads to higher taxes and the redistribution of wealth? |
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| Chapter 9: Global Stratification |
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| As a first-world country, should we aid third-world countries in their development? |
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| Chapter 10: Race and Ethnicity |
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| Affirmative action- A form of racism in itself. Affirmative action is implemented as a measure to counteract racism in the workforce and educational system. Instead, it is perpetuating racism by continuing to define people by their race or ethnicity. |
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| The use of 'GOD' throughout our society blatantly violates the separation of church and state as indicated by the First Amendment. |
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| The education system places too much emphasis on numbers, test scores and grades, therefore neglecting the real purpose of school- to educate. |
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| Chapter 5: Society, Social Structure and Interaction |
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| Learning a foreign language is the first step to world peace. If we can adequately communicate with each other, perhaps we wouldnt have to resort to such primitive methods as physical conflict. |
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| Chapter 18: Health, Health Care and Disability |
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| Healthcare should be provided to all, no matter what the cost. No one should be denied medical care when it is necessary. |
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