TED Talk: Sam Richards

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Watch the TED Talk from Penn State Professor Sam Richards titled“The Wisdom of Sociology” given in Lacador, Brazil in April 2014. Watch the lecture and answer the questions below.

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1. According to Richards what is the basic core understanding of Sociology? *

2. How does Richards use the example of Menopause to show the sociological perspective of inter-connectedness and more so about how to think like a sociologist? *

3. According to Richards is anything really a personal decision? Use information from the example of suicide to explain your answer. *

4. Do you agree with Richards’ girlfriend that people are not truly free or not? Explain your answer. *

5. How will Richards’ training as a sociologist cause him to view the world differently? *

6. Building off of the core idea of sociology he presents in the beginning of his speech and his explanations throughout his speech come up with a holistic explanation for what is sociology *

7. Come up with a social situation of your own and explain how a sociologist might view it differently than someone else might *

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