Instructions: You should have at least two posts to receive 30 points for this discussion. One of the posts has to answer the question; the second should be a comment about one of the posts made by one of your classmates. Make sure that your second post is respectful and thoughtful. All posts have to be turned in on time to receive full credit.
Read Chapter 5.
Chapter 5 is about social groups and about how we behave in groups, given our statuses and the meanings we attach to things or events.
Answer the questions below:
1) Watch the video about the social construction of reality (see link below, you can research this topic too). Then, provide an example of a social construct and briefly explain what makes it so (a social construction, that is). If you are the first one to answer this question, you can use the examples mentioned in the video, but please don’t use the examples that other classmates have already used. There are enough examples for all of us.
Now, state the Thomas theorem (it’s in your book) and answer the following question: How does the Thomas theorem apply to a reality that is socially constructed? (Or what does the Thomas theorem say about a reality that is socially constructed? You can use your example to illustrate your point).
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2) Chapter 5: watch the videos below and answer the following questions: a) What did each experiment try to measure? (There is a right answer); b) Do you think that researchers would get the same results if they did these experiments today?
The Asch Experiment
