...University of Phoenix Material Multicultural Matrix and Analysis Worksheet Instructions: Part I: Select and identify six groups in the left-hand column. Complete the matrix. Part II: Write a summary. Part III: Format references consistent with APA guidelines. |Part I: Matrix |What is the group’s history in the United |What is the group’s population in the |What are some attitudes and customs |What is something you admire about | | |States? |United States? |people of this group may practice? |this group’s people, lifestyle, or | | | | | |society? | |Native American |There are many different Native American |There are over 30,000 Native Americans|Native Americans are typically patient.|I admire their fight to keep their | | |tribes and each one is unique. Some Native|living in 16 urban areas of the United|They live a very spiritual lifestyle. |history and legacy alive. So many | | |American history is taught in school. We |States, according to the Bureau of the|They are also group oriented |of their people have moved on with | | ...
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...SOC 315 Week 2 Quiz To Buy This material Click below link http://www.uoptutors.com/soc-315-ash/SOC-315-Week-2-Quiz 1.During the mid-eighteenth century, parts of the Americas were controlled by all of the following empires EXCEPT: Britain. France. Rome. Spain. 2.Afghanistan: is ethnically homogenous. was part of the British Empire. has not been a good fit for the nation-state model. is categorized as a Newly Industrialized Country. 3.The Munich analogy refers to: the inability of two large powers to reach agreement over a disputed territory. the development of the intractable conflict surrounding the state of Israel. the appeasement of an aggressive Nazi Germany by European leaders. the decision by President Clinton to intervene in Kosovo. 4.Which of the following is NOT a method to promote nation-building? Having national symbols Having a collective memory Having an official language Having different regional identities 5.Slaves were imported to the Americas primarily because: European residents needed house servants. the colonial economy needed agricultural labor. Catholic missionaries wanted to convert the slaves to Christianity. Colonial powers wanted to depopulate West Africa so Europeans could immigrate there. 6.In 2011, which of the following countries best fit the definition of totalitarian? Mexico Serbia North Korea France 7.Of the following countries, _______ is NOT part of the “Global North.” Japan Brazil the United States France ...
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...This archive file of FIN 515 Week 6 Problems Solutions contains: Prob 16-1 Prob 16-2 Prob 16-3 Prob 16-4 Prob 16-5 Business - General Business 1. (TCO A) Which of the following does NOT always increase a company's market value? (Points : 5) Increasing the expected growth rate of sales Increasing the expected operating profitability (NOPAT/Sales) Decreasing the capital requirements (Capital/Sales) Decreasing the weighted average cost of capital Increasing the expected rate of return on invested capital 2. (TCO F) Which of the following statements is correct? (Points : 5) The NPV, IRR, MIRR, and discounted payback (using a payback requirement of 3 years or less) methods always lead to the same accept/reject decisions for independent projects. For mutually exclusive projects with normal cash flows, the NPV and MIRR methods can never conflict, but their results could conflict with the discounted payback and the regular IRR methods. Multiple IRRs can exist, but not multiple MIRRs. This is one reason some people favor the MIRR over the regular IRR. If a firm uses the discounted payback method with a required payback of 4 years, then it will accept more projects than if it used a regular payback of 4 years. The percentage difference between the MIRR and the IRR is equal to the project’s WACC. 3. (TCO D) Church Inc. is presently enjoying relatively...
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...SOC 315 Week 3 Quiz To Buy This material Click below link http://www.uoptutors.com/soc-315-ash/soc-315-week-3-quiz 1. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of “the West”? Strong emphasis on democratic values Countries located only in or near Western Europe Influenced by culture and politics of ancient Greece and Rome Advanced economic development 2. Which country is NOT a member of the European Union? Poland Germany Spain Russia 3. Anthropogenic greenhouse gases: are decreasing in the atmosphere. include methane (CH4). have not yet been addressed by the United Nations. have not yet been linked to climate change. 4. In a presidential system: the president is usually a member of a royal family. the head of state is always elected by the people. the head of state is always chosen by the legislature. the president has unlimited powers. 5. According to the definition of “the West” in the text, _________ shares important characteristics with Western states, but is not included. Japan Germany Canada New Zealand 6. The government of present-day Russia can be BEST characterized as: democratic. autocratic. a mix of democracy and autocracy. communist 7. The process of Europeanization: has been slowed by the growth of the European Union. has decreased cultural ties across national boundaries. has led to an overall decrease in nationalism in Europe. was more prevalent in the first...
