Essay Questions
Answer the following questions in your own words. Explain your choices and your reasons. Provide examples where possible. Be sure to number your answers and present them in order:
- Chapter 12: Contrast the functionalist, conflict, and symbolic interactionist perspectives on marriage and family.
- Chapter 12: Discuss the dark side and bright sides of family life.
- Chapter 13: Explain how the educational system reproduces the social class structure.
- Chapter 13: Apply the symbolic interactionist perspective to religion: symbols, rituals, beliefs, and religious experience.
- Discuss mediocrity in education, grade inflation, social promotion, and raising children. (Must be 2 to 3 paragraphs)
