Question

Choose a current event that, given the ideas you've learned in this class, you think might benefit from being looked at in sociological perspective. Prepare a report doing the following: Apply at least one sociological theory to the event. In doing so, discuss how you think this theory would interpret the event. Apply at least one of the sociological concepts you have learned in your weekly lessons to the event. In doing so, discuss how you see this concept appearing in the event.

Answer 1

Apply at least one sociological theory to the event. In doing so, discuss how you think this theory would interpret the event. You can use any appropriate sociological theory of which you have knowledge, but you may want to choose from the broad theoretical perspectives you've encountered in this course:

Structural-functionalism

Symbolic interactionism

Conflict theory

Role theory

Structural-strain theory

Labeling theory

Social constructionism

Dramaturgical theory

Apply at least one of the sociological concepts you have learned in your weekly lessons to the event. In doing so, discuss how you see this concept appearing in the event. Please choose from the following list:

Social structure

Power and authority (counts as one)

Culture

Socialization

Deviance

Social identity

Presentation of self/interaction ritual

Social change/social movements