Sociology

Exploring marriages and families by Karen Seccombe, third edition You must have this book Assignment 3         You will be graded on the quality of your answer, logical order to your answer, critical thinking, and clarity of your work.  Please remember that you are being graded on how well you can apply class material (sociology class).  Please keep in mind you are not defending your personal beliefs, you can only be graded on how well you understood course material.  Therefore, the book must be your main reference Number and restate each question that is answered.  Content is extremely important.  Do not write simple sentences to meet the minimum requirement.  If you want to assure that you receive a 100 on your assignments write more than the minimum requirement.  Also please make sure that all your answers are numbered and that all margins are consistent.  Please be mindful of your spelling and grammar (use spell check). Also, when writing your answers, please try to leave your personal biases and value judgments out. You may use examples from everyday life to support the information you provide from the textbook.  Be mindful that there are various perspectives to topics covered in class.  It is helpful to quote the textbook or you may provide additional information from another source in your answer.  When you do you must cite your work (APA is preferred). Writing the bare minimum is never enough for full credit. I need to see that you not only read and understood the material, but also that you can use apply said information critically.  On the assignments please number your answers to coincide with the questions, also, please separate the chapters. This makes it easier for me to grade.  Give a lot of details and examples in your answers.  One, two, or three sentence answers will not be given credit.  Additionally, short answers will receive a grade that corresponds with your effort.  You must write at least one paragraph per question to receive credit (Approximately 4 to 5 sentences per question).  Do not provide answers in an outline format.  DO NOT OUTLINE YOUR ANSWERS.  Good Luck.  Chapter 8 1.     A controversial question concerns the right to have a child.  Should all persons be granted the right to have a child?  Are there some categories of people who should not be allowed to have children?  Why or why not?  2.     How would a functionalist view pronatalism?  How would a conflict theorist view pronatalism?   Chapter 9 1.     Which theory is most useful for explaining childhood development and why?  2.     If grandparents are acceptable caregivers, then why should we object to older women and men who want to have children? Chapter 10   1.    Ask students to discuss why the economy plays such an important role in family life.  Be sure to discuss family and work policies as well as such factors as wages and the cost of living. 2. Ask students to discuss work-family stress and ways to cope with the stress.  How much of this stress should be the responsibility of the family?  How much should be the responsibility of employers?   Chapter 11 1.     Do families today experience higher levels of stress than in the past? If so, why should this be the case? 2.     Do employers have a responsibility to work to prevent family violence? Would they benefit directly or indirectly if they were proactively involved in reducing family violence?

NO COVER PAGE. Movie Analysis Assignment  View one of the movies listed below or assigned by the instructor. After viewing the movie write a brief report using the criteria listed below.  Criteria:  • Did the characters accurately exhibit the mental health disorders categorized by the list below? Give specific examples to explain. (20points)  • What societal/cultural attitudes are reflected about mental illness? (20 points)  • How did you react to the characters? (15 points)  • State 3 NANDA diagnoses and psychiatric nursing care you would provide to the main character(s)? (25 points)  • How could the film be used to help patients, families, and multidisciplinary staff understand mental illness/treatment? (15points) This paper must be typed using APA format. (5pts) Movie choices One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest Film – The Ray Charles Story The Karen Carpenter Story; Rain Man Film – The Ray Charles Story Or any other film that has to do with psychiatric patients.

Weight: 25% Come prepared to present on your created persona at the beginning of class on Nov 9. You may still upload your assignment at 11:59 pm on Nov 9. In order to begin to understand the perspectives of the people with whom we may encounter, it is essential for us to critically examine the circumstances from which they have come. In this two-part assignment, you will be given the opportunity to create a persona of an Aboriginal person that has come to be involved in your social work agency (fictional) and then provide an analytical discussion/reflection. Part 1: Creation of the persona (750-1000 words) By using first person narrative, reveal what that persona’s life experience would have been like. 1.How have you been affected by the residential school system? 2. What was your childhood like? 3. How have you been affected by racism? 4. Describe your struggles with the school system, government authorities, etc. 5. Finally, describe your route to involvement with the social services system. Create specific details about yourself regarding your family, community, etc. Although it is expected that you take on the persona of someone else, please be sure that your writing reflects your own personal academic skills. It may be tempting to include a writing style that may truly reflect your persona but for the sake of this academic assignment, we will require you to capture the “personality” of your imagined person while still following the constructs of academic writing. Part 2: Analytical Discussion/Reflection (750-1000 words) Based on the persona you created, 1. Identify the colonial policies that may have had an impact on their behaviour 2. Discuss how these policies have impacted /are impacting your created persona 3. Briefly describe your social location, and reflect on how it could influence your work with your created persona 4. What are your thoughts and feelings as you prepare to begin work with this persona as your client? 5. Identify and discuss 2 things you can do in your beginning work towards reconciliation with this persona. This written portion would also include some description of the internal process of doing this assignment, open to description of feelings of empathy, foolishness, anger, frustrations, healing etc. Feel free to discuss some of your own thoughts and experiences both before and after having completed the assignment. Students will be expected to discuss their created personas in class and be prepared to reveal their thoughts and insights about this assignment on November 9th. APA Format

Using the SPSS software, open the Afrobarometer dataset or the High School Longitudinal Study dataset (whichever you choose) found in this week’s Learning Resources and then choose two variables that interest you. For this Assignment: Write a 2-page summary and include the following: Early in your Assignment, when you relate which dataset you analyzed, please include the mean of the following variables. If you are using the Afrobarometer Dataset, report the mean of Q1 (Age). If you are using the HS Long Survey Dataset, report the mean of X1SES. A description of what the each of the variables measure. A description of the unit of analysis. A description and explanation of the levels of measurement for each variable (i.e., nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio). Explain how you might conceive these variables to be used to answer a social change question. What might be the implications for social change?

