Sociology

1.    Create your Assignment submission and be sure to cite your sources if needed, use APA style as required, and check your spelling. Assignment: For this assignment, conduct a cultural self-assessment and write a 1250–1500-word essay. Background Italian/Irish household Catholic, parents both worked 2 jobs grandparents heavily involved   In order to understand culture and cultural diversity, it is important that you understand your own culture and heritage. Using the tables that are located throughout Chapter 2 of your textbook (one for each domain of the Purnell Model for Cultural Competence, Table 2-1 to Table 2-12), answer these questions as they relate to you.   Remember, you are answering these questions from your personal perspective, so there is no right or wrong response.   Explain why you do or do not adhere to the dominant cultural practices and beliefs of the ethnic group(s) with which you primarily identify.   Although the information on this self-assessment paper is strictly confidential, if you do not wish to self-disclose a specific area from the Organizing Framework, indicate so instead of just not addressing it. You are not required to provide citations/references in this paper. Attention should be paid to grammar, spelling, and punctuation.    Assignment Expectations Length: 1250–1500 words; answers must thoroughly address the questions in a clear, concise manner. Structure: Include a title page and reference page in APA style. These do not count towards the minimum word count for this assignment. References: N/A Format: Save your assignment as a Microsoft Word document (.doc or .docx).

**** Instructions: Please read the attached file before start writing. TITLE: create a title for your collective review.1) BIBLIOGRAPHIC ENTRY: Complete citation (reference) for book2) SUMMARY: 5-6 sentences summarizing what the book is about, generally.3) REVIEW: A review of the book from a Disability Studies perspective (2-3 pages in length).Answer the following questions:1) What is the author’s positionality?2) How does this positionality impact, influence, or shape the author’s subject matter? Provide evidence for your reasoning.3) Who is the target audience? Provide evidence for your reasoning.4) In what ways (if at all) does this book inform nondisabled people about disability?5) In what ways does this book reinforce or promote the diversity framework of disability? Provide evidence (e.g., examples from the book) that supports your claim.6) In what ways does this book change your thinking about disability? Provide evidence (e.g., examples from the book) that supports your claim. Go beyond in your thinking; I don’t want “I really liked or did not like the book, because…”. I want to know how it changed your thinking about disability in terms of learning something that you did not know before.)7) Based on your answers to Questions 5 and 6, would this be a book you would assign in a disability studies course? Explain your reasoning.8) More generally, would you recommend this book to others? Why or why not?

