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    Final Paper: “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down” By: Anne Fadiman Meghan Maloney 26 April 2013 To understand the struggles that the Hmong people face living in America it is important to understand where they come from and what they have gone through. The majority of the Hmong people originate from the mountainous country of Laos. The mountains created isolation from the neighboring cultures and cultivated a clan identity. They were part of a society where everyone worked together

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    states: “Music‚ which plays such an extraordinary role in organizing and shaping our societies and our social values‚ remains an unspoken and too often unacknowledged contributor not only to the social history of America‚ but to the creation of its folkways and myths as well. Cultural historians‚ while they may acknowledge the relevance of music to the subjects of their study‚ more often than not shy away from discussing music and its power to affect political and social change.”1 In the last few centuries

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    THE ARABIAN NIGHTS The story starts with the description of two brothers‚ one is the King Shahryar‚ of Banu Sasan in the islands of India and other is King Shah Zaman of Samarkand in Barbarian land. They were full of grief and anger at the treason of their wives. The King Shahryar swore himself a binding oath that whatever wife he married he would abate her maidenhead at night and slay her next morning for he felt that there was no chaste woman on the face of the earth. As this was done for

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    any judgment when using the word deviance. Deviance is used to describe the smallest to largest infractions of norm breaking. A small infraction might be standing too close to the person in front of you in line. This is an example of breaking a folkway and is frowned upon by most Americans but not exactly punishable by law. An example of a large infraction would be rape which is an example of the breaking of a mores and is unacceptable to our culture and punishable by law. “In short‚ norms bring

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    Sociology A scientific study of societies and human behavior Sociology’s basic assumption: “Human action is largely determined by the groups which people belong to (social relationships) and by the societies they live in (social arrangements).” Four Orientations of Sociology 1. Multi-causality 2. Interactive processes of causal factors 3. Sociological imagination 4. Value-free 4 Types of Questions Sociologists Ask 1. Factual Questions 2. Comparative Questions 3. Historical Questions

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    1. Sociological Perspective Sociology is defined as: | a. | the methodological analysis of groups and individuals. | | | b. | the scientific analysis of premodern people. | | | c. | the academic discipline that examines individual human behavior. | | | d. | the systematic study of human society and social interaction. | | | status: not answered ()  correct: d  your answer:  | 2 | According to sociologist C. Wright Mills‚ the ability to see the relationship between individual

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    philosophy. Vygotsky felt that “children learn social interaction. They acquire cognitive skills as part of their induction into a way of life. Shared activities help children internalize their society’s modes of thinking and behaving and those folkways their own” (Papalia‚ Olds‚ & Feldman‚ 2008). My education philosophy is to produce the best most achievable learning experience for all students in my classroom. Lev Semenovich Vygotsky developed Vygotsky’s Socioculture Theory. In this approach

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    LECTURE NOTES For Health Science Students Introduction to Sociology Zerihun Doda‚ M.A. Debub University In collaboration with the Ethiopia Public Health Training Initiative‚ The Carter Center‚ the Ethiopia Ministry of Health‚ and the Ethiopia Ministry of Education June 2005 Funded under USAID Cooperative Agreement No. 663-A-00-00-0358-00. Produced in collaboration with the Ethiopia Public Health Training Initiative‚ The Carter Center‚ the Ethiopia Ministry of Health‚ and the Ethiopia Ministry

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    MGT 448 Final Exam / 100% correct answers http://www.homeworkmarket.com/content/mgt-448-final-exam-100-correct-answers 1. While workers in manufacturing industries are considered to be vulnerable to the negative effects of globalization‚ workers in service industries are relatively secure. a. True b. False 2. Which of the following was set up to promote economic development globally? a. World Bank b. International Monetary Fund c. United Nations

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    Writing in 1782‚ J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur tried to define "the American‚ this new man." He was‚ Crèvecoeur argued‚ "neither a European nor a descendant of a European" but an "American‚ who‚ leaving behind all his ancient prejudices and manners‚ receives new ones from the new mode of life he has embraced‚ the new government he obeys‚ and the new rank he holds." Crèvecoeur presumed that America was a melting pot‚ that the environment created a homogeneous American culture‚ with similar values

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