CheckPoint: Social Construction of Reality

• Resource: Ch. 4 in the text

• Due Date: Day 5 [post to the Individual forum]

SOC/120 Introduction to Sociology

Course Syllabus Page 16

• Compose a 200- to 300-word response addressing the following questions:

o Describe your social status as you see it. For example, if you have a job, is your status at work different than it is in your peer groups? Is your status in school different than it is in your family? Explain the differences in how you interact with people at work and school or with friends and family. You may use any examples from your experience.

o Consider how your social status influences your view of the world. Give an

example from your personal experience of how you have shaped your own reality through social interaction