Imagine that you have been asked to study the issue of air pollution in one of the large urban areas in your state or country. How might you draw on surveys, observation research, experiments, and existing sources to help you study this iss...
Saturday, October 31, 2015
SOC 100 Week 4 Individual Assignment Symbolic Interactionist Perspective Media Analysis
To focus on nonverbal and symbolic behavior, this assignment requires that you mute the volume of the television for a program’s duration.Select a television program that you know contains social inequality or social class themes.Prepare a 750- to 1,250-word analysis of the program in which you complete the following: Provide a brief introduction...
SOC 100 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment Social Impact Survey and Paper
Brainstorm questions, and create a 5- to 10-question survey to administer to team members’ coworkers or adult acquaintances. The survey must allow the team to gather information about the effects and influence of neocolonialism, globalization, or multinational corporations. Possible questions might...
SOC 100 Week 4 DQ 1
A majority of residents of the United States are descendants of ethnic groups from around the world. Explain symbolic ethnicity. Reflecting on your cultural heritage and traditions, does your family practice symbolic ethnicity, fully maintain an ethnic identity, or have they fully assimilated into American culture? Define and explain American ethnic...
SOC 100 Week 4 DQ 2
Using the definition of wealth to calculate your wealth, and considering Rossides’ five-class model of the U. S. class system, would you say that Marx’s concept of false consciousness applies to you? Why? How does false consciousness differ from class consciousne...
SOC 100 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Online Social Networking Paper
Complete the following, individually: Enter at least one online social networking website of your choice. Explore and participate in the site. Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word analysis paper, as a team, and address the following components: Identify the accessed online social...
SOC 100 Week 3 DQ 1
Schaefer (2011) defines the self “as a distinct identity that sets us apart from others.” Describe your “self” identity. How does your “self” differ from others and set you apart? What process of socialization helped shape your concept of the self the most? H...
SOC 100 Week 3 DQ 2
Deviant behavior violates standards and expectations of a group social norm. Reflect on a time when you violated a widely shared and understood norm of your society. What was the norm? What was the violation? What sanctions did your social group place on you for your behavi...
SOC 100 Week 2 DQ 2
Fig. 2.2 in Ch. 2 states that “in general, states with high education levels . . . also have high household incomes.” What hypothesis might you propose to explain states that do not have a correlational relationship between high income and high education leve...
SOC 100 Week 1 DQ 2
Compare the contributions of two pioneers in sociology, choosing two from the following list: Comte, Martineau, Spencer, Durkheim, Weber, Marx, DuBois, Cooley, Addams, Merton, Bourdieu, or Wells-Barnett. Which sociologist do you believe made the most important contribution?Why? Defend your vi...
Friday, October 30, 2015
Economic Policies How did economic policies after the War of 1812
Economic PoliciesAssignment 3How did economic policies after the War of 1812 reflect the nationalism of the period?What characterized the Era of Good Feelings?What was the nullification crisis and how did Andrew Jackson respond to it?What was the purpose of the Indian Removal Act? What brought about this legislation and what occurred...
