Sociology

A report about ONE of the following concert videos The Bad Plus Robert Glaspar Trio Herbie Hancock Group Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Brian Blade, Christian McBride Esperanza Spalding Snarky Puppy 1. a description of the band (the types of instruments/singers) 2. descriptions of the music—This is the most important part! Describe the overall style Point out any musical techniques that you recognize Describe one of the pieces that was played: who played the melody, who played improvised solos., and how did the piece end? Point out any aspects of the performance that you either liked or didn’t particularly like. Was there anything that you found surprising or unusual?

Which topic or piece of information in each Chapter did you find most useful for future practice? Which is identifying and recongnizing signs of abuse as well as the importance of knowing the phases of treatment for clients Discuss Equilibrium Maintenance Vs Disequilibrium and select one of the cases to discuss (288-289) Discuss the importance of Realignment of generalizational boundaries and why its important for family treatment.

What is the wedding industrial complex? What purpose does it have in society? According to your text, what factors affect a couple’s decisions to cohabitate or marry?

Here is the question for Essay Test 2:  What everyday problems do the Azande people solve using magical means (supernatural or spiritual means, oracles, witchcraft, shamans, etc.) to get answers or solutions to their everyday problems, and how do they go about doing it?  Your job is to explain the details in your own words.  Suggested length is three paragraphs (about 400-500 words or 1.5 double-spaced pages).   Longer is okay.  Shorter is not likely to earn a high grade.  More details is better.  Organization and clarity are important.  Use of anthropological terms is important.     Essay Test 2 is about Azande Witchcraft, and is based on the assigned film, “Witchcraft Among the Azande.”  The link to the film is provided under Weekly Sessions – Week 6.  Film Link is Attached PPT is Attached

go to the CSUP blackboard page. username: ac.reed password: $t11251998 go to the courses and choose 418 Crime drugs and social policy go to course information and then to lectures and readings and you must pick 3 readings to use as sources prompt: How have drug scares been linked to race, class, and gender? That is, who is using drugs and who are the drug panics focusing on? In your understanding of early drug interventions (education and treatment), what kind of approach has our country historically adopted and what should we be moving towards? Use concrete information from lecture and readings. Remember to incorporate at least 3 of the readings.

Students should be able to identify and describe various marriage types or relationships as well as explain the benefits and disadvantages of each type. This assignment will help you learn these skills. In an essay (1,000 to 1,500 words), answer to the following prompts: Identify six marriage types or similar relationships. Include traditional and nontraditional forms of marriage or similar relationships.  For each marriage type you identify, name the marriage type and describe the key components. Next, for each marriage type, explain the advantages and disadvantages.   Cite one to three scholarly sources from the GCU library for each marriage type you describe. Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

Answer the following five questions in this essay. 1. What are some of the most common forms of unethical behavior in our workforce today? How could leadership in organizations help to minimize this ethical misconduct? Explain and support your positions with relevant course content and outside sources. 2. As our businesses have developed over the last 100 plus years, have our modern day businesses evolved to be more ethical today? What are some of the factors that helped you come to your conclusion? Take a position and support your thoughts. 3. Would you describe the financial meltdown in our 2007-2008 financial markets as a failure of “people” or of our “capital market processes”? Why? Support your thoughts with ethical theory and examples. Use our library for added research if needed. 4. Tell me about why diversity and discrimination are two important ethical factors that leaders should focus on while attempting to manage their workforce? Provide one example of how mismanaging these issues have had an impact on an organization. How would you explain the importance of these to your employees? 5. Are corporate outreach and company sponsored volunteer programs a good idea for organizations to implement? Why? From an ethical leadership perspective, why would you choose OR not choose to implement these programs? Use course theory and specific examples to support your conclusion.

