Running Head: Connecting Sociological Theory and Social Issues Connecting Sociological Theory and Social Issues The topic of choice is the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States and around the world. HIV/AIDS has been a main concern for the world since its emergence in the 1980’s. “The prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the United States through 2009 was about 1 million cases. Worldwide‚ the prevalence of HIV/AIDS varies from less than 0.1 percent to 15–28 percent of a country’s population”
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Were Dr. Seuss books really for children? When I was in third grade reading his books‚ I did not really know what was going on with the plot. I just figured it was about bullies being bullies. With this in mind‚ one can relate sociological concepts‚ such as racial groups and genders stratification‚ to the book “The Sneetches”. To begin with‚ “The Sneetches” can be incorporated with race. Throughout the entire story‚ one can distinguish the racist actions. For instance‚ Dr. Seuss states‚ “all the
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learner got a question wrong the level of shock would increase. They learned that the learner was influenced by the shock because obviously‚ he wouldn’t want to feel the pain of the shock. 2. Violence is shared by a category of activities. Social theories on violence illustrates the notion that social factors either supports or promotes the restriction of violence. Some of the violence in society is due to the practice of one’s beliefs or religion. Recently‚ violence has been
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Freedom. Good or Bad? The idea of personal freedom and individuality is a concept that has been debated by philosophers throughout history. In 380 BC‚ Plato addresses his thoughts on freedom in society throughout The Republic. His main opinion is‚ too much freedom given to individuals will lead to an unjust society. This concept‚ through proven thoroughly‚ has some complications with adapting to todays society. Years later‚ Plato’s ideals are hard for today’s society to grasp. In an age of rapid
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lessons and every episode had lessons learned. But‚ fast forward another half century and Leave it to Beaver has been taken over by The Desperate Housewives and Breaking Bad. The TV shows cannot be any more different. Desperate Housewives has an all-female cast that showed the typical problems for women living in the suburbs. Breaking Bad shows the dark side of society and how many people will do anything to sustain their family even if it’s not
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Sociological Theories: Divorce SOCS-185: Sociology & Culture Sociological Theories: Divorce In today’s society‚ divorce is considered as normal or expected as getting married since almost half of the marriages end up on a divorce according to the Bureau of the Census 1975:64; National Vital Statistics Reports 2010 (Sociology: A Brief Introduction‚ McGraw-Hill‚ p.312). A divorce can be a traumatic event for the couple but it is especially
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EDU8311 Concepts and theories in educational management Faculty of Education Study book Published by University of Southern Queensland Toowoomba Queensland 4350 Australia http://www.usq.edu.au © University of Southern Queensland‚ 2012.1. Copyrighted materials reproduced herein are used under the provisions of the Copyright Act 1968 as amended‚ or as a result of application to the copyright owner. No part of this publication may be reproduced‚ stored in a retrieval system or transmitted
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can include multiple children. The U.S has one of the worst records among industrialized nations‚ thus losing an average between 4 and 7 children everyday to abuse and neglect. The sociological theories that can be used to research the issue of child abuse in the U.S are symbolic interactionism‚ and the conflict theory. Physical abuse of a child is when a parent or caregiver causes any non-accidental physical injury to a child. Physical abuse includes striking‚ kicking‚ burning‚ biting‚ hair pulling
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life. This disorder is a deep test of self-management and the ability to withstand powerful drug desires. Knowledge about addiction is very important for creating good actions and helping people during their recovery process. Many sociological
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Moving forward there are many sociological and psychological constructs‚ and theories I have learned that could form a new insight on the phenomena I discussed‚ but I think the strongest one and best fit would be the Biosocial Theory. Biosocial Theory is an approach which studies the biological and social background of human behavior. It explores how the biological aspects of nervous‚ biochemical‚ and genetic function can be influenced by social factors and how‚ in turn‚ the social environment can
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