Answer each section based on this topic: Anxiety/Stress (1) Description: What is the issue under consideration? How would you describe it in detail? Are there any available statistics on this issue and if so, what are they?
(2) Historical Analysis: When did the issue come into existence for you? How has the issue evolved over time in society? What other aspects of social life have changed as a result of this issue (example, when alcohol was outlawed in the United States, many Americans shifted to “moonshine,” a high-proof distilled spirit that were produced illicitly.)
(3) Local Analysis: Is the issue prevalent in your community? Has there be any economical or political gain with this issue? Who benefits from it? Who suffers from it?
(4) Global Analysis: Does this issue exist in other countries? If so, how? How might the issue be different in the United States versus other countries? Does it affect life on the planet in any significant way?
(5) Personal Troubles Explain how personal troubles is associated with blaming the victim? Name and discuss that major groups that blame the victim. Give examples of the way they blame the victim. Why do they blame the victim rather than try to solve the social problems? How does personal troubles/blaming the victim make it difficult to use your sociological imagination?
(6) Sociological Perspective: Why does sociology focus on public issues? Explain how "A sociological examination allows us to realize that things are not what they seem to be." - Peter Berger