Soc/100 Class discussion question I only need two to three sentence per question. 1-Explain what sociologists mean by the social construction of reality. How has the social construction of reality affected you? How does social interaction shape who we are and how we see ourselves? 2-Class, how do you think that social media has influenced our interaction with others? How has it affected our relationships? Do you think that Twitter and Facebook are more supportive of primary group relationships or of secondary group relationships? Overall do we have less tight bonds with others in a society do you think because of social media or more and why? 3-Class, why have some questioned the true efficiency of bureaucracies? In what ways do they create red tape and make things more difficult to actually achieve? What are their benefits? How are rules in these formal organizations different from rules and norms that might govern your interactions with your group of friends? 4-What are some of the various groups discussed in our readings for this week? What groups have you been a part of? What is a bureaucracy and why do they often get labeled as inefficient? 5-Why do we define some acts as deviant? What makes an act deviant? Who determines whether an act is deviant? How do conflict and functional theories explain how an act becomes defined as deviance? 6-Class, one fun way to learn about social norms, deviance, and social control is to break a minor social norm. Try, for example, singing while you are out at a store. How do others look at you? What kind of reaction to they have? While your deviance is not against the law, are others trying to reinforce that you are not following commonly held social norms? 7- What are some of the various groups discussed in our readings for this week? What groups have you been a part of? What is a bureaucracy and why do they often get labeled as inefficient? .

1. Soc/100
Class discussion question
I only need two to
three sentence per question.
1-Explain what sociologists mean by the social construction of
reality. How has the social construction of reality affected you?
How does social interaction shape who we are and how we see
ourselves?
2-Class, how do you think that social media has influenced our
interaction with others? How has it affected our relationships?
Do you think that Twitter and Facebook are more supportive of
primary group relationships or of secondary group
relationships? Overall do we have less tight bonds with others
in a society do you think because of social media or more and
why?
3-Class, why have some questioned the true efficiency of
bureaucracies? In what ways do they create red tape and make

2. things more difficult to actually achieve? What are their
benefits? How are rules in these formal organizations different
from rules and norms that might govern your interactions with
your group of friends?
4-What are some of the various groups discussed in our readings
for this week? What groups have you been a part of? What is a
bureaucracy and why do they often get labeled as inefficient?
5-Why do we define some acts as deviant? What makes an act
deviant? Who determines whether an act is deviant? How do
conflict and functional theories explain how an act becomes
defined as deviance?
6-Class, one fun way to learn about social norms, deviance, and
social control is to break a minor social norm. Try, for example,
singing while you are out at a store. How do others look at you?
What kind of reaction to they have? While your deviance is not
against the law, are others trying to reinforce that you are not
following commonly held social norms?
7- What are some of the various groups discussed in our
readings for this week? What groups have you been a part of?
What is a bureaucracy and why do they often get labeled as
inefficient?