Questions

NAME: _________________

I. Fill in the blanks (5pts each blank, total = 50)

1. Macro Sociology views all societies as systems composed of three parts:

____________________, __________________, ____________

2. Classical Theorists, Spencer, Durkheim and Weber focused on material factors such as:

__________________, ____________________, ______________

3. __________________ is a process by which populations are formed and transformed in response to changes in the environment.

4. __________ __________consists of corporations that seek to produce goods

and services for profit and are driven to accumulate profit by maximizing it.

5.Post-Modern theories draw heavily from the classical theory _________________.

For the Essays- Reference sources from assigned material in this course to support your answers. Provide in-text citations and a list of references cited in the paper at the end of the document. Edit for clarity, mechanical, grammatical and spelling errors.

II. Choose 1 topic below and draft a one-page double spaced essay for each topic (each =20 pts)

A. Has American individualism and prioritizing the individual over the “group” contributed to tribalism (some use the term “Identity Politics”) and social/political division? Explain and support your answer with empirical evidence.

B. Using Ashley Crossman’s discussion of Chaos Theory provide examples of the theory’s premise that apply to American society:

“In the social sciences, chaos theory is the study of complex non-linear systems of social complexity. It is not about disorder, but rather about very complicated systems of order.”

III. Mandatory essay ( 2-3 double spaced pages - 30 points)

C. Explain with examples drawn from U.S. and.or other societies: Which micro level theory is most applicable to the individual’s place in America?

--Social Location -- Life Course and Age Cohorts - Habitus Theory