Introduction To Social Problems
Answer each questions. 100 words each.
1. Select a social problem that is important to you. Explain how this problem is socially constructed. What contributes to this social problem? What elements of society contribute to this problem, and how can it be alleviated? How is this problem perpetuated today?
2. The Sociological Imagination encourages the idea to look at the world and its situations through a wider lens. Consider a social problem that you, your family, or maybe your close friends have experienced. To look at the problem through a wider lens than your own perspective, apply the Sociological Imagination to the problem:
In order to do this, look past your previously constructed rationale, explore other possible reasons, on the micro (individual) and macro (political/systems/global) levels that may have impacted or perpetuated this social problem. Describe how using your sociological imagination helps you see the social problem. Does it widen your view?
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One of the most important social issues I love to talk about is child abuse. Child abuse can present itself in different ways. It can be physical, emotional, or mental. The long-term impact of child abuse on the victim depends on the severity of the abuse. Some forms of child abuse cause lifetime effects on the victim. Child abuse is socially constructed by the different factors that contribute to child abuse. These factors could be an individual’s background of the environment they live in. An individual can cause child abuse with a history of child abuse, stress, drug addiction, or poverty, among others (Zeanah & Humphreys, 2018). Child abuse can be alleviated by reducing the factors that cause it. For instance, creating job opportunities will reduce people’s s...
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