Here are some study guide questions for the lecture notes for midterm 1.
Compare the sociological perspective with other ways of knowing, such a religious ways of knowing, common sense, the physical sciences, other perspectives in the social sciences, and the biological perspective.
What is the sociological imagination? How might one’s understanding of the cause of a problem influence one’s plan for solving the problem?
What is the Davis-Moore thesis? What are some criticisms of it?
Understand the importance of the symbolic interactionist claim that we create the world that we live in.
According to Howard Becker how does a person become a marijuana user?
