...1. Sociologists are merely interested in how socialization impacts society as a whole and are also concerned with knowing whether every individual in society go through the stages of socialization in a similar way or order and if it is effective in teaching them how to fit into society. When it comes to one 'self', one is constantly evolving. Sociologists seem to have a great interest with how 'self-identity' is acquired and how people begin to develop into their own person. Everyone is different and each individual evolves differently; whether it is physically, mentally or emotionally (which goes without saying). Furthermore, Sociologists view the topic from the sociological perspective "seeing the strange in the familiar", by looking at socialization and digging deep into into how socialization shapes people's lives and every step from childhood to adulthood of how they evolve. Sociologists observe that nothing in society is obvious on the surface. Secondly, when it comes to "depersonalizing the personal", sociologists usually look at the way an individual is growing up and how socialization plays a huge role in it. Such as, gender roles and the ongoing patterns that gender roles have whilst a child is growing older. For example, from a young age, girls play with dolls, have little cooking materials as toys to prep them for the future when they have to perform their maternal duties such as cooking. Girls are also taught that pink is their 'color'. They have pink clothes, pink...
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...Is it good to let kids screw up? Summary In her article, Charity Curley Mathews lays out the essential question, “Is it good to let kids screw up?” In Mathews article, she talks about the impact of letting kids figure things out for themselves, and having the parent(s) help with positive coaching, rather than the parent stepping in and doing it all for them. A couple of different family related authors provide input behind why it is necessary to let children fail, so they can progress and succeed next time. Parents have to provide the framework, and let their children make their own moves so they can become more stable adults in the future. Otherwise they will not be as independent and as regarded towards standard social norms within society. According to co-author Christine Koh,"If kids don't have the space to experiment and periodically make mistakes, they'll never learn how to problem solve and cope on their own," therefore, they will have a harder time picking themselves up after falling. Concepts There are a few underlying concepts in Chapter 6, which apply to this article by Mathews. The first concept regards social control: which are techniques and strategies for preventing deviant human behaviors in any society. An example of social control would deal with the parent’s ability to coach their child on how to handle situations that they have already faced that did not go well for them previously. Informal Social Control: is how casual norms are enforced (such as...
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...General Certificate of Education Advanced Subsidiary Examination June 2012 Sociology SCLY2 Unit 2 Friday 25 May 2012 1.30 pm to 3.30 pm For this paper you must have: an AQA 12-page answer book. Time allowed 2 hours Instructions Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Examining Body for this paper is AQA. The Paper Reference is SCLY2. This paper is divided into two sections. Choose one section and answer all the questions in that section. Do not answer questions from more than one section. Do all rough work in your answer book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked. Information The marks for questions are shown in brackets. The maximum mark for this paper is 90. Questions carrying 12 marks or more should be answered in continuous prose. In these questions you will be marked on your ability to: – use good English – organise information clearly – use specialist vocabulary where appropriate. G/T80704/Jun12/SCLY2 6/6/6/ SCLY2 2 Choose either Section A or Section B and answer all the questions in that section. Section A: Education with Research Methods You are advised to spend approximately 50 minutes on questions 0 You are advised to spend approximately 30 minutes on question You are advised to spend approximately 40 minutes on questions 0 to 1 0 6 0 4 . 5 . to 0 9 . Total for this section:...
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...General Certificate of Education Advanced Subsidiary Examination January 2011 Sociology Unit 2 Tuesday 18 January 2011 For this paper you must have: an AQA 12-page answer book. SCLY2 1.30 pm to 3.30 pm Time allowed 2 hours Instructions Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Examining Body for this paper is AQA. The Paper Reference is SCLY2. This paper is divided into two sections. Choose one section and answer all questions from that section. Do not answer questions from more than one section. Do all rough work in your answer book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked. Information The marks for questions are shown in brackets. The maximum mark for this paper is 90. Questions carrying 12 marks or more should be answered in continuous prose. In these questions you will be marked on your ability to: – use good English – organise information clearly – use specialist vocabulary where appropriate. G/T61607/Jan11/SCLY2 6/6/ SCLY2 2 Choose either Section A or Section B and answer all the questions from that section. Section A: Education with Research Methods You are advised to spend approximately 50 minutes on Questions You are advised to spend approximately 40 minutes on Questions 0 0 1 0 6 to to 0 0 4 . 9 . You are advised to spend approximately 30 minutes on Question 5 . Total for this section: 90 marks Education Read Item A below and answer...
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...Keith Kirkwood Sociology In 1959, a prominent figure in sociology name C. Wright Mills, introduced the idea of sociological imagination. This was the awareness of a relationship between a society as a whole and an individual from the past to present day. Basically, it is being able to separate yourself from society and view it from the outside in. When you have a good sociological imagination you can easily understand how things come about. For example, why we do things and how we do things. You’re able to look at the bigger picture. Sociological imagination is important for a few reasons. One reason is because you can apply what you learn from a society as a whole to your own life in a way that will benefit you. When a publiv figure or someone on the news makes a mistake, you can easily learn from that mistake rather than making the mistake yourself and dealing with the consequence of that action. Another reason is because we can find reason as to why certain things occur. For example, sociological imagination can help you understand why certain types of people get married. In 2013 a lot less people believe in marriage based on different reasons such as race, religion, and financial reasons. By using my sociological imagination I realized that this is most likely with the increase in unemployment combined with the economy. If you have no money or if you are unemployed due to the poor economy, you are more likely to be unhappy. Also, weddings can cost a lot of money, if you...
