Introduction to Sociology and Community Development CSTU 5970 - 2013 - SEMESTER ONE Written Assignment – Sociology Essay NB. This assignment will be extensively work-shopped during tutorials WEIGHTING - 50% Essay length 1000 to 1500 words Due date: 5th May 2014 ASSIGNMENT TASK: This assignment is designed to allow you to explore and deepen your knowledge of sociological concepts from a perspective of your choosing. There are four options for the assignment UNDERTAKE
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1. Social action is defined as day to day decisions and actions of individuals within the social world. Social actions both influence and are patterned and influenced by social structure. According to Marx’s theory‚ in order for the potential of social action occurring to take place a society must face resistance and revolution. According to Marx’s theory societies are already divided into two main groups‚ the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. The bourgeoisie are the upper class who are owners
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Ethnicity Ethnicity Intelligence: controversial (racist?) notions (Eysenck‚ Jensen‚ Hernstein & Murray) Outside school factors: material deprivation; social class background; gender; street culture (Sewell); high number of single parent‚ female-headed families Inside school factors: institutional & cultural racism (Coard‚ Gilborn); setting & streaming (Gilborn & Youdell); language (Labov‚ Mac an Ghaill); self-motivation of girls (Fuller‚
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SOC‚ 2nd Edition by Niki Benokraitis Study Worksheet – Chapter 1 Answer Key Thinking Like a Sociologist Matching Match the person or term with the appropriate description in the table below. |Max Weber |E |Macrosociology |I |Symbolic Interactionism |M | |Karl Marx |D |W.E.B. DuBois |G |Conflict Theory |K | |Empirical
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Assess the contribution of functionalism to an understanding of families and households. (24 marks) Functionalists believe that society is based on a shared value consensus‚ this is a set of shared norms and values into which society socialises its members‚ This enables society to work harmoniously and meet society’s needs and goals. Functionalists believe that the family is regarded as a basic building block of society. According to Parsons the family provides two important functions. The first
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Option B Movie Analysis Watching movies is a leisurely activity enjoyed by many people. Not only are movies enjoyable to get a good laugh‚ cry‚ or just to relax to‚ but there are many things to be learned from movies as well. For this project I choose to examine two movies from a sociological perspective. The two movies I chose are‚ Law Abiding Citizen and 8 Mile. Law Abiding Citizen Law Abiding Citizen is a story of a man who takes justice into his own hands after the legal system fails
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Much greater levels of police stop and search on young black African-Caribbean males‚ than whites. After attack on World Trade Center in 2001 and London Underground bombings in 2005‚ a new discourse has emerged regarding Muslim Youths. The new image of them is of being dangerous- a threat to British culture. Offending There are 3 ways on gathering statistics on ethnicity and crime: official stats‚ victimization studies and self-report studies. According to Home Office statistics‚ about 9.5%
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Education is the process by which knowledge is imparted‚ skills developed and abilities trained. It is used to prepare citizens for various roles demanded by social institutions‚ such as family‚ government and economy ( Schaeffer‚ 2001). A society’s survival depends on the ability of its members to maintain and pass on the culture to succeeding generations (Preston & Smith‚ ) Education is an ongoing process that takes place in all locations‚ such as while watching television‚ attending religious
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Sociology and Political Science: As a mother of social sciences Sociology has close and intimate relationship with all other social science. Hence it has close relationship with political science as well. Their relationship is so close and intimate that led G.E.C. Catlin to remark “Political Science and Sociology are two faces or aspects of the same figure.” Similarly other scholars could not find any difference between the two disciplines. Sociology is a Science of society. It is a science of social
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Sociology is the study of human social relationships and institutions. Sociology ’s subject matter is diverse‚ ranging from crime to religion‚ from the family to the state‚ from the divisions of race and social class to the shared beliefs of a common culture‚ and from social stability to radical change in whole societies. Unifying the study of these diverse subjects of study is sociology ’s purpose of understanding how human action and consciousness both shape and are shaped by surrounding cultural
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