Sociology is the study of social behaviors and their impact on society. The themes of sociology are found in everyday culture including films. Motion picture films are an excellent vehicle to demonstrate the concepts and theories discussed in this course. For this assignment, students will analyze the content of the film for specific sociological concepts from the course. Analysis papers are the demonstration of a student’s ability to make connections between class discussions and popular media. The goal of the analysis paper is to explain how specific sociological elements are present in an in-depth manner. Analysis papers are NOT a film summary. Examples from the film are used to provide evidence of specific sociological factors, NOT a film review. A brief synopsis of the film may be included in the introductory paragraph. Analysis papers must follow standard essay format in a well-written essay of 800 words or more. Your introduction must briefly summarize the film and include a detailed thesis. The thesis statement must clearly identify how that particular film show evidence of the specific concepts that you are willing to discuss in your paper. A good example of a thesis statement might be: “The 1988 film “Stand and Deliver” represents a clear analysis of achieved status, as well as ethnic and economic stigma through the conflict perspective.” This thesis tells the reader that the writer will be discussing ethnic and economic stigma as well as the relationship between those stigmas and achieved status. The writer also identified that they decided to perform their analysis of specific sociological terms according to the conflict perspective. For body paragraphs, you should select three-four terms from the chapters that we covered throughout the semester. You should include a definition of the term/concept prior to giving examples of that term. Also, refer to how your examples are reflections of that term. A conclusion paragraph must be present. A conclusion paragraph should wrap us your ideas and reiterate your thesis. Analysis papers must be typed in Times New Roman 12-point font, double-spaced. All margins, top, bottom, left, and right, should be 1 inch. You must bold your thesis. You will submit your paper on D2L assignment box. Points to remember about your analysis: ? Clearly identify and explain at least one sociological perspective when analyzing the film ? Show clear comprehension of two or more of the key concepts! Sociology on the screen assignment constitutes 15% of your final grade in the course. You will have the opportunity this semester to explore, sociologically, a film of interest.           1 Perspectives Defined: Functionalism- approach that emphasizes the contributions made by each part of society Conflict perspective- approach emphasizing the role of conflict, competition, and constraint within society. Symbolic interactionism- approach that focuses on the interactions among people based on mutually understood symbols.

Please watch the 6 vignettes in the video that demonstrating various group dynamics and group leader interventions. The videos will start from the beginning, so to bypass the “pre-session commentary”, go to the right of the video screen, under “Chapters”, and select “Vignette 1” then “Vignette 2a” and then “Vignettes 2b, 3a, 3b, and 4” respectively. Group Therapy for Addictions: A Relapse Prevention Approach – approximately 1 hour and 23 minutes, including the commentary. A transcript of the video will be uploaded in case you do not have access to the video. What stage of group development (Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing) would you identify was likely the stage for each group vignette?  What main group theme or specific group dynamic did you observe in each vignette? What did you see as the role of the group leader, and was the leader role group focused, individual focused, or leader focused? What specific group leader interventions did you observe, i.e. at least one intervention that you noticed in each of the 5 vignettes?   What advantages did you see in the approach of group counseling/therapy with addicted populations? What were are possible disadvantages of this approach? How well did the group members understand group purposes and task to help each other address their addiction and any related thinking and behaviors?  What might you have done differently if you were the group leader?

Part 1 -Please watch all three videos and share your thoughts, reactions, and reflections with the rest of the class. A few questions to get you thinking: Are any of the concepts presented new to you? Do you see any other connections between these various ideas? Do you disagree with anything presented? Why or Why not? How would you apply any of these ideas to your life?  Here are three TedTalks that I think provide very interesting perspectives on aggression and violence. The first one is an epidemiologist that looks to solve the problem of violence by treating as disease. Gary Slutkin: Let’s treat violence like a contagious disease (abt 14 mins) Gary Slutkin Let’s treat violence like a contagious disease The second one is from famed psychologist Steven Pinker who argues that we are actually living in the most peaceful time in our species existence. Steven Pinker: The surprising decline in violence (abt 19 mins) Steven Pinker The surprising decline in violence And finally, social psychologist Paul Piff studies how social hierarchy, inequality and emotion shape relations between individuals and groups. Does money make you mean? (abt 17 mins)  This talk actually combines a great many concepts we have covered I believe ties it together for you very well.  Paul Piff Does money make you mean? (This talk really is NOT about money making you mean, it’s about how social hierarchy, inequality, emotion, and many other aspects of social psychology shape relations between individuals and groups as part of the human condition.)