Axia College Material Appendix A Midterm Exam Answer each question below. Answers should be approximately 100 words per question. 1. What are the different forms of social media that exist today? Provide examples of different social media and their primary purposes. There are many sites that we now use as ways of talking to others. Chat‚ IM (instant messaging) and email are one way that we can talk to friends and family that live great distances from where you live. Blogging sites such
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EUST 1010- Midterm Essay Name: Tsoi Lee Sha Sharon UID: 303 505 0559 What is the difference between the liberal and socialist interpretation of equality? Socialism refers to a myriad of ideologies that the distribution of wealth and property are under the control of the government or the community. It also refers to a broad array of political movements aiming at reaching social and economic equality and cooperation. The word liberal is derived from the Latin liber that means free and
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Modernization is the process in which social and economic change is obtained through industrial revolution‚ urbanization and other social changes that alters people’s lives. Modernization promotes individualism over the unity of traditional communities and encourages rationality over traditional philosophies. Modernization can have both positive and negative effects on society and can often bring about controversy. The German sociologist Ferdinand Tönnies (1855-1937) formed the theory of Gemeinschaft
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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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