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Assignment: Sociology
Explain the difference between sociological generalizations about categories of people and the simple, everyday stereotypes one sometimes hears. Provide correct citations
In a brief essav. highlight the different insights about culture that come from the approach and the social-conflict approach. Do vou think that the differences in how culture using each of these approaches is a matter of one being more right than another offer some correct insights? Use specific citations from the text to bolster your argument.
A. The sociological perspective helps us recognize that the lives of individuals are shaped by the forces of society. In a short essay, explain how the sociological perspective reveals "the general in the particular." To illustrate, explain how society played a part in your own decision to attend college. Refer to the text specifically in your answer and use citations.
B. Point out what sociology's two macro-level theoretical approaches-the structural-functional and social- conflict approaches-have in common. What makes them both sociological? What does it mean to say that they are both macro-level approaches?
C. Next, explain how each approach takes a somewhat different view of the nature of society. Finally, consider how each approach has a somewhat different reason or purposes for studying society. As always, use specific examples from the textbook and provide page citations.
D. Cite several ways in which computers and other new information technology are changing culture in the United States. Specifically, does this technology help link us to our cultural heritage, or does it separate us from our past? Why? Draw from the material in Chapters 1 and 2 of Macionis and use specific citations to support your position. Proper page citations are required.