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Thinking Critically about Chapter 4
1. The major components of social structure are culture, familiar (such as interaction with your family or friends or
social class, social status, roles, groups, and social institu- at work or in one of your college classes).
tions. Use social structure to explain why Native Ameri- 3. To illustrate why we need both macrosociology and mi-
cans have such a low rate of college graduation. (See crosociology to understand social life, analyze the situa-
Table 9.3 on page 276.) tion of a student getting kicked out of college.
2. Dramaturgy is a form of microsociology. Use drama-
turgy to analyze a situation with which you are intimately