Sociological Imagination
1. Studying sociology helps people analyze data because they learn: a. interview techniques b. to apply statistics c. to generate theories d. all of the above
2. Berger describes sociologists as concerned with: a. monumental moments in people’s lives b. common everyday life events c. both a and b d. none of the above
3. Berger writes that sociology a. is not an academic discipline b. makes the strange familiar c. makes the familiar strange d. is not a science
4. What do you think C. Wright Mills meant when he said that to be a sociologist, one had to develop a sociological imagination?
5. What do you make of Karl Marx’s contributions to sociology? What perceptions of Marx have you been exposed to in your society, and how do those perceptions influence your views?
