Part a: Choose 4 terms from the following list and identify and explain the significance of each. Each answer should be roughly 250 words in length. social scientific method critical thinking soci


Part a: 

Choose 4 terms from the following list and identify and explain the significance of each. Each answer should be roughly 250 words in length. 

social scientific method 

critical thinking 

social structure

 social determinants of health

 Intersectionality

 social constructionism 

Medicalization

 (dis)infodemic

 Hegemony

 social systems paradigm

Part b: 

From the following list, answer two questions Each answer should be roughly 750 words in length.

1. Explain why social science perspectives are important when examining contemporary

social problems. Illustrate your argument with two examples.

2. What is the “sociological imagination” and why is it a useful framework for studying

Society?

3. Explain what the concepts of “structure” and “agency” refer to and outline three main

positions within structure v. agency debates in the social sciences.

4. How and why has the concept of “wellness” come to occupy such a central place in our

society? Is this a good thing?

5. Pick three theoretical perspectives that are used in the social sciences, explaining the basic

features of each of these theories and the paradigmatic perspectives underlying each of

them.