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...SOC 315 Week 1 Quiz To Buy This material Click below link http://www.uoptutors.com/soc-315-ash/soc-315-week-1-quiz 1. Kenyan activist Wangari Maathai’s main work was based on connections she saw in her country between: poverty, deforestation, and women’s issues. deforestation, political culture, and global warming. poverty, voting rights, and reading levels. women’s issues, voting rights, and institutional change. 2. English philosopher John Locke, who promoted the rights of people, is most closely associated with: conservatism. Marxism. liberalism. socialism. 3. Politics always includes: the passage of a law. a need to spend money. individual action by all affected parties. a controversial issue. 4. Bhutan measures its success as a society through its aggregate level of: economic output. agricultural output. happiness. health. 5. Which of the following is NOT one of the three main dimensions for identifying culture in society? Behavioral dimension Constructivist dimension Ethnographic dimension Religious dimension 6. Political leaders will likely play the greatest role in shaping the political agenda in a(n) _________ country. democratic undemocratic liberal economically advanced 7. The pocketbook voter model holds that voters ____________ during tough...
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...SOC 315 Week 4 Quiz To Buy This material Click below link http://www.uoptutors.com/soc-315-ash/soc-315-week-4-quiz 1. The biggest problem currently facing the Mexican government is: alleviating the threat of air pollution in large cities. responding to changes in United States immigration policies. dealing with violent drug cartels and maintain order in border states. reforming the national legislature to make it more democratic. 2. Widespread use of the _______ language helped foster the independence movement in India. Hindi Urdu French English 3. Japan’s Meiji Restoration: created a federal government with devolved powers. increased the role of feudal practices. encouraged modernization. abolished the emperor’s powers 4. In which of the following pairs of countries is democracy the most firmly established? India and Nigeria Japan and Mexico Mexico and Nigeria Japan and India 5. The student-led protests in China’s Tiananmen Square: were violently suppressed by the Chinese government. were opposed by most Western governments. called for a second Cultural Revolution. led to major changes in Chinese politics. 6. Which association of a region/country and a dominant religion is incorrect? Africa; Animism Middle East; Islam China; Shinto East Asia; Buddhism 7. Of the following, which BEST characterizes India? Single-party state Socialist Multicultural Authoritarian 8. Ultimately...
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...Week 2 Reflection Angela Smith SOC/ 315 Mr. Richardson September 16, 2013 University of Phoenix Week 2 Reflection In week two we talked about how to explain the concept of culture is used to construct group identity. How to analyze the social concept of race. And also how to describe how behavioral and thinking patterns apply to diversity issues. We also went over are African Americans still experiencing racism? Racism can also be seen as a system of advantages based on race. It allows us to see that racism, like other forms of oppression is not a personal ideology of racial prejudice, but also a system involving cultural messages and institutional policies and practices as well as the belief of individuals. We went over inventing Hispanics and how particularly important for understanding the future of diversity in American Society. To be Asian in America. Asian Americans face the perception that they are all the same. We also talked about hate crime when offenders are motivated to choose a victim because of some characteristic. We also discussed prejudice which is a negative attitude toward an entire category of people. Discrimination is the denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice or for other arbitrary reasons. We also went over racial profiling and how any police initiated action based on race ethnicity, or national origin rather than the person’s behavior. In this...
