SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

Question 1

Sociological Imagination
Public issue Vs Private issue

Answer 1

-The ability to grasp the relationship between individual lives and the larger social forces that help to shape them.
Public issue- a societal problem and concern
Private issue- the result of someone’s life decisions.
Ex: Alcoholism
Societal issue, because of social pressures, and conditioning

Question 2

Good Grades? Bad News
What are the three variables?
Research Question?
Findings?

Answer 2

• Gender, GPA, Grades
• Do grades really matter? Do grades change depending on gender, and major.
• Found that woman with higher GPAs were penalized, they were stigmatized against because employers said that woman with higher GPAs would not be personable, sociable or desirable for the work force.

Question 3

A tale of Two Zip codes
Genetic Code, and Zip code?

Answer 3

• Zip code is more determinant of your life expectancy than your genetic code.
  -Social determinants of health
  (access to healthcare, access to nature, environmental hazards, food quality)
  -Income inequality is the biggest health risk in the US