Part 1: Case Description The client system chosen for your assignment can be drawn from a) current field placement; b) current employment (must be in human services field); c) case vignette (to be provided); or d) Video/movie (to be assigned).  The client system may be an individual, family, or group.  Possible videos include:    A Beautiful Mind Antwon Fisher Boys Don’t Cry Carol   Good Will Hunting Moonlight Precious Quincienera   Still Alice The Fisher King Tyler Perry’s The Family that Preys     a) Provide a thorough description of the individual, family or group (each member), including observational data (appearance, affect, behavior) as well as relevant social, cultural, racial, ethnic, educational, and vocational information. Describe where the client falls along the life course development trajectory. Describe how issues related to socio-economic status, culture, ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, life style, and individual difference affect the client system’s coping responses. Describe any physical, psychological, and social acute illnesses and long-term disabilities. Discuss the client system’s decision to seek help (voluntary vs. involuntary), the impact of the referral process, and any other factors influencing access and receipt of services.  Make sure to include attention to issues of diversity, difference, and identity.  Please protect client confidentiality by using pseudonyms.   b) Make an eco-map and a cultural gram of the relationships and systems involved in the case.  Provide a description of the key findings shown in the eco-map and cultural gram and their implications for your work with the client system.   Part 2: Theory Identify and explain what social work practice theory or theories you are using to organize your assessment. Refer to the course readings here for further information. Justify your choices in a general and brief way, explaining why the theory or theories makes sense for this particular case.  Avoid repeating material about the case that you will get into in greater depth in the assessment section.   Part 3: Presenting Problem Situation Data Source: Briefly describe how you gathered data for the assessment, including measures and assessment tools used, format, and an analysis of the strengths and limitations of the data. include a blank copy of any assessment forms or other data collection tools used at your agency in an appendix (excluded from the page limit).  Be sure to discuss how you use these tools and their implications.   Problem identification (client perspective): Describe the following from the client’s perspective: a) the presenting problem situation, b) client’s construction of meaning re: the problem situation, c) the reason(s) for or cause(s) of the problem situation, d) the desired solution(s)/outcome to the problem situation.   Problem identification (worker perspective): Describe your perception of the presenting problem situation as compared to the client’s perception and described the similarities and differences in your perspectives. To what extent is your perspective shared by others in your agency and other involved service providers?  What is the family’s perspective? What are the perspectives of significant others? Are there conflicts among perspectives and how have these been addressed?   Part 4: Assessment Assessment involves organizing into a framework all of the information you have obtained.  It is how you add up the strengths/capacities of the client system and various relevant systems to address the problem situations at hand.  Please make sure to explicitly incorporate the strengths perspective into your assessment.  Limitations and obstacles should be noted as well.  For this section, it is assumed that you will not have enough information to assess all aspects of the client system.  Be selective and include those aspects that are most important to the case, in your judgement.  If something is important but you don’t have information on it, say why you think it might affect your assessment.  Be sure to address specifically strengths as well as problems, and be sure to include how broader issues such as diversity, oppression, culture, or power may have affected the client system.   If the client system is an individual, assess the client on the main areas outlined in chapter 9 of the textbook: [1] Intrapersonal Systems (biological functioning, cognitive/perceptual functioning, affective functioning, behavioral functioning, and motivation); [2] Interpersonal Systems (social support systems, spirituality and affiliation with a faith community); and [3] Physical environment (safety of the main physical environment, place attachment, place identity, and territoriality).   If the client system is a family, assess the family system on the main areas outlined in chapter 10 of the textbook: [1] Family System (homeostasis; boundaries and boundary maintenance; family decision-making; hierarchy and power; family roles; communication styles of family members; family life cycle; family rules; social environment; family adaptive capacity); and [2] Physical environment (safety of the main physical environment, place attachment, place identity, and territoriality).   