Sociology

Recently, there has been wide spread coverage of racial inequalities, specifically those within the criminal justice system. To understand the root of this issue, it is important to look at the government-backed policies that created the disparities we see today.   Housing Segregation and Redlining in America: A Short History | NPR  (Links to an external site.)   Please watch and briefly summarize the video clip linked above.  Discuss the history of the government policies that exacerbated racial inequities.  How do those policies continue to influence schools, health, family wealth and policing today?   Reflecting on the history of racial inequalities in this country, what kind of impact do you think the Black Lives Matter/ George Floyd Protests will have on the future of race relations?   ABOVE LINK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5FBJyqfoLM&feature=youtu.be TEXTBOOK LINK  https://openstax.org/books/introduction-sociology-2e/pages/11-introduction-to-race-and-ethnicity

Abstract paper The topic of my paper is ” Challenge of trust in Friendship” It should be one page ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS IN YOUR ABSTRACTS: An abstract should give a general idea of what your full paper is about. It can be a paragraph long. Which texts/issues are you addressing? What is your argument that may contribute to new and different ways of reading the text? Thesis? What disagreements or inconsistencies in the literary text characterize your argument for the paper? What is at stake? Why is it significant? How will your research advance the conversation? What will be your possible sources?

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.

Tell Your Children: The Truth about Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence 1.   Summarize the author’s AOD points. 2.   For adolescents explain the potential for psychosis when marijuana is used. 3.   What is (are) the reason(s) for not much data being available that would connect violence and marijuana. 4.   Explain why other countries rather than the US are accepting these data.

Prompt: What have you done to make your school or your community a better place? Please only write up to 350 words, this is the maximum (I know I payed for 2 pages but only write 350 words at max) I want the essay to have a better emphasis on how I have made my school community a better place through being in the Link Crew organization. Discuss the barrier at which the different cultural groups on campus have between them.

Often, undergraduate psychology students have the misconceptions that in order to be employed, they must attend graduate school. This is absolutely false. There are many career paths that can be pursued with a bachelor degree in psychology. However, for some students, graduate school is the best choice. Do you plan to attend graduate school? If so, explain why, including how attending graduate school will help you to reach your professional goals? What steps have you taken to prepare? If not, explain why you do not need to attend graduate school at this time. What career do you plan to pursue upon graduation? How have you prepared for it?

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

the assignment is; Which do you believe plays a more important role in the evident societal inequalities and discrimination race or class ? why

Briefly describe each of the three roles in Bernard’s Discrimination Model (teacher/educator, consultant, and counselor). Explain how and at what point in the supervisory process you would introduce the topic of vicarious trauma with a new supervisee in Bernard’s three roles. Given the following trauma cases, (violence against women, child sexual abuse, and survivors of a deadly house fire), use Bernard’s Discrimination Model to explain how you would educate a supervisee about the potential risks for developing vicarious trauma when working with the survivors of these three cases. Be specific. Use the Learning Resources and other current literature to support your responses. Model Reference https://class.content.laureate.net/a4ad893268f50cd460f33d5c75cf3382.pdf

Identify key ideas, representative authors and works, significant historical or cultural events, and characteristic perspectives or attitudes expressed in the literature of different periods or regions. Analyze literary works as expressions of individual or communal values within the social, political, cultural, or religious contexts of different literary periods. Demonstrate knowledge of the development of characteristic forms or styles of expression during different historical periods or in different regions. Articulate the aesthetic principles that guide the scope and variety of works in the arts and humanities. Write research-based critical papers about the assigned readings in clear and grammatically correct prose, using various critical approaches to literature.