Soc 110 Exam 1
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Soc 110: Exam 1 Prompts (Modules 1 – 5)
Answer any two prompts of your choice in as much detail as possible. Provide the
prompt number before your answer.
1. Discuss the article by Dorothy Smith. What is SNAF? Why is she critical of it?
What key points does she make? What examples does she discuss about
African American families?
2. Explain the five major schools of thought (theoretical perspectives) and what
they would look for in regards to family or dating.
3. Elaborate on the four major types of research and the different techniques
within each type. Give an example of each in regards to family.
4. Discuss the Sociological Imagination and the Sociological Perspective in
detail. Use support from both Berger’s and Mills’ articles. Give examples in
regards to family.
5. Why is the family considered the most basic social institution? What new
insight and comparisons does Arlie Russell Hochschild make in The State of
Families, Class and Culture?
6. Why does Paul Cantor support the portrayal of The Simpsons in The
Simpsons: Atomistic Politics and the Nuclear Family? Specifically discuss the
episode Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily. What is Cantor saying about
Family, Church, and State?
7. Discuss some of the family myths. Refer to Stephanie Coontz’ The Evolution
of American Families. You may also use her speech to help, but make specific
points from the article. Describe the experiences of European, African
American, and Native American families. http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=MIeAnU7_7TA&list=PL42CF0DB044AD8C99
8. Pepper Schwartz in Why Is Everyone Afraid of Sex? opens with
counterarguments to her point. What are they? What are the three main
reasons she claims we are sexually constrained?
Answer any two prompts of your choice in as much detail as possible. Provide the
prompt number before your answer.
1. Discuss the article by Dorothy Smith. What is SNAF? Why is she critical of it?
What key points does she make? What examples does she discuss about
African American families?
2. Explain the five major schools of thought (theoretical perspectives) and what
they would look for in regards to family or dating.
3. Elaborate on the four major types of research and the different techniques
within each type. Give an example of each in regards to family.
4. Discuss the Sociological Imagination and the Sociological Perspective in
detail. Use support from both Berger’s and Mills’ articles. Give examples in
regards to family.
5. Why is the family considered the most basic social institution? What new
insight and comparisons does Arlie Russell Hochschild make in The State of
Families, Class and Culture?
6. Why does Paul Cantor support the portrayal of The Simpsons in The
Simpsons: Atomistic Politics and the Nuclear Family? Specifically discuss the
episode Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily. What is Cantor saying about
Family, Church, and State?
7. Discuss some of the family myths. Refer to Stephanie Coontz’ The Evolution
of American Families. You may also use her speech to help, but make specific
points from the article. Describe the experiences of European, African
American, and Native American families. http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=MIeAnU7_7TA&list=PL42CF0DB044AD8C99
8. Pepper Schwartz in Why Is Everyone Afraid of Sex? opens with
counterarguments to her point. What are they? What are the three main
reasons she claims we are sexually constrained?
