Sociology

Explore what C. Wright Mills meant by “Sociological Imagination.” (Mills, C. W. (1959). The promise of sociology. Retrieved from https://sites.middlebury.edu/utopias/files/2013/02/The-Promise.pdf  (Links to an external site.) ) Demonstrate your understanding of this concept by selecting an example of a “private trouble” (from the readings, your own experience, or elsewhere). How are personal troubles different from public issues? Explain how if a personal trouble becomes a public issue, why it may reflect a structural problem in society. Provide an example in your answer.

Select and research any organization of your choice and proceed to examine its vision, mission, objectives, organization structure and social processes. Guiding questions include and are not limited to: ·What is the nature of the organization selected? ·Does this organization frame a specific social problem, and exist as a means to “help”? Who are the beneficiaries of this “help”? ·What theories (and broader social structures) are likely to explain the existing phenomena? ·What is your general assessment of the organization from a sociological perspective? ·How does this organization intersect with and reinforce cultural constructs and patterns of inequality? ·Why is it important to understand this issue?   Papers to be 5 pages, typed, double-spaced, with Times new Roman, 12-point font (exclusive of bibliography). At least 5 credible sources must be properly cited in a bibliography (regardless of the medium).

Ethical Research Due to significant violations of federal and institutional rules and regulations, ethical issues in human participant research have received increasing attention over the past 50 years. While it might seem obvious that respect, integrity, fidelity, and justice should serve as the ethical foundation for all research activities, this has not always been the case for research involving human participation. Instructions: After reviewing Standard 8: Research and Publication of the APA Ethics Code, select three of the substandards and discuss their importance with respect to research activities. The fifteen substandards include: 8.1 Institutional Approval 8.2 Informed Consent to Research 8.3 Informed Consent for Recording Voices and Images in Research 8.4 Client/Patient, Student, and Subordinate Research Participants 8.5 Dispensing with Informed Consent for Research 8.6 Offering Inducements for Research Participation 8.7 Deception in Research 8.8 Debriefing 8.9 Humane Care and Use of Animals in Research 8.10 Reporting Research Results 8.11 Plagiarism 8.12 Publication Credit 8.13 Duplicate Publication of Data 8.14 Sharing Research Data for Verification 8.15 Reviewers Consider a proposed research study that interests you and discuss how these standards would apply during the research process, including how you might ensure the protection of human subjects in a study on your topic. Locate at least two scholarly references from the Ashford University Library to support your discussion. Your paper should be 700-1050 words in length (not counting the title and References pages).

Social and Cultural Norms In this assignment, you will argue a pro or con position involving minorities, women, or LGBTQ individuals given an audience with opposing views. Presenting stereotypes of minorities/women/LGBTQ individuals affects viewers’ conceptions of different groups. How do such skewed views affect real-life interactions with members of minority groups? Is there a difference among such genres as comedies, dramas, police procedurals, children’s shows, cartoons, and reality shows, in how marginalized people are portrayed? Can you cite any examples from your own experiences? The media should be trusted to provide the means to change people’s perceptions of minorities. Argue for or against this statement. Requirements Your paper must outline specifically the nature of the problem and demonstrate critical thinking, sound logic, valid claims, personal passion, and credible support that is cited correctly. Write a three-page paper in which you: In the introduction, include a quote, question or statistic from your text and an overview of the three major points you will cover. Introduce your position with a thesis statement at the end of the first paragraph. Provide three major points to support your thesis statement (put each major point in a separate paragraph). Answer each of the sub-questions in at least one paragraph each. Wrap up your assignment with a strong conclusion in which you restate the points you made and supported. Organize arguments and support your claims effectively. Demonstrate personal passion for your position and critical thinking with persuasive language, sound logic, valid claims, and credible support for the claims. Provide three credible and reliable sources (in addition to the textbook) about current events, which have been published in the last five years and are cited correctly in the position paper. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title and the date. Include a source page to demonstrate understanding of the Strayer Writing Standards. The cover and source pages are not included in the required assignment page length. Argue a pro or con position on a controversial topic considering an identified audience.

• Doyle, A. (2019, February 25). How to create professional online profiles. • Linaker, E. (n.d.). How to develop a digital presence for professional success. Entrepreneur. • Raj, N. (2018, September 1). How to write effective emails. The Writing Cooperative. • Spencer, L. (2017, December 29). The best free online presentation software tools for 2018.• Zhang, L. (2018). The secret to building a Linkedin profile that gets results. The Muse. • TechRadar’s list of the best free presentation software(with LinkedIn Activity)Read the articles by Doyle, Linaker, and Zhang. Then do the following (two parts):1. Create your own professional online profile, suitable for LinkedIn. Limit your profile to only three of the areas discussed by Zhang: headline, summary, and experience. Follow the advice of Zhang and or other sources for each.2. In a separate document of up to 300 words, explain the principles you followed in creating your profile and discuss the advantages of social media networking through a professional profile like the one you have created.Your profile and the separate document should be concise and clearly written, with a tone appropriate for a professional setting. Before submitting, read over your profile to be sure the writing is clear, with proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation. Submit both documents through the Written Assignment 6 link.