If the client is a group, assess the group system on the main areas outlined in chapter 11 of the textbook: Individuals’ patterned behavior and individuals’ cognitions and behaviors (you may select two group members); Roles of group members; The group’s patterned behaviors; Group Alliances; Group norms; Group cohesion; Physical environment (safety of the main physical environment, and its symbolic meaning in terms of place attachment, place identity, and territoriality).   Does your agency set guidelines for required content or use a standard format to gather assessment information? If so, describe the measure and how it assisted in your assessment. Did you use a rapid assessment instrument or other evaluation tool? If so, identify the measure and why you chose to use it. Be sure to discuss how you use these tools and their implications.   In this section, you should also identify and discuss strengths you observe in the client system.  Make sure to also include an assessment of culture and its impact with this client system.  Discuss any culturally relevant factors, including issues of oppression and discrimination that might influence their current situation. Also assess environmental factors that influence the system’s functioning and development.  Consider resources and risk factors at various systems levels.  Pay attention to and include assessment for potential sources of trauma.   Part 5: Using Evidence and the Professional Literature Identify two main client problem areas or client concerns that have emerged from your assessment above (e.g., teen pregnancy, child abuse or neglect, family conflict, substance abuse). Discuss your rationale for focusing on these issues with this client.  Why are they important in your work with this client?  For each problem area, read at least 3 recent professional peer-reviewed journal articles that are not on the syllabus (minimum 6 total references). The articles should be focused on assessment or interventions for the problems, not on describing the nature of the problems. You can use additional articles to describe background or human behavior articles on the problems. This minimum of six (6) references will assist you in developing a well-grounded evidence-based assessment and intervention plan for this client system. Do not use quotes, unless they are exceptional, but rather demonstrate your understanding of the literature and its relationship to your analysis and assessment. Be sure to cite the literature using APA format. Also use assigned readings on assessment that are relevant to your client and to the theoretical perspectives you are utilizing.   Communicate your understanding of this client system and the two problems that you selected. Address intra-personal, interpersonal, and environmental issues related to each problem. What are the resources available both within the client system and externally to deal with the problems and issues that have been identified? What obstacles exist internally and externally?   Part 6: Evaluation of the Therapeutic Relationship Briefly summarize the qualitative aspects of the client system’s relationship to you, both initially and at the current time.  How did you approach the process of engagement with this client system?  What issues impacted the engagement process?  What has assisted or impaired the establishment of your current relationship?  This may include client system characteristics, ethnic or racial issues, personal characteristics, communication/interviewing skills, helping strategies, barriers, and/or other issues.  If your assignment is based on a vignette or other alternative, you should use this section to write about what aspects of the therapeutic relationship would be important if you were working with this client system.   Part 7: Race, Ethnicity, Identity, and Culture What factors related to diversity in terms of race, identity, sexual orientation and other cultural variables are relevant to this system?  How have societal and institutional processes of racism, discrimination and oppression impacted the client system’s development and functioning over time?  What human rights and social, economic, and environmental issues have affected the client system?  Discuss the ways in which you have addressed cultural, ethnic, racial, social class, and other psychosocial and physical aspects of the situation.  If you have not addressed these issues, discuss how and why you would do so in direct practice with the client system?    Part 8: Ethical and Value Issues What ethical and value considerations have been central in working with this client system? Explain the differing sides of the value perspectives and ethical dilemmas. How did (or would) you use professional and ethical strategies to address these issues?  Describe your rationale for the strategies you used and/or the choices you made.   Part 9: Final Summary Include an assessment summary at the end of your paper (a brief but clear overview of the client system’s situation, including areas you will work on and your understanding of the contract with the client). This section should “wrap up” the paper. It provides also an opportunity for you to integrate your knowledge of the literature with your assessment. Include anything you would do differently now with the client system, given what you have learned in classes.

