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What is the relationship between social policies, such as early school start times or work schedules, and sleep quality? How does social regulation of time affect individual health outcomes? What can government and employers do to mitigate such problems?

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What is the relationship between specific measures from the ‘soft’ problem of consciousness and insights into the ‘hard’ problem of consciousness? For example, do experiments that show an ability to self-report and inner state or that show brain activity in response to stimulus help answer how some matter is conscious and other matter is not? What is the role for social context, such as group membership or social location, in evaluating evidence on self-awareness?

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Outcomes
Analyze the different social stratifications
Explain sexual and racial discrimination
Critique gender and age inequalities and their impacts on society
Analyze poverty and its effects on society

Assignment Overview
For this assignment, you will create three blog posts, designed to inform your audience about specific issues associated with discrimination, stratification, and social inequality.

Required Submissions
Three 250 to 500-word word blog entries in one Word document.

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Discussions of Karl Marx and C. Wright Mills, as well as our introductory articles on the class politics of #BlackLivesMatter and Occupy Wall Street. Respond to the following prompts (I suggest you spend about one paragraph on each).
The paper should be one page in length, single-spaced, Times New Roman 12 pt font.

In your writing, imagine the reader has never heard the concept you are writing about before and break it down in short, simple sentences.

Paragraph 1: In your first paragraph describe Marx’s theory of class struggle. Then, tell me about Mills’ theory of the Power Elite. Conclude with a sentence or two about how these theories compare to each other.

Paragraph 2: Find a recent New York Times article about current events related to policing and/or social movements. In your second paragraph describe the contents of the article and how it relates to either Marx’s theory of class struggle or Mills’ theory of the power elite.

Paragraph 3: Applying your sociological imagination, what is your analysis about how your article relates to social class and power? [*Note: you are welcome to draw on personal experiences, but also try and tie your analysis to broader sociological theories, concepts, and structures).

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Submit a 2-page paper in which you respond to each of the following questions: 1. Identify the issue and/or the population that you are advocating for. Explain briefly what you attribute your interest or concern to regarding this issue and/or at-risk population. (10 pts) 2. What did you learn from the various websites? Identify several ways (by several, I am meaning 3-4 ways) for you and a social worker to be an advocate for the chosen issue or the population? (10 pts) 3, As part of this project you are choosing an activity and being a participant in this activity, for example, research a topic, write a letter, attend a town hall meeting, read a book, join or create an advocacy group, etc. (10 pts) 4. Format: you will follow APA format rules with this 2-page paper but no abstract. Font is 12, 1 inch margins, no major indentation for name and course (single line for name and course will suffice), citation page is separate from the 2 minimum pages to give credit to your sources. (10 pts)

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Discuss a social change that you have experienced. Describe how this change impacted society as a whole and your own individual behaviors. 
Was the social change positive or negative in your perspective? 
Did your life get easier or harder-simplified or more complicated? 
Has it been positive or negative for society? 
Research a non-Western culture, and identify a recent social movement or social change they have experienced. 
Describe the social change/movement, and how the social change impacted their society.
Discuss how globalization may or may not have impacted their social change. For example, consider how other societies may have influenced the social movement/change you identified OR how the social movement/change you identified impacted other societies, outside of its own.
Was the change well received or protested by the majority of social members in that society? Include examples and references to support your analysis.
Research and discuss one technological advancement that is being developed right now. Then, discuss the following:
How one of the new technologies may spur social change in your society. 
How this new technology might impact cultural norms, values and practices.  For example, how this new technology may change the culture of a society.
Do you believe the potential social change would be positive or negative, overall?  
Think critically and discuss how technological advancement can both positively and negatively impact the social sciences, specifically sociology, and how the social sciences are studied (refer to Chapter 10: Research Applications for guidance). Specifically, discuss the following:
How studying society has evolved in response to social changes. Specifically, consider how the social change pertaining to a higher regard for human rights and ethics has made studying people easier and/or more difficult.
How studying society may continue to evolve in the future in response to social changes. Specifically, consider how ‘privacy’ as a social value is changing and how this may make studying people easier and/or more difficult. 
Other considerations may include a prediction on how changes in population size, globalization, shifting cultural values, new technological advancements, etc. will continue to make studying people easier and more difficult in the future
Utilize at least 2 credible sources to support the points presented in the paper. Make sure you cite them appropriately within your paper, and list them in APA format on your Reference page. 

