Allen University Sociological Imagination Discussion Questions

I’m working on a sociology question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.

What is the sociological imagination? Illustrate your definition with an example.

1. What are sociological theories? Provide specific examples about each.

Part 2. 

Instructions: Answer the questions/statements in well-constructed paragraphs. Ensure to include specific examples to support your ideas. 

Describe at least three ethical concerns in sociological research and how the profession addresses these concerns. Make up original examples to illustrate your points.

Part 3

Instructions: Answer the questions/statements in well-constructed paragraphs. Ensure to include specific examples to support your ideas. 

• How do innovation, invention, discovery, and globalization affect cultural change?
• How do functionalists, conflict theorists, and symbolic interactionists view culture?

Part 4.

Instructions: Answer the questions/statements in well-constructed paragraphs. Ensure to include specific examples to support your ideas. 

• Why do you think that people like Chris Langan continue to have difficulty even after they are helped through societal systems? How does this story help you understand the role of nature and the role of nurture? 

Part 5.

Instructions: Answer the questions/statements in well-constructed paragraphs. Ensure to include specific examples to support your ideas.  

• What kind of leader do you tend to be? Do you embrace different leadership styles and functions as the situation changes? Give an example of a time you were in a position of leadership and what function and style you expressed.