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The sociological perspective guides us to view anyone’s behavior in terms of patterns, which shape social life.  Peter Berger would refer to this view as 

Maria is in her early forties and is juggling the demands of taking care of her two young children and having to assist her elderly parents with some daily tasks. She is __________.

Which of the following is necessary for a survey to be valid?  

Functionalism reminds us that social institutions do not operate independently, they are all ____________. 

When we ask a question like “why have most American women taken their husband’s last name upon marriage”, which has been a taken-for-granted social reality for generations, we are employing Peter Berger’s idea:

Modern societies rely on this institution to provide valid, reliable answers to questions about the natural and social worlds:

Within the institution of the family, we find positions, such as mother, father, brother, and sister.    These positions are part of social structure, organizing our behavior.   Sociologists refer to such recognizable positions as:

Within all social institutions we find other layers of social structure, including all of the following except:

You have begun studying unemployment rates in a city with fifty million people, of which fifteen million are unemployed. If you are using your sociological imagination, what is your first consideration?  

What is social interaction?