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...The Age of Social Transformation by Peter F. Drucker Critic Paper Basically, this article of Drucker describes the rise and transformation of “knowledge society”. The twentieth century has seen more common and radical social transformation than any other time in history, the labor and politics of the developed countries now are completely different in terms of processes, problems and structures from the past century. In his article, in the first part of it, it is explained that the work-force, society and politics has change qualitative and quantitatively. Changes occurred from the farmers and domestic servant. Before World War I, Farmers are the largest group compare to servants. Farmers and domestic servants were everywhere. After World War II, farmers are middle sized group but nowadays, farmers are only 5% of workforce and the servants are dead because of the rise of blue-collar worker. And from the rise to fall of blue-collar worker, the rise of knowledge worker occurred. In the part of The Emerging Knowledge Society, formal education enables work & social position, education will become center of the society but the knowledge in application is effective only if it is specialized. Knowledge society is the organization that performs. The Employee Society, traditional work for a “master” but nowadays, the “boss” is an employee as well. In the Social Sector, the traditional communities are family, village, and parish. And who takes care of social tasks? Not...
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...Social Inequality essay plans for Part b) 30 mark question Evaluate the usefulness of sociological explanations of ethnic inequalities.(30) Evaluate the view that society is institutionally racist (30) Adapt according to question given Introduction Ethnic inequalities are still significant in the UK – give a few examples. Suggest some explanations e.g Racism, Institutional racism, social class of ethnic minorities (Marxism), welfare dependency (New Right). This essay will identify and assess these explanations. AO1 Define types of Racism e.g Barker and new racism, institutional racism – McPhearson report on murder of stephen lawrence – racism in met police. Jenkins suggests recruitment to jobs is more word of mouth and disadvantages ethnic minorities. Modood 1994 28% of african caribbean people surveyed said they felt they had been refused a job on grounds of race. AO2 There are many government acts such as Race relations acts which should prevent discrimination AO2 However because racism is implicit (hidden) now it can be difficult to prove in court. AO1 Marxists such as Westergaard and Resler argue that race is a distraction from the real issue which is social class. It is capitalism which disadvantages certain groups and ethnic minorities are more likely to be in lower classes. AO2 However this ignores the existence of racism in society e.g in education where black boys have the highest exclusion rates in school. AO1 Another marxist explanation by Castles...
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...SSC190 Final Research Paper Extended Due Date: Aug. 5th, 2013 5. Pages 443, 445, text, social movements. Write about Facebook, other social networking sites and their impact on society.(good and bad) Throughout history we have gone through multiple revolutions, like the Agricultural Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, and now the Knowledge or Information Revolution. But has the Knowledge Revolution paved the way for another revolution? It seems, more now than ever, that we are in a Communication Revolution. What with new communication technologies being created and released, almost habitually, our society finds it easier to communicate with the person of their choice at any time of the day, through whichever communicational means fits best, and no matter their location around the globe. That it is so is true, even more so now than ever through new social media sites, like Facebook. The focus of this paper identifies some of the capabilities that many of the most popular social media sites continuously update, along with the impact (both positive and negative) social media has had on society. Before the major technological advances in communication methods, people were able to contact one another either by phone or by mail. With such inventions like email, communication has only gotten faster and easier, as time goes by. Now, social networking sites continuously release updates that not only visually enhance the overall look of their website, but improve and even increase...
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...A Look into the Music: Marsha Ambrosius Tori Campbell Prof. Tober May 1, 2014 Imagine a crowd of people with on the edge of your seat, nail-biting excitement. People were bubbling with energy and some alcohol to loosen everyone up. The lights are dim and the show is about to start. The slow melodic notes of the piano echo through the theater and out walks the singer dressed in an all lace number and a shawl showing more skin than covering. It is evident that this event is definitely for the “grown and sexy”. On Sunday March 8, 2014, I attended a Masha Ambrosius concert in which she was promoting her album friends and lovers. During the course of the show there were 4 different performances all of which had different effects on the crowd. The concert took place at the Howard Theater. The theater was a very upscale environment or as some may say “grown and sexy”. This venue has been around since 1910 with few modifications made since then. The venue is a full-scale restaurant and bar as well as a night club which gave the perfect ambiance for the event I attended. This venue was very appropriate not only for the event but for those in attendance. The venue was dimly lit over the crowd but vibrantly light over the stage so that they threw you attrition to the stage. The smell of fresh cooked food and alcoholic beverages filled the air. The overall appeal of the venue was very relaxing. I think that this was done to lure people into the venue and of course the music that...