I need to write a short essay explaining my disadvantage background which is growing up as a Hispanic in the US and coming from a family with an annual income below established low-income thresholds.

2.5 full pages of text (minimum). Single-spaced.  Separate Reference/Bibliography Page with complete and accurate citations. 12-point font (Arial or Times New Roman).  1-inch margins.    Instructions/Overview:    Select a peer-reviewed, journal article that showcases original research in anthropology.  The article must be from an ANTHROPOLOGY ACADEMIC JOURNAL written within the last 10 years.  The goal is to read, summarize, critique, and share with the class. This assignment will help you become more aware of the type of research taking place in anthropology today. Here are some key points to keep in mind: An academic journal is not like a typical/popular magazine.  It is a peer-reviewed, academic publication; it only publishes rigorous academic work from people in a specific field.  The target audience for journals are scholars, researchers, and students.  The primary purpose is to report results of original research, analysis, or experimentation.  Each journal will usually focus on a very specific aspect of an academic discipline such as Ethnography  or Cultural Studies; this is the case in anthropology. Research submitted is peer-reviewed in the sense that the journal will hire other academics in the field to check or validate the work in a submission. Once other academic professionals have okayed the work as valid- using their own internal criteria- it will then be considered for publication.  In some cases, even experiments might be replicated to check the validity of the work and the conclusions.  You CANNOT use popular magazines nor webpages for this assignment; they are NOT peer-reviewed sources.  They are considered popular sources because they are written for a general (non-academic) audience.  Their purpose is to provide broad, general information and entertainment.  This entails secondary (not original) research.  Therefore, the following sources and others like them may not be used:  National Geographic, Discover Magazine, Wikipedia, Science Magazine, Sapiens.org, various news outlets, etc.  Your work will not be accepted if you submit a paper on a non-academic article that is original research.  If this occurs,  you will need to rewrite it for partial credit (and any additional late penalties will be applied). The selected journal article (original research) must be from one of the 4 subfields on anthropology: Archaeology, Linguistics, Physical/Biological Anthropology, or Cultural Anthropology/Ethnology.  It is key that the viewpoint of the writer is anthropological and not from other disciplines such as history, psychology, sociology, or political science.  Therefore, you should also ensure that your author is an anthropologist.  The author’s credentials and institutional affiliation are included in the article.   Your paper should reflect your critical thinking skills.  Be sure to support your opinions and provide informed arguments/thoughts.  1-2 direct quotes may be used if it is something that cannot be paraphrased.  If you must include a direct quote, be sure to use the “sandwich quote”: introduce your quote, provide the quote, discuss the quote.   At a minimum, you will need to respond to the questions that are laid out below.  You may also discuss other aspects of the article that piqued your interest.  A student sample paper is attached above. Please feel free to email me if you would like to make sure that your selected article qualifies for this assignment. Access the CCC journal database here: City Colleges Library Database Link Login with your Brightspace information to access the databases.  If you need live/virtual online library assistance, use this link: Online Library Support/ Chat with a Librarian Once you login, I recommend you select either of these two library databases: JSTOR and EBSCO. If you select, JSTOR, you can “browse by subject”.  Doing so will allow you to select “anthropology” and view journals specific to our discipline.  You are then able to “Search within Anthropology”. If you select the EBSCO database, then the next step would be to select “Academic Search Complete” and “Academic Search Ultimate”.   When you do conduct your search in either of the databases, be sure to search for both the word “anthropology” and your topic of interest so for example “anthropology art” or “anthropology coming of age rituals”.  Please keep in mind that there are different types of journals in these databases; many are from disciplines outside of anthropology. If you select an article not authored by an anthropologist, your grade will be at risk. Make sure to refine your search and ensure your search results are specific to this assignment:  1. full text articles ; 2. from an academic journal; and 3. dated between 2010-2020.   Just to reemphasize your paper must be on a journal article.  Webpages, newspapers, and other articles from magazines like National Geographic and others will not qualify.  If you do not use a journal article your work will not be accepted, and you will need to rewrite the paper with penalty. Make sure to cite your article in APA format so take note of the information when looking at your article. Read your journal article and take notes on the main ideas and any relevant key words.  As you are reading, keep track of the article’s main points and your reactions to these ideas.  In at least, 2.5 full pages of text (single-spaced), please fully respond to all the 7 items below and label accordingly: In about half a page, introduce the article and paraphrase the main points.  In your own words, what is the author’s thesis?  Do not use direct quotes unless they are absolutely necessary.  If you must include a direct quote, be sure to adhere to the “sandwich quote”: 1. introduce the quote, 2. provide the “direct quote”, and 3. discuss the quote.  (40 pts) How did the author test their theories?  Were they successful? Describe what the author tried to accomplish and how they make their point.  How are the author’s main points supported? (25 pts) What are the author’s conclusions?  What evidence is provided and how is it used?  To what extent was the author’s thesis proven? (25 pts) Did the author make a compelling argument for their case? Did it seem reasonable or biased?  Why? Be sure to explain.  (20 pts) Why did you choose this specific article? What interested you about it?  (10 pts) Fully discuss one anthropological idea/insight you learned/acquired in the article and what you learned about it.  Be specific. (1 full paragraph). (15 pts) Cite the article in APA format- be sure to provide complete and accurate citations.  (5 pts)   Remaining points: page length (5pts) and grammar, spelling, punctuation (5pts)

