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Introduction to Sociology 1 Essay Prompt Study Set For each of the following questions, provide an essay-style answer (e.g., complete sentences in organized paragraphs) that reveals your understanding of the subject matter in question. Be thorough, define concepts, and provide detail and examples illustrating your assertions. Define the concept the sociological imagination. How does utilizing it help to make sense of the world we live in? Provide an example of how you would use the sociological imagination to better understand poverty in the contemporary United States; e.g., what data (information) would you seek and why? Identify the primary assumptions of each of the following three theoretical perspectives: (structural) functionalism, conflict, and symbolic interactionism. Discuss how each of the three theoretical perspectives could explain the rise of the internet for economic activity – specifically what is known as e-commerce. What are the main research methods for data gathering that sociologists use to study the social world? What are the relative strengths and weaknesses of each method? Define the concept social structure. How does social structure shape the social world? According to the assigned additional reading by Turner, identify each of the scales of social reality/the social world (the basic framework of social structure) and the major components of each scale. How are they connected to each other? Define the concept socialization. What/who are agents of socialization and which are the most important in the development of the self? What value(s)/function(s) does socialization have for the self and for societies? How can socialization create conflict? How does Mead explain the importance of social interaction in the development of the self? In your response, define the concept of the self and explain the stages through which the self is developed according to Mead, including an explanation of why the generalized other that emerges during the game stage is so important for the self and society to function smoothly. Define the concept culture. How is culture acquired by people? How and why can culture be beneficial/functional for societies? How and why can culture create conflict within and between societies? Define the concept stratification. Considering class as one aspect of contemporary stratification systems, discuss the argument that Marx and Engels make in the “Manifesto of the Communist Party” regarding class struggle by addressing the following prompts: 1) Why is private property the foundation for the existence of inequality within societies?; 2) Who are the proletariat and the bourgeoisie?; 3) What is “class consciousness” and why do Marx and Engels argue that it is necessary?