Sociology

  Question 1 What is culture? Provide an example of Australian norms that illustrates your answer. Question 2 What is the sociological imagination? Illustrate your answer with a discussion of a contemporary social problem. Question 3 Describe the structure/agency debate and provide an example that illustrates either an agency focused solution or a structure focused solution to a social problem. Question 4 What is multiculturalism? Explain how it is a response to both personal troubles and public issues. Question 5 What does it mean to say that gender is socially constructed? Question 6 Discuss and illustrate the role of heteronormativity in Australian culture. 3 Question 7 How are social inequalities reflected in health inequalities? Provide an example of a health inequality in your answer. Question 8 What is the gender pay gap and is it closing? Question 9 Is there a typical Australian family? Use ABS statistics in your response. Question 10 How can education be a source of social mobility while also reinforcing social inequalities? Question 11 Why is sociology useful? Illustrate your answer with a discussion of one contemporary social issue. Question 12 Explain the labelling theory of deviance. Question 13 What are the four interconnected dimensions of 'McDonaldization'?