Sociology
Racial and Ethnic Disparities
Visit Illinois Report Card and search the following three suburban school districts: Aurora East USD 131, Naperville CUSD 203 and Cicero SD 99. For your assignment, you are to fill in attached table that compares the three school districts on the following characteristics using the data from the most recent year available on the site. After you have completed the table, review the data and write a 2 page discussion of your findings with regard to educational inequality in the U.S. How does your school district compare? What do you think are the consequences for students attending these three different
Sociological theory
Sociological research can be used to provide information to inform communities about human behaviors in their neighborhood. Citizens can then use that information to understand and develop actions to take which could impact the quality of life for the groups who live there. This week’s assignment will give you the opportunity to consider human behavior related to crime and substance use issues in your community in Memphis, TN from a sociological perspective. Use your knowledge of sociological research to educate families about this kind of human behavior
Socio-economic
Students will prepare a brief research report related to a social issue of their choosing using data from the General Social Survey and the GSS’s Data Explorer tool (http://gss.norc.org/). Students will use the GSS Data Explorer to perform a bivariate analysis (concept from rubric: analysis). Students will present a table or graph from their analysis using the GSS Data Explorer. The report must be in essay format and uploaded into Canvas.
The written essay report should be approximately three pages in length (not including the GSS graph). Your GSS graph should be the entire first page of your report. Your three-page written report should begin on page 2. Your entire report with the GSS graph must be four pages long.
The report should be in simplified MLA format and include: your full name in the header (see above): 12-point Times New Roman font, 1” margins, double-spaced, simple in-text citations where appropriate, and a full citation for each source (the text and the GSS) immediately after the last paragraph of your report. Do not include a separate title page or works cited page. The only sources you will use for this report will be your text and the GSS.
By following the outline provided below, you will ensure you have met each of the rubric items. In the report, students are required to do each of the following:
Health Information Management System
Congratulations! The members of the United Nations found great value in the two analyses you provided. They are now asking you to develop a PowerPoint presentation that addresses four of the most critical threats to the global environment. Critical threats include:
Energy sources.
Globalization.
Lack of educational opportunities.
Inappropriate use of technology.
Civil war.
Poor health of entire population.
Cultural taboos.
Climate change.
Instructions
Step I. Narrow the List from Eight to the Four Most Critical Threats
To complete this step, complete the following tasks in order:
Common concept in psychology
Answer the following questions:
Using an example from the text or from your own life, explain what reflected appraisals are, and three ways that they can be distorted.
Stereotype threat and self-fulfilling prophecies are two distinct processes related to social perception and cognition. Define and give an example for each concept.
Early research on gender and communication identified several differences between how men and women speak, and investigators suggested these differences were due to the difference in power between men and women. Identify and define three of these differences and explain how more recent research might explain these findings.
Research suggests that violence on TV or in other media can directly increase aggression through five processes. Name and briefly define three of these processes. In comparison, the relationship between violent videogames and aggression is indirect. Describe one of the indirect ways in which violent video games may lead to aggression.
What are three factors that influence group conformity? Provide an example of each.
Impact of Physical Activity
The article critique assignment investigates professional journals and current relatable information. You should locate an article pertaining to how the societal issues of deviance and violence have impacted sports. The article should be less than 3 years old. You are encouraged to use the research database found in the CSU Online Library. These databases will allow you to quickly search through thousands of journal articles.
Length: The journal article selected for the article critique should be long enough to provide the content necessary to complete this critique. Usually, this is approximately four pages long.
Your article critique must be at least two pages in length, not counting title and reference pages. Follow APA Style when constructing this assignment, including a title page, and in-text citations and references for all sources that are used.
Social workers.
First part; Post our description of how micro-, mezzo-, or macro-levels of practice aid social workers in assessing families. Assess Paula Cortez’s situation using all three of these levels of practice and identify two strengths and/or solutions in each of these levels.
Describe the value in strength-based solutions.
Reference;
Holosko, M. J., Dulmus, C. N., & Sowers, K. M. (2013). Social work practice with individuals and families: Evidence-informed assessments and interventions. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Medical research.
1) From the book, “The immortal life of Henrietta lacks” by Rebecca Skloot, Write a single-spaced page on summary about how it relates to Bioethics and sociology.
Major agents of socialization in U.S. society.
Do you think the mass media significantly contributes to the socialization process? When answering this question be sure to identify and describe the major agents of socialization in U.S. society today. Has the media changed
Sociological theories.
Explain how sociological theories and concepts affect your work, home, and/or community life and influence your future learning opportunities.
Traditional criminal justice system.
For this assignment, first formulate a sociological question related to (i) occupational socialization, (ii) occupational culture, or (iii) occupational inequality. It is advised that you formulate your question based on a specific
Social developments.
Analyze the news story using one of the following sociological theories (functionalist, conflict, interactionist) learned in chapter 2, or some of the ideas about social inequality and stratification in society discussed in chapter 7 of the textbook. Discuss how the theories or ideas apply to your news story?
United Nations world food program.
The Country to use for this question is INDIA
As Hite and Seitz (2016) show in Chapter 3, “Food,” there is enough food produced and available to feed the entire world every day. However, for various reasons, millions still go hungry,
Global environment.
Congratulations! The members of the United Nations found great value in the two analyses you provided. They are now asking you to develop a PowerPoint presentation that addresses four of the most critical threats to the global environment. Critical threats include:
Stereotyped community.
You must complete each activity by the due date (see the course outline). You must answer each activity question fully using your textbook and powerpoints as a reference. The activity must be uploaded in the
Adolescents from various primary schools
The article critique assignment investigates professional journals and current relatable information. You should locate an article pertaining to how the societal issues of deviance and violence have impacted sports. The article should be less than 3 years old. You are