Socs185n - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: • Textbook: Chapter 1 • Lesson • Minimum of 3 outside scholarly sources Instructions The textbook reading for the week explores social forces that can affect the seemingly private act of suicide. For this assignment, conduct scholarly research on a different private or individualistic act that could be regarded as a broader social problem or social issue, something other than suicide. You may choose one of the ...

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 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 9 • Lesson • Link (website): Pew Research Center (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. • Click on the Social Trends tab. • Click on the Interactives tab. • Locate the following link: How Census Race Categories Have Changed Over Time • Click on "1790" to see two columns comparing the 1790 Census categories with the 2010 Census categories. • Minimum of 4 outside...

1. Question:The basic idea behind demographic transition theory is 2. Question: ------- crowds provide opportunities for the expression of some strong emotion such as joy, excitement, or grief. 3. Question: Which English clergyman and economist warned that rapid population increase would lead to problems with the food supply and to social chaos? 4. Question: Zero population growth is the point at which _____ 5. Question: The environmental racism thesis falls within which theoretical approa...

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: Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8 • Lesson: Week 3, 4 Instructions Choose one question from each of the question sets below (2 sets total). In other words, you will be answering two questions total (1 from each set). Question Set 1 Explain the difference between income inequality and wealth inequality in the United States. Explain the racialwealth gap.What is social stratification? Examine four common ways or syst...

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: • Textbook: Chapter 1 • Lesson • Minimum of 3 outside scholarly sources Instructions The textbook reading for the week explores social forces that can affect the seemingly private act of suicide. For this assignment, conduct scholarly research on a different private or individualistic act that could be regarded as a broader social problem or social issue, something other than suicide. You may choose one of the ...

SOCS185N Week 5 Assignment; Essay - You Decide; U.S. Census

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: • Textbook: Chapters 1-6 • Lesson: Week 1, 2, 3 • Minimum of 3 outside scholarly sources • One personal interview of another person Introduction There is a strong tradition of writing both sociologically-informed biographies and sociologically-informedautobiographies in the discipline of sociology. For this assignment, you will be doing a bit of both of those. Youwill both reflect on your own life story, mak...