SOC100 Week
1 Discussion 1 & 2 Latest 2018 March
dq 1
Explain how experience
shapes one’s attitude toward cultural diversity. Give examples.
dq 2
Regarding the pioneers
in sociology from Topic 1, which theorists do you think have the most relevance
for today? How do you see their theories being applied today? Give examples.
SOC100 Week
2 Discussion 1 & 2 Latest 2018 March
dq 1
Some typical agents of
socialization are: family, school, religion, friends, relatives, and mass
media. What agents of socialization have influenced you the most? Describe
their influence on your attitudes, beliefs, values, or other orientations to
life. How have they made you the person that you are today?
dq 2
The major components of
social structure are culture, social class, social status, roles, groups, and
social institutions. Use social structure to explain why some Americans have
such a low rate of college graduation. (See Table 9.3, Race-Ethnicity
and Education, on page 284 of the textbook.)
SOC100 Week
3 Discussion 1 & 2 Latest 2018 March
dq 1
How do group dynamics
impact today’s workplace? Does corporate culture and leadership come into play?
How so? Discuss.
dq 2
View the videos
“Classic Studies in Psychology” on the Milgram studies in the GCU
Library. Cut and paste the following URL into your browser.
https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=96349&xtid=40125
Scroll down to videos
12, 13, 14, and 15: “Justification?” “Milgram’s Study of
Obedience,” “The Results,” and “Milgram’s
Conclusions.” Review the story in the text in Chapter 5.
Stanley Milgram’s
classic experiment of obedience focuses on social control and social
conformity. Review Milgram’s experiment. If you were King or Queen of your
kingdom, what behaviors would you classify as deviant? How would you make your
populace obey and conform? Think about it and formulate a response.
SOC100 Week
4 Discussion 1 & 2 Latest 2018 March
dq 1
What are some ways in
which our American culture stratifies people? See how long of a list you can
come up with. Why do societies stratify? What do you think are the functions of
stratification?
dq 2
How do we in the United
States measure social mobility? How does social class and life chance play out
in social mobility? Where do you see yourself 10 years from now regarding your
place in society? Why?
SOC100 Week
5 Discussion 1 & 2 Latest 2018 March
dq 1
Evaluate the positive
and negative effects of Affirmative Action in the United States. Target current
issues, trends, and demographics.
dq 2
Discuss the concept of
equality. Do you see equality happening in our society? Why or why not?
Describe your personal observations of inequality.
SOC100 Week
6 Discussion 1 & 2 Latest 2018 March
dq 1
What global forces are
affecting the U.S. economy and politics? How do those global forces affect your
own life? Discuss.
dq 2
In the once popular
television show, Gene Simmons Family Jewels, did this show
depict a typical American family? Why or why not? What is going on with the
American family today? What historical events have played a role in shaping
American family life? What do you see for the future of the U.S. family? How do
religion and education impact the future of the U.S. family?
SOC100 Week
7 Discussion 1 & 2 Latest 2018 March
dq 1
How has technology
affected your life? Be specific as to what changes, and in what ways.
dq 2
Do you believe the
long-term consequences of increased technological dependence are going to be
good or bad? Explain. How do you see technology’s effect on society 20 years
from now?
SOC100 Week
1 Quiz Latest 2018 March
SOC-100
Short-Answer Quiz 1
Complete the quiz in a Word document. This is an open book quiz.
The answer to each question must be 100-125 words.
Topic 1
1. Describe at least two important historical factors related to
the origins of sociology.
2. Do you think that sociologists should try to reform society or
only study society objectively? Give reasons why?
3. Describe and analyze your symbolic culture. What symbols are
the most significant for you? Give specific examples why you believe the
symbols you chose hold importance.
4. Describe an ethnocentric experience or a culturally relative
experience in which you were a participant or one that you observed.
SOC100 Week
2 Quiz Latest 2018 March
SOC-100
Short-Answer Quiz 2
Complete the quiz in a Word document. This is an open book quiz.
The answer to each question must be 100-125 words.
Topic 2
1. What Life Course stage are you currently in according to the
textbook? Analyze the stage based on your own experience. What are the
similarities and the differences?