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...Equal Rights Proposition Outline Racial Profiling of Mid-Eastern People in U.S. airports SOC 315 December 12, 2011 Equal Rights Proposition Outline SECTION 1: THE ISSUES, CHALLENGES, AND OPPORTUNITIES EXPERIENCED BY THIS GROUP IN THE LABOR FORCE Issues A. 65 percent are in the labor force B. Lower income than the national level Challenges A. Women labor force participation is higher B. Fewer immigrant women work than born in the U.S. Opportunities A. 73 percent work in the field (Technical, sales, managerial, professional) B. Income 22 percent higher than the U.S. average income SECTION 2: HOW SOCIETY HAS CONSTRUCTED THIS GROUPS IDENTITY A. Sustained animosity originating in the attacks of 9/11 B. Areas with dense Muslim population C. Community Participation by people of Middle Eastern descent. SECTION 3: THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK RELATING TO THIS ISSUE The Fifth Amendment A. Obey its own laws when dealing with people B. Constitutional rights to be free of arbitrary actions C. Freedoms guaranteed in the bill of Rights SECTION 4: SUMMARY OF EXISTING OR PROPOSED SOLUTIONS OF DIFFERING GROUPS. A. House Research Department (Cleary, 2000) B. TSA Security Directive SD-1544-09-06 (Burningham, 2011) C. U.S. Equal Opportunity SECTION 5: WHETHER OR NOT THIS ISSUE EXISTS IN OTHER COUNTRIES, AND IF SO, HOW IT IS HANDLED BY DIFFERING GROUPS Does Mid-Eastern Racial Profiling in...
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...Week 1 Anth 315 Notes Theory of Evolution: * Gradualism * Speciation * Exchange genes. * Common ancestry. All species go back to a common ancestry. * Natural Selection * Variation * Inherited * Selection * Population will become better adapted to a particular environment. Evolutionary Psychology - 1992 An evolutionary psychological approach: 1. Humans are part of biology. 2. There is nothing special about the human brain 3. Human nature is innate 4. Human behavior is the product of both innate human nature and the environment. Cognitive Psychology 1. Actions are caused by mental processes. 2. The mind is a computer. 3. Humans descended from an ape like ancestor. Heredity 1. Makes offspring look like parents. 2. Genes are written in a molecule called DNA. 3. Children obtain 50 % of their genetic make-up from each parent. Mutations: 1. Mutations occur when a gene inside a cell changes. The evolution of the mind: Cognitive psychology and evolutionary biology meet when we begin discussing the mind evolving through the process of natural selection. What were the adaptive problems faced by our hominid ancestors? 1. Shelter 2. Food The Savannah Principal 1. The savannah principle holds that the human brain has undergone virtually little or no change in the last 10,000, years. Sugars and fats contain calories for survival. Week # 2 Sexual...
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...|[pic] |Course Syllabus | | |College of Humanities | | |SOC/315 Version 4 | | |Cultural Diversity | Copyright © 2010, 2005, 2004 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course focuses on the issues, challenges, and opportunities presented by U.S. population diversity. Workplace issues related to employee diversity in terms of gender, race or ethnicity, socioeconomic class, and cultural background are emphasized. Policies Faculty and students will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently...
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...7 Sep 2004 AR AR231-PS56-14.tex P1: IKH AR231-PS56-14.sgm LaTeX2e(2002/01/18) AR REVIEWS IN ADVANCE10.1146/annurev.psych.56.091103.070141 V I E W A N I N C E S R E 22:24 D V A Annu. Rev. Psychol. 2005. 56:14.1–14.28 doi: 10.1146/annurev.psych.56.091103.070141 Copyright c 2005 by Annual Reviews. All rights reserved First published online as a Review in Advance on September 10, 2004 PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR: Multilevel Perspectives Louis A. Penner Karmanos Cancer Institute/Family Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 40202, and Research Center for Group Dynamics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109; email: pennerl@karmanos.org John F. Dovidio Psychology Department, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York 13346; email: John.Dovidio@UConn.edu Jane A. Piliavin Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706; email: jpiliavi@ssc.wisc.edu David A. Schroeder University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701; email: dave@uark.edu Key Words altruism, cooperation, helping ■ Abstract Current research on prosocial behavior covers a broad and diverse range of phenomena. We argue that this large research literature can be best organized and understood from a multilevel perspective. We identify three levels of analysis of prosocial behavior: (a) the “meso” level—the study of helper-recipient dyads in the context of a specific situation; (b) the micro level—the...
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