1. The body can be seen as an object that can be controlled or shaped by culture.

Justify
with an argumentation why you (un)agree with it....

2. Watch the video and write your reflection using the social science knowledge you
gained in the class. (https://youtu.be/DTKyAJMIIKE)

3. Explain the difference between the normative and interpretative paradigm in

describing social reality. Use theoretical language (self, social fact, intersubjectivity,
objectivity, list theoretical perspectives) and do this using examples that show the
difference.

4. Indicate what is not part of alternative forms of family life:

cohabitation
marriages who work professionally and do not want to have children
self-help networks for seniors
gay relationships
foster families
adoption families
singel
couples living together without marriage but they try to have children

5. Indicate the characteristics required to consider that a given social group is tied by a
social bond: A social bond connects individuals, it is the totality (aggregate) of people
who are characterized:
mental contact
mutual influence
emotional contact
social contact
social relations
social control
social organization
social institutions
spatial contact
patterns of social activity

6. Adjust the theoretical perspective to the following statement: Society is the result of
the domination of one sociological category over the others.
a) Functionalism
b) Neomarxism
c) Symbolic Interactionism
d) Feminism
7. A feral child (also known as a wild child) is a young person who has lived in isolation
from human contact from a very young age, with little or no experience of human
care, social behaviour or language. Why is this an interesting object of study for the
social sciences and what would we like to learn from it? Think about social sciences
perspectives separately - not all together.

8. It will be difficult: explain the difference between the social category, social class and
social stratum. Copying definitions from Wikipedia is not enough - I want arguments.
Do not just define what you mean by this terms. But try to compare them and give
examples. This is a task with three difficulty stars for the ambitious

9. Is (and if so, why) the nation a social group? Copying definitions from Wikipedia is
not enough - I want arguments.

10. Adjust the theoretical perspective to the following statement: In society everyone
competes with everyone; people can associate when they have common interests;

a) Functionalism
b) Neomarxism
c) Symbolic Interactionism
d) Feminism

11. Social changes take place at all levels of the social structure, including the family.
Describe the general state of your family system and describe the key social changes
that have taken place in its components in the last 30 years or so... Remember that it
not a diary but your analysis. So use terms, phases of life cycle and family cycle. Refer
to the functions and roles of the family and if needed ... alternative forms of family
life.

12. Indicate the characteristics that constitute a social group.

13. What it means that we are a community of senses? Explain what the sensous self is. Is
your country of origin a community of senses? Justify your answer.

14. History knows four basic stratification systems - which ones?

slavery
caste
social class
social strata
estate
bourgeoisie
labour force
15. Describe and analyse this situation using the social sciences' knowledge you have
gained so far? Remember the different theoretical perspectives and definitions of the
situation.

16. Adjust the theoretical perspective to the following statement: "Society is like an
organism, where each member plays a function for the sake of the whole"

a) Functionalism
b) Neomarxism
c) Symbolic Interactionism
d) Feminism

17. The sociological category is:

is the total (aggregate) of people having some common characteristic, even less
important, that distinguishes an observer
A collection of people similar in terms of a socially significant characteristic,
which implies a real similarity of life situation, interests and opportunities
A collection of people similar in terms of some socially significant feature, who
are aware of this similarity and their distinctiveness from others
A collection of individuals that has a collective identity and is accompanied by
contacts, interactions and social relations within it more frequent and more intense
than with outsiders.

18. Adjust the theoretical perspective to the following statement: Society is a system of
interconnected components of society,

a) Functionalism
b) Neomarxism
c) Symbolic Interactionism
d) Structuralism

19. What does the study of language tell us about the study of society? Asking differently:
How and why can sociolinguistics be an important factor in understanding social
practices?
20. Adjust the theoretical perspective to the following statement: Society is a network of
interactions of individuals who, entering into direct relations with each other,
reproduce social practices and maintain symbolic meanings.

a) Functionalism
b) Neomarxism
c) Symbolic Interactionism
d) Feminism

21. Explain the classification of social groups according to Ferdinand Tönnies

22. The concept of a social system embodies one of the most important sociological
principles: that the whole is more than the sum of its parts. Please explain why:

23. Explain the classification of social groups according to William Graham Sumner

24. Would social life be possible without shared background assumptions among
members of a society? Justify and explain

25. What is the difference between sex, gender, and sexuality?

26. According to Anthony Giddens, every social system must fulfil the four basic
functions of the so-called AGIL in order to survive. Who is the author of this
theoretical concept:
Émile Durkheim
Talcott Parsons
Piotr Sztompka
Anthony Giddens