Consider the issue of student debt in the current educational environment in the lens of "the sociological imagination." How might you use the sociological imagination to understand different aspects of the increase in student loan debt in the twenty-first century?
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary but should include the point that the sociological imagination links personal troubles with public issues. Students who take out loans may see debt as a personal problem, rather than connecting it to the enormous debt shared by an entire generation. This debt may affect their agency as their purchasing abilities become limited.
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When surveyed just after a child's birth, _______ in ten unmarried parents say they are still together
a. one b. three c. six d. eight
What was the consequence of World War II on marriage?
a) Divorce rose considerably. b) Fewer people got married. c) The age of marriage dipped considerably. d) Fewer married women worked.
The difference between cultural beliefs and cultural values is that
a) values are abstract, beliefs are concrete b) beliefs are ideas about what is real, and values are ideas about what we ought to do c) values are less important than beliefs d) beliefs are less important than values e) beliefs and values are synonymous terms, used interchangeably by sociologists
Resocialization would be most likely to occur in which of the following situations?
a.) A mother decides not to return to work after giving birth to her first child. b.) A child gets a new teacher halfway through the school year. c.) An American woman who takes a full-time job in Saudi Arabia after graduating from college ends up marrying a local man. d.) An electrician who has never left the United States takes a two-week vacation to Kenya.