Your paper should be 4-5 pages in length, not counting the Title page and Reference page. In accordance with APA formatting requirements, your paper should include a Title and Reference page, should be double-spaced, and should include a running head and page numbers.

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If you belong to a local gym or sports club or have access to a place where people play sports or exercise, do some observation, paying close attention to the gendered nature of physical activity.  Are there spaces in your location that are more masculine, feminine or gender neutral?  What's the gender makeup of people engaged in different types of activities in these locations? Does the orientation of women and men to these activities appear to be different? What are similarities you observe in the behavior of men and women in these settings?

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There is a lot of gossiping, and much of what is shared is false. This is starting to affect the culture of your office, as there is a lot of negativity and hurt feelings

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a. Imagine you were conducting face-to-face interviews at a local women’s prison. You were interested in understanding how women prisoner’s adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) impacted their trajectory of landing in prison.
b. What makes this topic suitable for face-to-face interviews? What are some advantages to conducting interviews over administering surveys in the context of women prisoners?
c. What are some disadvantages to conducting interviews, in general?
d. Then, create an interview guide, which is a “list of topics or questions that the interviewer hopes to cover during the course of an interview” (p. 110). What topics and questions are you going to ask? (Give a few examples of each.) Are these questions yes/no questions? Or leading the respondent toward the answer you’re looking for? If so, re-word them so that they are open-ended questions.
e. Would you rather take an outline? Why or why not? If you took an outline, what are the disadvantages to this?
f. Take one of the questions you came up with and turn it into a closed-ended question that you could use in a quantitative interview

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When seeking a child care facility to which to entrust their children, families do extensive research to find a location that works best for them. Parents can use the handbook of a child care facility to learn about the procedures and expectations of the facility to assist them in selecting the best placement for their children.

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SOC 206 Social Psychology Research Paper Instructions Summer 2020
Choose a topic related to the concepts covered in this course and write a 4-5 page research paper. The topic is your choice but it must be something that can be applied to a topic covered in the text book. Part of this assignment is to be able to choose an applicable topic. If you have problems with choosing a topic let me know. 
All papers should follow these guidelines: 

1) Follow APA style of referencing. You DO NOT need to include an abstract. Make sure to use intext citations and include a “References” page. Assistance and resources in using APA format is located in the SOC 206 Course Information module. 

2) Your paper requires you use at least 4 references. You can use more if you wish but your references must include: a) Your textbook b) A peer-reviewed scholarly article retrieved from a CCTC library database. (Instructions are located in the SOC 206 Course Information module.) c) Two additional references of your choosing. These could be references from the Internet, a book, a magazine, a documentary, a movie, another peer-reviewed scholarly article, etc.  


3) Papers should be double-spaced with one inch margins, 12 point Times New Roman font. 


4) Include a title page with your name, SOC 206 Research Paper, and Summer 2020.  

5) Your paper should be about 4-5 pages of written text. This does not include the title page or References page.  

6) Points will be deducted for papers that do not follow the guidelines listed above. 

7) Due date/time: Saturday, July 27 by 11:59 PM. There is a folder set up in the Assignments area for you to submit your paper. Make sure to submit your papers as a Word or Rich Text documents. I will accept papers one day late but with an automatic grade level reduction. 

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Write an essay about the topic specified above. Your essay must address the following questions:

1-) What are the main purposes of field, experimental, and survey research?
2-) What are the mechanics of each method? This should include a brief description of sampling techniques and the data collection process.
3-) What are the advantages and disadvantages of the three methods?
4-) When is it appropriate to use each method?
5-) What are the similarities and differences between the methods?