Week One Discussion Chapter 1 Instructions: Select two questions from the list below and provide a detailed answer to each question in your initial post. Be sure to indicate the questions you are...

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Week One Discussion Chapter 1


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Select two questions from the list below and provide a detailed answer to each question in your initial post. Be sure to indicate the questions you are answering in front of your answers. In addition, respond to two peers' initial postswho answered different questions than the ones you selected.
These are “think” questions; you will not find a single, simple (or perfect) answer to them in the book. They are designed for you to think through the issues and understand how to identify and define social problems sociologically. Personal feelings and opinions will often come into play but be sure that your answer is grounded in our scholarly study of the subject and that your answer demonstrates that you have read and understood the chapter. You must cite the reading including page numbers. Please use this format for your citation (Eitzen, 2014, pg#).

  1. How many people should suffer for something to be defined as a social problem?

  2. Who defines social problems? The powerful? The affected? Those who don’t know they have a problem?

  3. How do different values, beliefs and norms affect the definition of social problems?

  4. If most deviants are victims of social problems, when should we blame them for their actions?

  5. Is the pursuit of self-actualization a right?

  6. What are causes of social problems, and what are the relationships between those causes?

  7. What is the sociological imagination? How does it apply to the study of social problems? Why is it important?

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Answered Same DaySep 27, 2021

Answer To: Week One Discussion Chapter 1 Instructions: Select two questions from the list below and provide a...

Sumita Mitra answered on Sep 28 2021
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1. Quantifying Social problems:
A social issue is a problem that affects many people within a society. The term social problem is generally refereed to refer to the conditions in the society that disrupt the normal society life where many people gets affected. This may be the cases like crime, racism, unemployment, malnutrition, poverty etc. These problems restrict the people to achieve their full potential and make the society grow in the positive direction. Social problems are seen in many countries where a large number of population gets affected. So the government also...
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