Sapperfield asserts throughout his selection that violent television programming increases aggressive behavior. Do you agree or disagree with this assertion? Why or why not? Because television is in virtually every household in America, it is reasonable to think that television programs could ever be regulated? Explain your answer. Grohol argues that there are multiple alternative explanations for children’s outcomes besides just television viewing. Which of these alternatives do you think contributes the MOST to children’s development and why?

According to the text, the research process follows a set of four steps including: hypothesize, operationalize, measure, and explain. Define whether the study you found is a qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods design study. Identify the hypotheses or research questions (qualitative studies only include research questions). Briefly define the independent and dependent variables in measurable terms. Discuss how the data was collected and provide a brief review of the findings/results. Describe how the research process can apply to other situations and whether you think the research process is useful for all research problems. Your post should be at least 300 words. 

take some time to discuss how you see the future of the workplace. The issue of cultural diversity will continue to increase in importance, so make sure to take into account the change that you think will continue to happen over time.As you do research, focus on what changes you will see specifically in your own field of study and the effects you see these changes having on you personally. Prompt This is to be at least an 800 word paper in IWG format. Note: The paper is NOT a review. You must have four references for your topic. Your references must come from SHARC (ProQuest, PubMed, Google Scholar), not just your book. NO WIKIPEDIA

Find a recent newspaper or magazine article that illustrates an event or situation relating to social stratification that has occurred in the U.S. within the last couple of years (2016-2020).  The article must be from a major source, such as The Washington Post, The New York Times, Time Magazine, U.S. News & World Report, among others.  The article can be found online or in print.  Choose an article that focuses on groups of people in conflict with one another as a result of the inequality in the U.S. class system.  You may want to run the article by me first before proceeding with this assignment.  The objective of this assignment is to provide you with an opportunity to demonstrate your ability to apply sociological perspectives of social stratification to real-world situations.   I.   Background (1 page): a.      Briefly describe the social stratification or situation presented in the article. b.     When you describe the situation, do not plagiarize – describe in your own words! c.      Make sure you include a well-developed thesis statement which informs the reader in one sentence what your paper is about.  The thesis should be placed at the end of the Background section.  Go to this link for assistance: .   II.  Assessment (2 pages):  This is the core of your paper.  Make sure this section is very well-developed, well-organized, and well-written since your grade depends mainly on your sociological analysis of the article.   Discuss why the social stratification or situation occurred by relating it to four sociological concepts/theories learned from any of the chapters in the textbook.  Remember that you do not need to explain the theories/concepts. You will be graded by how you apply the theories/concepts to the article you have selected. Concepts/theories must be bolded or underlined in your paper, or they will not be counted in the quota.   b.     Discuss how the reality is presented by the author/reporter/media. Are there any unwritten cultural assumptions? Do those assumptions reflect ideologies? Do the ideologies support the status quo? What kind of status quo? Are there any biases in the media presentation? If so, what kind of biases? Try to read between the lines. Cultural assumptions are not written.   IMPORTANT-you are asked to analyze both the content of the article of your selection as well as how it is presented. Presentation usually reflects ideology and subtly power relations.       c.      Include an engaging and stimulating conclusion paragraph that summarizes your paper.  Demonstrate evidence that you can make connections between all of the main ideas. Make sure to include the URL of the article in your list of “Works Cited.”      The paper should be logically organized in well-constructed paragraphs/sentences, have relevant content, and be easily understood.  There should be few or no errors in format, sentence structure, grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc.  These errors should not hinder comprehension of your writing.

Answer questions and respond to them in a coherent essay. 1. Explain what the term alienation means and identify the first sociologist to use it. Provide a detailed example illustrating a case of “alienation.” 2. Sociologists have offered several different explanations for the rise in the divorce rate in the U.S. in recent decades. Choose two of those explanations, and (a) briefly describe their main points, (b) state which explanation makes the most sense to you, and (c) give the reasons why. 3. What is the difference between “nurture” and “nature?” Explain how each contributes to human behavior. Discuss the one that you think is more important, using an example and explaining why. 4. Define “socialization” and then: a. Name three “agents of socialization,” explaining what each one is and giving a detailed illustration of how it affects a person’s life. b. Explain what you learned about socialization from the studies of Danielle.