Your paper should be roughly 500 – 750 words –two to two-and-a-half typed pages (12 point font).
B. Interview one of your parents or grandparents and write a biographical essay that focuses on their life. You will apply at least ten sociological concepts (for example, socialization, looking-glass self, significant others, generalized others, role-model, subculture, primary group, secondary group. reference group, prejudice, racism, deviance, status-set, master status, status inconsistency, role-conflict) – to be defined and included in a glossary at the end of the essay – in a discussion about how your subject has been shaped by the social world(s) he or she inhabits. You will discuss their early and later socialization experiences, the various social positions they presently occupy, and how they navigate through the maze of social expectations, responsibilities and obligations that are attached to these positions. Be sure to include the impact of social groups and the mass media.