2. Use the concepts of dramaturgy to analyze an everyday situation
at work, school, or family. Include the concepts of impressions management,
sign-vehicles, team-work, or face-saving behaviors.
3. From the interactionist perspective discuss how you engage in
your “personal bubble” using the four “distance zones.”
4. Give a brief discussion of three of the main agents of
socialization in your life. Which one was the most influential and why?
SOC100 Week
3 Quiz Latest 2018 March
SOC-100
Short-Answer Quiz3
Complete the quiz in a Word document. This is an open book quiz.
The answer to each question must be 100-125 words.
Topic 3
1. Describe your in-groups and your out-groups. Give an example of
how your in-group has influenced the way that you see the world. Give an
example of how your out-group either changed or reinforced your view of the
world.
2. What leadership style or styles do you respond to in a positive
way? What type of leader is most effective in today’s bureaucratic environment?
As the group leader, how would you lead your team or group through a project?
3. Select a deviant behavior with which you are personally
familiar (your behavior (s) or something that you know someone did) and choose
one of the theoretical perspectives to analyze what happened.
4. Describe a broken social rule that you observed. What was the
reaction of others? Why did people react in that manner? What was your response
to the situation and other’s reactions?
SOC100 Week
4 Quiz Latest 2018 March
SOC-100
Short-Answer Quiz4
Complete the quiz in a Word document. This is an open book quiz.
The answer to each question must be 100-125 words.
Topic 4
1. How do property, power, and prestige affect your personal
social class? According to Marx’s conflict perspective in what social class do
you belong and why?
2. From your perspective, what are the current shifts in global
stratification? How does this affect the economic and political power of the
United States?
3. In the current economic situation in the United States what do
you project will happen to social mobility and the American Dream?
4. Describe the Horatio Alger myth. Based on your own experience
discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the myth for both men and women.
SOC100 Week
5 Quiz Latest 2018 March
SOC-100
Short-Answer Quiz5
Complete the quiz in a Word document. This is an open book quiz.
The answer to each question must be 100-125 words.
Topic 5
1. Describe the difference between race and ethnicity. What roles
do race and social class continue to play in the United States?
2. Describe a discriminatory situation that you experienced or
witnessed. Identify the individual aspects of this discrimination. Describe any
institutionalized racism that you have observed or experienced.
3. What should society do to reduce the possibility of
discrimination in the workplace? What policies would you propose if you were
the CEO?
4. What are the current cultural trends for the elderly? How does
your personal culture influence how you will address the aging issues of your
parents?
SOC100 Week
6 Quiz Latest 2018 March
SOC-100
Short-Answer Quiz6
Complete the quiz in a Word document. This is an open book quiz.
The answer to each question must be 100-125 words.
Topic 6
1. Compare and contrast the conflict and the functionalist
perspective relative to the political system in the United States. Select one
current issue such as healthcare, immigration, or one of your choosing and
discuss the issue from both perspectives.
2. Describe your family dynamics from the functionalist, conflict,
and symbolic interactionist perspectives.
3. What are the sociological characteristics of religion in the
United States? Build an argument that religion is likely to remain a strong
feature of life in the United States or why religion may not remain a strong
feature in the lives of Americans.
4. Select one of the sociological perspectives, the functionalist,
conflict, or symbolic interactionist, and analyze the problems facing K-12
education in the United States. Describe three or four solutions that you would
like to present to your local school board to improve the educational system.
SOC100 Week
7 Quiz Latest 2018 March
SOC-100
Short-Answer Quiz7
Complete
the quiz in a Word document. This is an open book quiz. The answer to each
question must be 100-125 words.
Topic 7
1. Describe
the Malthusian debate relative to food in the United States today. What are the
major contributing factors to the lack of food? Propose both private and
governmental solutions to the lack of food issues in the United States.
2. What are
the challenges for citizens of both urbanization and suburbanization?
3. Examine
how social change has affected at least two generations in your family. Give
examples of societal changes such as technology, media, or social movements
that may have had a major impact. This could include you, your parents,
grandparents, children, relatives etc.
