大学思辨英语精读Unit 1Thinking Sociologically参考 答案.doc

Unit 1 Thinking Sociologically Text A Preparatory Work (1) Micro-level sociology: a b e Macro-level sociology: c d (2) Sociology is the study of social behavior or society, including its origins, development, organization, networks, and institutions. Like sociology, psychology, economics, history, demography are all related to the study of society and human activities. In this way they share similarities. The differences lie in the follows: Psychology is the study of human behavior and mind, embracing all aspects of conscious and unconscious experience as well as thought of the human beings. Economics focuses on the behavior and interactions of economic agents and how economies work, that is the economic activities of the human kind. History is the study of the past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of information about these events, particularly how it relates to humans. Demography is the statistical study of populations, especially human beings. As a very general science, it can analyze any kind of dynamic living population, i.e., one that changes over time or space. (3) (open) Teaching suggestion: You can refer to the following textbooks: John J. Macionis Nijole V. Benokraitis ed., Seeing Ourselves 7th ed. (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007) James M. Henslin ed., Down to Earth Sociology: Introductory Readings 14th ed. (New York: Free Press, 2007) (4) (open) Teaching suggestion: You can refer to the last two parts of the text: “What Work Do Sociologists Do” and “How is Sociology Useful to Me and to the World” (paragraph 19-26) for positive reasons. Negative reasons vary (why not choose a career related to sociology), for instance, no interest (in social sciences), character reasons (not cut out for dealing with people), and practical reason (no high pay). Critical Reading I. Understanding the text 1. Part Para(s). Main idea I Introduction 1-2 Key topics to be covered in