1. List the three major theoretical approaches in sociology, then explain the three premises underlying symbolic interactionism. What about the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, WI Thomas Theorem, and the relationship between biological and social preferences as they relate to the power or economic organizations (Mintz’s history of sugar)? What is the QWERTY effect, and why is it important? What is Altheide’s thinking about the discourse of fear and fear as social construction apply to Carruthers and Babbs’ consumerism and the marketing and meaning of things?

2. Discuss Weber's typology of power (authority/domination), the relationship of coercion and legitimacy, rationality, his "stahlhartes gehause", and disenchantment. Why is coercive power less stable; what form of power does Weber suggest will be dominant- and why? What is rationality; why is Chaplin’s Modern Times a good example?