4. What
environmental issues do you view as significant for your generation? What steps
need to occur to support a sustainable environment?
SOC100 Week
2 Social Media and Socialization Survey and Analysis Latest 2018 March
SOC-100 Social Media and
Socialization Survey and Analysis
Part 1 – Survey
Instructions: Complete
the survey by filling in the first column of the table below. Additionally,
survey three people in various age groups, and note their responses in the
corresponding columns. Use this data to complete the analysis in Part 2 of this
worksheet.
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Social media survey |
Self |
Interviewee # 1 |
Interviewee # 2 |
Interviewee # 3 |
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List |
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What type(s) of |
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Do you use email? |
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Do you use the |
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Do you blog? |
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Do you use |
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Out of all the |
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Do you value |
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Why do you use |
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How do you see |
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How do you see |
Part 2 – Analysis
Instructions: Once you
have completed the table above and reviewed the results, answer the questions
below. Each response should be three to five sentences in length.
1.)How much of an impact does social media have on
the socialization of people that completed the survey?
2.)How did the impact differ among the various age
groups? Why do you think that this is the case? Explain.
3.)Explain how social media affected the people’s
social interaction. Why is social interaction important to humans? Explain.
SOC100 Week
3 Deviance and Its Consequences Latest 2018 March
Choose a deviant
behavior to research. Locate references (e.g., current news stories, pop
culture, and reality TV shows) that convey deviant behavior being accepted or
rejected/scorned.
Write an essay of
500-750 words, summarizing your findings. Include the following:
- What was the deviant behavior?
- What were the demographics of
the group that witnessed the behavior? - How did the group react to the
behavior? - Did the group attempt to
control this deviant behavior? How?
Use the GCU Library to
locate one to two academic sources to support your content.
SOC100 Week
5 Incidents of Inequality Latest 2018
March
Details:
Search the GCU Library for articles that describe incidents of
gender, age, racial, and ethnic discrimination.
Choose two incidents of discrimination. Be sure each is of a
different type of discrimination (age, gender, race, and/or ethnicity, etc.).
Complete the “Incidents of Inequality” worksheet and
submit it to your instructor.
GCU style is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.
SOC-100 Incidents of Inequality
Instructions: After researching the GCU library to find articles
that describe incidents of gender, age, racial, and ethnic discrimination,
please answer the questions for each scenario.Write your response as a full
paragraph using a minimum of 200 words for each scenario.
Scenario #1: _______________ discrimination.
1)Summarize the incident.
2)How might this situation affect the victim?
3)How might it affect the offending person or institution?
4)How do situations like this affect society as a whole?
Write your 200 word paragraph for scenario 1 below:
Scenario # 2: __________________ discrimination.
1)Summarize the incident.
2)How might this situation affect the victim?
3)How might it affect the offending person or institution?
4)How do situations like this affect society as a whole?
Write your 200 word paragraph for scenario 2 below:
SOC100 Week
6 Globalization: A Closer Look Latest 2018 March
Details:
Target a multinational
corporation/international company and the practice of “outsourcing”
to third world countries. Some examples of MNCs (multinational corporations)
would be Nike, General Motors, Ford, Qwest, and Fender Music. Research its
effects on local culture. Write a summary and analysis of 500-750 words and
include the following:
- How does global stratification
impact local culture? What are the positive and negative effects? - How does global stratification
impact the United States? What are the positive and negative effects? - Who is the biggest
“winner” in this situation? Explain.
Use the GCU Library to
locate two to three academic sources to support your content.
SOC100 Week
7 Pillars of Society Matrix Latest 2018 March
SOC-100 Pillars of
Society Matrix
Part 1: Matrix
Instructions: Complete
the matrixbelow. Each cell/cube of the matrix needs to have a three- to
five-sentence response.
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Pillars |
What have youread about how the economy impacts each |
What have youobservedabout how the economy impacts each |
How does your community impact the pillars? |
How has technology impacted each ofthe pillars? |
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Politics |
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Marriage and Family |
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Religion |
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Education |
Part 2: Summary
Instructions:Write a
100-150-word summary of your matrix. Cite one to two resources you used to
complete the matrix.
