SOC 203 Entire Course
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SOC 203 Week 1 DQ 1 The Sociological Imagination
SOC 203 Week 1 DQ 2 Homelessness
SOC 203 Week 2 DQ 1 Education and Equality
SOC 203 Week 2 DQ 2 Title IX
SOC 203 Week 2 Final Paper Preparation
SOC 203 Week 3 DQ 1 Hate Crimes
SOC 203 Week 3 DQ 2 Prisons and the War on Drugs
SOC 203 Week 3 The Interconnection of Social Problems
SOC 203 Week 4 DQ 1 Gay Parenting
SOC 203 Week 4 DQ 2 Reinventing Healthcare
SOC 203 Week 5 DQ 1 Decline of Rural America
SOC 203 Week 5 DQ 2 Causes and Impact of Global Warming
SOC 203 Week 5 Final Paper
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SOC 203 Week 1 DQ 1 The Sociological Imagination
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The Sociological Imagination. In order to do understand and develop a sociological imagination, we must be able to see a social problem from many perspectives. This is the goal of our first discussion. For example, experts are warning us about the dangers of obesity, a problem for both individuals and society. While some may suggest obesity is simply the result of individual choices, how did so many people suddenly begin to make such bad choices? Rather than the result of individual choices, perhaps obesity is the result of dietary options available to our society. This might explain variations in obesity rates from one geographic region to another. Wealth distribution, health care, and even the availability of food may also explain differing rates of obesity. In short, to those who have developed the sociological imagination, a variety of factors are clearly behind this epidemic of obesity.
After reading the assigned chapters in the textbook and visiting the website, Overweight and obesity, discuss each of the following points:
a. Using the definition provided by the text, define how obesity...