Cognitive Factors You are the social worker for Joe’s family and are tasked with completing an assessment on the family. What are all of the cognitive factors involved, for each family member? How might these cognitive factors influence family dynamics? How might these cognitive factors influence biological or societal systems with which they are involved? THIS IS THE MOVIE THAT INFORMATION WILL BE FOUND  O’Hara, R., Macaulay, S., Dewis, J., Marx, L. (Producers), & Whaley, F. (Director). (1999). Joe the King [Motion picture]. United States: 49th Parallel, Forensic/291 Films, Lower East Side Films.

Identify the defining characteristics of an intervention philosophy. In particular, address neoliberalism and the social effects of neoliberal policies in contemporary postsocialist nations.

Please just use one or two personal  examples and please do not use any sources. 1- what is the cause of racism. 2- how can we contribute to fix it. 3-our feelings . Use attachment for instruction as to how i need it to be written. thanks

CRJ 201 Revised HW 6 HW should be 2 full pages. Please answer questions fully. Check spelling, grammar and sentence structure. Double space; font size 12 Times new Roman. You may use other material (articles and power points) to answer questions. DO NOT COPY OR CUT AND PASTE.   WRITE IN YOUR OWN WORDS.   1 – According to Police Chief Will Johnson, does community policing work? Why/why not? What does the success of community policing depend upon? 2- Discuss the critical elements of community policing identified by Chief Will Johnson? Describe each in a few sentences. 3 – Is community policing proactive or reactive? 4 – What is operation safety net? Why is it important for Chief Johnson to discuss operation safety net in this article?     Community Policing Much More Than Walking a Beat. https://cops.usdoj.gov/html/dispatch/05-2018/walking_a_beat.html

The paper must be 5 (full) – 8 pages, typed, double-spaced, 1″ margins, 12pt Times New Roman typeface, using ASA Style or APA Style. See the Module General Paper Requirements for complete information. You MUST quote from the readings in your paper.  For this final paper, you are to use the sources you gathered in the Media Analysis Research Data Collection Assignment to investigate and compare coverage of one social issue from both mainstream and alternative sources. Read “The News Media, the Problem Frame, and the Production of Fear ” to help you provide the framework for this paper. (Note: you must include citations from this article to support your analysis of the social issue you select!) Questions to Answer for Your Analysis What are the key themes in the coverage? What are the differing arguments that you have heard? What are the recurring patterns in media coverage of this subject? How have the producers/writers/editors shaped the message(s) through words, images, or other means? What is omitted from their message(s)? In your view, do the messages accurately represent the totality of subject? Why or why not? In what ways does format matter and why? Does anything else strike you about the coverage that you read? Once you have addressed these questions, link your analysis of the media coverage with our readings, especially “The News Media, the Problem Frame, and the Production of Fear .” If you would like to see a sample A+ paper, a student in a previous class has graciously given permission for sharing it with you. I will mention that doing the running header and abstract is not necessary as the APA writing style has changed since the paper was written. Sample Media Analysis Research Paper Media Analysis Paper Rubric +10   Appropriate  selection of topic for paper requirements with article from mainstream media source-newspaper or news magazine as the basis for paper (10 points possible) +20  At least two alternative print sources (20 points possible -10 each), one on each side of the political spectrum Analysis of coverage, responding to questions in paper directions using quotes from the “The News Media, the Problem Frame, and the Production of Fear” reading (10 points possible each question)     +10 What are the key themes in the coverage?     +10 What are the differing arguments that you have heard?     +10 What are the recurring patterns in media coverage of this subject?     +10 How have the producers/writers/editors shaped the message(s) through words, images, or other means? What is omitted from their message(s)? +30  Thoughtful response to your findings (30 points possible) Point will be deducted based on the following criteria: -10 points for a paper less than five FULL pages (12 pt Times New Roman, 1″ margins, double spaced) -5 point for no title page -5 points for no Bibliography/Works Cited page -5+ points for sloppy work (misspellings, grammar errors, etc.) -5 points for not using proper citations  in ASA/APA style for all quoted material

  As you can see this is a really small experiment on what people would/ wouldn’t do. Your assignment is to examine this experiment when it comes to ethics. Discuss this experiment in relation to the 3 major ethical pitfalls/concerns/norms discussed in class (, ie Voluntary Participation, etc) as well as one secondary concern, Deception. Be Specific: begin by naming/describing the ethical consideration in question. Then, describe how the experiment specifically did/didn’t adhere to specific research norms. Lastly, if the ethical norm was violated, what could have potentially been done differently to adhere to the ethical norm?