Mid-term - introduction to socialogy

My chosen three questions are below.

For each question chosen, write an essay response of 250-300 words (for a total minimum of 750 words). In each response, be sure to refer to specific concepts from the readings, lecture notes, and/or discussions, and use these concepts to support your points. Note that your exam response should be in your OWN words, using ONLY the course material to support your points. Google search or any other outside (non-G142) resources should not be used to answer the questions. Please clearly state the question prior to your answer.

1. Choose a social problem, and explain how the sociological imagination, as defined by C. Wright Mills, can be used to understand the causes and consequences of that problem. Be sure that you address and apply the components of the sociological imagination in your response.

3. Compare Karl Marx's and Max Weber's theories of social class. Explain which theory you think is more accurate and why.

5. Why is socialization so important to the development of our self-concept? Explain the role of socialization in shaping our lives, using at least three concepts from the course material in your explanation.

The Sociological Imagination – this can be used to answer the first two questions.