Sociology Answers

The study of diversity includes the following : a) the process of social change b) the development of group and individual identity c) inherited characteristics d) dehumanisation

In ancient Athenian democracy, citizenship included the following

Which option below is related the following statement:

As you read, meaning travels from the ‘bottom’ up to the eyes and then to the brain.

1.

The Bottom up

2.

Top down

3.

The Bottom down

4.

Balanced approach

In a rapidly changing world the following new social patterns should be developed:a) a global mind-set. b) problem - solving abilities. c) negativity towards other cultures. d) a lack of social responsibility

Read the following case study and then answer the questions that follow:The first ring of the day is a discussion on birthdays under the theme of the week :"SEASONS ". Mrs Pelo is talking to the twenty learners in her class about their birthdays. Which months they are in, what seasons the months fall under, etc. Using the steps in the data handling process, explain how Mrs Pelo can turn this opportunity into a data handling exercise.

At a macro level sociologists see schooling through the following lens:

As to their views, what are the significant differences and similarities between Marx and Weber? And, specifically, how do their views compare with Durkheim’s?

Assume you are the manager of a small firm that is dependent on a large manufacturing customer that uses the resource-dependence perspective. Put yourself in the position of the small firm, and describe what actions you would take to survive and succeed. What actions would you take from the perspective of the large firm?

A billionaire needs an organ transplant. He says that if he is given the next suitable organ he will fund 1000 hip-replacements a year for 10 years. Giving him the next available organ means Mr X, who was top of the list, will die - but it also means that thousands of people will be very happy with their new hips. When viewed from a consequentialist stand point what will be the proper course of action in this case? Is the same course of action true if we consider the case from a stand point of Duty- Based Ethics? Why or why nott?

how is the concept "identity" explained by the following theorists: 1.a functionalist 2. a conflict theorist 3. a symbolic interactionist