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...2. Babies a) With Home being the focal point of the babies in the film, the differences on the definition of we call “home” is visibly changed as we follow the lives of these tots. One of the major similarities between each child is that they all live with a roof over their head. For the babies growing up in Tokyo and San Francisco their homes were either a house or an apartment complex, in a large rural city where their access to main necessities were only a block or two away I can assume. These two particular babies are shown in a particular light where they have the major essentials to live and grown up. However in the home of the Mongolian baby this home is secluded far away from any major city, which seemed very far away based on the film. The home of the Namibian child is what their tribe knows as a typical home to them but is similar to a hut or bungalow without any basic furniture or lighting. The homes of both the Mongolian and Namibian babies resembles to be large one room where the family eats, sleeps and lives their daily lives. The differences in each of their living conditions whether in a big house in the city to small hut in the desert I believe both a culture and economic state because home is where the heart is and it not based on what society depicts is the correct way of what home is. Culture plays a part on what life a child will have and grow up to be based on the beliefs and morals of any particular surrounding. Each country depicted in the film has...
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...Sociology Topic Paper Chapter 5: Discuss how social life and interaction would be affected if the Internet permanently disappeared today. Social life and interaction today is as great as it is today because of the Internet. If the internet were to disappear completely, people would not have as many ways to communicate with people, it would not be easy to communicate when we are busy with other things and cannot meet up in person, and the information to stay on track would be lost. Before the Internet, people did not have much to choose from in ways of communicating. If you did not meet with someone in person, you had the choice of writing a letter or calling on the phone. If Internet disappeared today, most of us would probably have to resort to these things again in order to keep in touch with one another or handle any business that needed to be done. The Internet is without a doubt the fastest and easiest way to communicate in today’s society. It allows us to send emails, intant message, web chat with video, so much more. There are social networking sites now, like facebook and twitter, that allow us to keep in touch as well. People who have family members in places all over the world find the internet to be a very helpful tool in most situations. Most of them have a hard time visiting because of work and their families, so the Internet allows them to be able to chat with each other and see how the family is doing without leaving their homes to do so. With emailing and...
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...like to think of myself as a creative person. I had my doubts about taking a class that required so much writing in a little amount of time but I took on the challenge head first, just like I do with the rest of my problems. In my first essay I wrote my argument paper about how “white feminism” isn't as inclusive as it claims to be and discriminates against numerous minority groups. I chose this topic because it’s something I’m extremely passionate about. I’ve been officers of several social justice orhinatiocs and I’m always up for rallying for human rights. The arguments that I made in this essay were showcasing a couple of ways that “white feminism” left minority groups feeling left out and not worthy of a voice within social justice platforms. Such as Patricia Arquette giving a speech about how minority groups did not help out feminism, even though many people in minority also identify as women....
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...We completed several assignments such as discussion posts, an essay using a data set, and a research paper. The most influential assignment, however, was the blog posts. Students were required to post blog entries targeted to their communities on Google plus. We researched our future careers and blogged about what was required of us before entering the field, current issues the community is dealing with, and what the future looks like for the career. This assignment called for research in different aspects of the career. I assumed I would know a good bit of the information considering I hadn’t made an uneducated decision to shape my future around this career. I did know most of the basics off the top of my head. I could recite the percentage of employed Speech and Language Pathologists (SLP), the average yearly salary, and all the steps required...
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...loved; so, I was able to simply formulate in depth explanations. Although these strengths were a major asset to my essay, I have some weaknesses that affected my essay in a negative way. My major weakness is that I usually write how I talk. I began writing with no clear thoughts which consisted of sticking a lot of unnecessary words and using poor vocabulary while trying to put my thoughts on paper. Another thing that I had a major problem with was trying to make all my thoughts come together. In previous English classes, I was always taught to make an outline or get a rough idea of what I was writing about and then start writing it; however, for this essay it was completely different. Usually I would start writing an essay from beginning to end. I have never written an essay in this order, and it was a new way of thinking that I was not accustomed to. This caused me the most problems because I had limited time to adjust to this writing style. Writing it out of order caused me many more complications than I would normally have; therefore, it took me longer than expected to get my words down on paper and make them all flow. Because these weaknesses hurt my essay, it reinforced my decision that if I had...
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...Mata 1 ! Marco Mata Sociology 001 Professor Rodriguez 5 August 2015 Growing up in a neighborhood like mine, south central, I was well aware that there was many immigrants roaming in the city but it wasn't until high school where I was astonished that many of my classmates were undocumented. My reactions were surreal because in my mind I use to think that if you went to school you had to be in “legal status” to attend, you can say I was pretty ignorant towards that situation back then. Although through my classmates I began to educate myself and thought my findings I remember they talked about the Dream Act. They were so stoked because I believe it had just passed before we were going to graduate back in 2012. The Dream Act stands for Development, Relief and Education of Alien Minors Act, its purpose is to aid undocumented immigrant students have an opportunity to enlist in the military or go to college and have a path to citizenship. Having passed this act it also helps the United States as a whole because its a chance to contribute back to the country that has given so much to them. The Dream Act may help out a lot of undocumented students but not every undocumented student can qualify to obtain it. Certain regulations and requirements have to be met in order to get his/her process started. I say this because the student must have been here since they were sixteen years of age or younger and had to be in the united states before the act passed for five...
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