1. Take a position you hold strongly and critically evaluate your thinking with regard to this matter. First, state your position. Secondly, critically analyze your position. Finally, provide the critical counter argument to prove yourself possible wrong.

2. "Socialization and experience tend to provide us with a limited and incomplete portrait of ourselves, others, and the world in which we exist" (p.216). Think about your personal socialization process; and discuss how it has provided you with a limited and incomplete portrait of yourself, others, and the world in which you exist.