You will submit a paper analyzing the process and content of either one or two relationships in your life, using as many terms and concepts from the text and lecture notes as you can. If you write about two relationships, you will need to compare and contrast the experience you had with each person. The paper should be typed, double-spaced, and no fewer than four full and no more than six pages. THESE PAPERS MUST BE IN ESSAY FORM and conform to the conventions of English grammar and usage. Consider any of the following questions as potential issues to examine: 1) How did this relationship begin? Describe the process of relationship development, using the Knapp model of “stages of relationships”. 2) Has the relationship experienced deterioration? Describe and discuss. 3) Discuss the role played by self-disclosure in the relationship 4) Discuss the role by your self-concept and the process of perception in your relationship. How have misunderstandings arisen? How have they been resolved? 5) Discuss the use of words/verbal language in the relationship. Have there been instances of ambiguity or an excess of ”you” language that you can recall? 6) Discuss the use of nonverbal communication in the relationship. How have body language, vocal tone, time, clothing, and distance/space played a role in the relationship? 7) Discuss how listening has played a part in the success and/or failure in the relationship. What style of listening is used most often in the relationship? How can the listening process be improved? 8) If the relationship in ongoing, what do you see for the future? Does the relationship require a significant amount of maintenance or repair? What would be required for the relationship to terminate? 9) How have the concepts of power and control played out in the relationships? Who is the more dominant party – you, or the other party? Why? Is there a significant amount of power inequity? If so, what would be required for the power structure to be more equally balanced? 10) What theory of relationship development and/or deterioration most closely characterizes this relationship – attraction, reinforcements, social exchange, or equity? 11) How is conflict managed in the relationship? What cultural and gender differences exist in the relationships, in terms of expectations, communication patterns, and conflict management? For romantic relationships: What category of “love” is most approximated – eros, agape, philos, storge, ludus, pragma, or mania? What is your love language and that of your partner? For friendship relationships: By what type of friendship is this relationship characterized? Have gender or cultural issues played a role in this friendship? Describe any issues raised in pgs. 326-332 of Adler/Proctor which have any bearing on this friendship relationship. If this is a family member, discuss the communication pattern that most closely describes the relationship. Describe any issues raised in pgs. 319-326 of Adler/Proctor which have any bearing on this family relationship.

What is bullying and what is the effects

Sociology Reaction Papers: You are expected to read all material and prepare a reaction paper of 1-2 full pages (min. 800 to 1200 words) for each reading assignment.  These papers should include a brief summary of the article (1-2 paragraphs) and then your analysis on the material and in particular how it relates to your life.  These are brief papers that first summarize the reading and then provide a space for you to reflect on how it relates to you personally or professionally. Race & Ethnicity ??Reading: Ch. 11 Race & Ethnicity Link…..?https://openstax.org/books/introduction-sociology-2e/pages/11-introduction-to-race-and-ethnicity Description:  In this module we learn all about the development of race and ethnicity.  The relationships between dominant and minority groups and how they come to be.  The theories behind racism, stereotypes and discrimination.  These theories are then applied to various ethnic groups in historical perspective.  The goal of this module is to show that race and ethnicity are not natural parts of life, but rather very complex social constructs that have powerful effects on individual and group experiences. Learning Objectives:?Objective 1:  Defining race & ethnicity.?Objective 2:  Understanding dominant and minority group relations?Objective 3:  Defining stereotypes and their interplay between groups?Objective 4:  Understanding theories of racism and discrimination.?Objective 5:  Applying theories to various groups throughout history.?Objective 6:  Identifying challenges to racial and ethnic equality? Things to consider… ??Why do you think stereotypes are so easily interchanged between groups?  Do you believe that our society is becoming more or less racist?  How effective were previous movements to attain equality?  How do you feel about the current movement’s?

Communications Skill AssessmentMost of us have situations in which we find it difficult to communicate. Improving your written communication skills and being comfortable speaking to people are extremely important. Develop a two- to three-page APA-formatted paper in which you analyze your personal communication skills. Be sure to address the following:Describe the assessment you used to analyze your skills.Discuss your communication gaps.Describe any additional training you need in specific areas of communication.Analyze how you can improve your current communication skills to prepare you for advancement in your profession.There is a communication skills assessment available at MindTools (Links to an external site.) to assist you with this assignment.Your paper must be two to three pages (not including title and reference pages) and must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide. You must cite three to four scholarly sources in addition to the textbookCarefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

In a 750 word essay using MLA format, describe a ritual or custom in your culture. What purpose does it serve and what values might it reflect? How might you compare this ritual or custom to ones practiced in other cultures? Students must refer to the assigned unit readings and one outside academic source.