Socs185n discussion - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: • Textbook: Chapter 11, 12, 14 • Lesson • Minimum of 1 outside scholarly source Initial Post Instructions For this discussion we will consider if the social world can be bad for your health and/or if social institutions can improve your health. For the initial post, examine ways that some of the social institutions studied this week (the family, the educational system, or religions) might affect the health of ...

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: • Textbook: Chapters 2, 3, 4 • Lesson • Link (library article): Games Children Play: An Exercise Illustrating Agents of Socialization (Links to anexternal site.)Links to an external site. • Minimum of 1 outside scholarly source Initial Post Instructions In the article noted in this activity, the authors point out that most introductory sociology textbooks identify the main socialization agents as family, pee...

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: • Textbook: Chapter 7,8 • Lesson • Minimum of 1 outside scholarly source (in addition to thetextbook/lesson) Initial Post Instructions Think of a person you know (either yourself, someone you know, or even a famous person with, perhaps a "rags to riches" story) who has experienced significant upward or downward mobility over the past three or four generations. For the initial post, respond to one of the foll...

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: • Textbook: Chapter 5,6 • Lesson • Minimum of 1 outside scholarly source (in addition to thetextbook) Initial Post Instructions Social psychologist Irving Janis coined the term groupthink to describe how people often respond differently in a group context than they might if they were alone.Another interesting topic of sociological study is the area of deviance and social control. The textbook provides multiples...

Required Resources • Textbook: Chapter 1 (review) • Lesson: Week 1 (review) • Minimum of 1 outside scholarly source Initial Post Instructions End-of-course student surveys exist for you to share your anonymous feedback on yourcourses. The purpose of the survey is to gather data from a specific population (you, the students) to understand your experience in the course, and to determine areas of success and improvement in our courses, including this one (so hopefully you do share your f...

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: • Textbook: Chapter 15, 16 • Lesson • Minimum of 1 outside scholarly source Initial Post Instructions For the initial post, address the following: • What items that you frequently use do you think have the greatest negative impact on the environment? • Explain how the use of the item impacts the environment and the people in your community? • What steps do you or your family members take to lessen your...

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: • Textbook: Chapter 5, 6 • Lesson • Minimum of 1 outside scholarly source Initial Post Instructions Social psychologist Irving Janis coined the term groupthink to describe how people often respond differently in a group context than they might if they were alone. Another interesting topic of sociological study is the area of deviance and social control. The textbook provides multiples examples from history wher...

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: • Lesson • Minimum of 1 outside scholarly source Initial Post Instructions Sociologist C. Wright Mills preferred to call the sociological perspective the sociological imagination, and he saw it transforming personal troubles into public issues. Let us begin our discussion this week by considering suicide, which is thoroughly explored in Chapter 1 of the textbook. For the initial post, address the following: • ...

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: • Textbook: Chapter 7, 8 • Lesson • Minimum of 1 outside scholarly source Initial Post Instructions Think of a person you know (either yourself, someone you know, or even a famous person with, perhaps a "rags to riches" story) who has experienced significant upward or downward mobility over the past three or four generations. For the initial post, address the following: • Option 1:Briefly describe the per...

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: • Textbook: Chapter 5,6 • Lesson • Minimum of 1 outside scholarly source (in addition to thetextbook) Initial Post Instructions Social psychologist Irving Janis coined the term groupthink to describe how people often respond differently in a group context than they might if they were alone.Another interesting topic of sociological study is the area of deviance and social control. The textbook provides multiples...