Chapter 1
Explain what it means to “think like a sociologist” and “make the familiar strange,” and use at least one example to make your point.
Chapter 3
Why do you think culture (material and nonmaterial) differs from one location to another? Why do you feel that there are changes within a culture across time? In other words, how and why do ideologies change?
Chapter 4
Discuss and give examples of each of the four main agents of socialization.
Chapter 6
Explain Merton’s strain theory of deviance and list each adaptation to anomie. Refer to “means” and “goals.”
Chapter 7
There are five types of social stratification systems. Name each of these and describe how they justify inequality.
Chapter 10
Explain the official poverty line of the United States, which was created by Mollie Orshansky. What are the criticisms of this measurement?