What is Sociology‚ Anyway? Introductory Sociology January 20‚ 2015 Use right arrow on keyboard to advance slides People typically do not understand sociology very well. Just ask someone what sociology is and they typically don’t know. Even people that have taken Introductory Sociology still don’t know what it is. For example‚ while evacuated during Hurricane Rita I told someone that I taught sociology and this is what they said: “I studied sociology in college but really didn’t understand it
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Background Due to the rapid advancement of the information technology‚ the World Wide Web (WWW) has now become a multifunctional tool. People can get lots of things done through the Internet‚ chatting with friends through MSN‚ shopping on Amarzon.com‚ settling the credit card bill‚ making new friends through the Facebook‚ reading newspaper on appledaily.com‚ etc. Besides‚ when we want to search for information‚ we can simply “Google” it‚ and we get what we want. It is no doubt that the Internet
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The social world consists of drastic changes over centuries. The social world we now live in today is also continuously changing over improvements in technology. These technological advancements were the result of rationalization5 modern society. Rationalization was a major theme in most of Max Weber’s writings‚ especially the Spirit of Capitalism: The Protestant Ethic. Max Weber explained the major shift that occurred from a traditional society to modern society. The rationalization that was to
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1. Identify and explain the four (4) ways in which marginal jobs deviate from the norms expected of work. Then explain which members of the labor force have the highest likelihood of working in marginal job and why. According to the text‚ norms that are expected out of work are: (1) the job content should be legal; (2) the job should be institutionally regular; (3) the job should be relatively stable; (4) the job should provide adequate pay with sufficient hours of work every week to make a living
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Background: Stacy is a 24 year old Hispanic college graduate who recently secured a job at a large pharmaceutical company for 1 year 6 months. Bill: Caucasian male- 24 year old who’s been in the pharmaceutical company for 1 year 3 months. Leonard: 56 year old Caucasian male who despises minorities. C.E.O for the pharmaceutical company. Opening Scene: *Meeting* Leonard: Good evening‚ ladies and gentlemen and you Stacy. Stacy (to Bill): What’s his deal? He’s always trying to set
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Arson seems as though it is a major problem in the United States; however‚ this is not the case. Arson is defined as a person who intentionally burns almost any kind of structure or building. Even though arson is not a common crime‚ it has resulted in $585 million in property damage and the death of 200 civilians in 2010. Arson is committed for many reasons including insurance fraud and revenge. My theory is that the leading reason for arson is for people to gain money. The people affected by arson
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A gang is “an association of three or more individuals‚ whose purpose in part is to engage in criminal activity and which uses violence or intimidation to further its criminal objectives” (National Institute of Justice). Gangs are organized as structured social groups‚ being more complex than they might first seem. When criminals come together as a group‚ trouble is bound to occur‚ and these gangs become a powerful force that must be combated. Gangs are well known‚ but how do gangs operate? Why do
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What does studying race involve? Physical Characteristics; such as hair color‚ eye color‚ hair texture etc. What does studying ethnicity involve? Social Heritage/Characteristics; such as national orgin‚ primary language‚ religion‚ etc. What is prejudice? A pre judgement or generalization about a group of people;unsupported by facts What are sources of prejudice? -socialization -stereotypes -authoritarian personality -scapegoat -culture -social conflict
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Undocumented Students in The Public School System On March 15 2013‚ I arrived at P.S. 20 for an interview with Bilingual Social Worker‚ Mrs. Astrid Pacheco. The schools exact geographic location reads: 161 Park Avenue‚ Staten Island NY‚ 10302. It was obvious from the size of the building that this was a small school. Upon entering the main doors‚ I was greeted by the school’s safety agent who required detailed information for the purpose of our visit.
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(2) Growing up as a child I was made to believe that Parents are always right and we as children should always obey whatever our parents tells us to do whether we agree or not. a large part of our African society has turn our parents into mini gods that should be obeyed always without questioning and disobeying them is a taboo. The question here is are parents always right? looking back from when I was a child to being an adult‚ I have always been an obedient child doing everything my parents asked
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