Sociology Essay Exam 1
Questions & Answers
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
interaction between the individual and society. To illustrate this perspective, explain how society
plays a part in your own decision to attend college. - ANSWERSI believe that sociological
perspective revels the interaction between individuals and society all the time. Society has
played a big part in my decision to attend college. Where I from everyone around me goes to
college. It's just what your suppose to do is to get a education. Everyone has degrees and if you
don't go to college people will judge for not going. They think it's setting you up for failure in
life. I believe that because of all this going around me it influenced my decision going to college.
Because everyone encourage me to go. Plus I would have felt guilty if I didn't go. So society had
a major part in me going to college.
Use the symbolic interaction theory to explain why a student might develop an eating disorder. -
ANSWERSTo start with symbolic interaction theory is the idea of self concept. This explains why
a student may develop an eating disorder. Interactions with others may influence them if
someone comments that they have too small of a shirt on. Or maybe a friend says they should
go on a weight loss diet with them. Those all influence the way they see themselves. As a
person they may start looking at themselves as being too fat for example. Because they look at
social media and see all these skinny people and they compare themselves to them. Plus if they
feel like they should be worried because others are on a diet. Then they start feeling self
consicous about their own self.
Explain how both conflict theory and functional theory would explain why faculty on BYU
campus get better parking spots than students. - ANSWERSConflict theory: Focuses on the
competition or conflict between social groups for scarce resources, such as wealth, power, and
prestige. It is, at its core, a theory about inequality.
-There are only so many spots
-Since the faculty get them then the students can't
-The faculty are in charge, so they use their power to help themselves
Questions & Answers
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
interaction between the individual and society. To illustrate this perspective, explain how society
plays a part in your own decision to attend college. - ANSWERSI believe that sociological
perspective revels the interaction between individuals and society all the time. Society has
played a big part in my decision to attend college. Where I from everyone around me goes to
college. It's just what your suppose to do is to get a education. Everyone has degrees and if you
don't go to college people will judge for not going. They think it's setting you up for failure in
life. I believe that because of all this going around me it influenced my decision going to college.
Because everyone encourage me to go. Plus I would have felt guilty if I didn't go. So society had
a major part in me going to college.
Use the symbolic interaction theory to explain why a student might develop an eating disorder. -
ANSWERSTo start with symbolic interaction theory is the idea of self concept. This explains why
a student may develop an eating disorder. Interactions with others may influence them if
someone comments that they have too small of a shirt on. Or maybe a friend says they should
go on a weight loss diet with them. Those all influence the way they see themselves. As a
person they may start looking at themselves as being too fat for example. Because they look at
social media and see all these skinny people and they compare themselves to them. Plus if they
feel like they should be worried because others are on a diet. Then they start feeling self
consicous about their own self.
Explain how both conflict theory and functional theory would explain why faculty on BYU
campus get better parking spots than students. - ANSWERSConflict theory: Focuses on the
competition or conflict between social groups for scarce resources, such as wealth, power, and
prestige. It is, at its core, a theory about inequality.
-There are only so many spots
-Since the faculty get them then the students can't
-The faculty are in charge, so they use their power to help themselves
