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1 paragraph Discussion

This week you were assigned Bowling Alone: America’s Declining Social Capital by Robert Putnam. Please comment on Putnam’s basic theme; that Americans are less social and that there has been a decline in civic involvement over the last 60 years or so. Do you agree with this or disagree? Give examples of why you think […]

SVSU Sociology Essay

This week’s assignment will focus on conformity and group behavior. There are two main areas that I want everyone to gain more familiarity with after doing this assignment. First, we will be looking at Stanly Milgram’s famous social experiment that seeks to understand group conformity and conforming to group behavior and expectations. This was done […]

SOC 123 Comparing Locales Across Multiple Levels of Scale Project

ASSIGNMENT This exercise is intended to give you a brief introduction to public data; to compare locales across multiple levels of scale; and to think critically about differences between places in terms of racial formation. 1.  Go to the US Census websitehttp://www.census.gov/quickfacts 2.  Use QuickFacts to identify the racial and ethnic composition of the United […]

HUMS 325 Case Management

Prior to writing the paper, students must conduct one interview each with their contact person and conduct their observations at the agency. During the interviews and observations, students must explore the concepts of case management as identified and observed within the agency in accordance with material covered in this course in the textbooks. Using the […]

Report #7 Sociology

here are two parts to this reflection paper. First, chapter 14 is an overview of what we covered on the theories and terms, historical background on our groups, and their SES today. This first part will be your thoughts about what you think would happened to a “new group” entering American society today? As a “minority” what can they expect? What would you tell this new group? The second part of this assignment is to review the course and give your thoughts on how to improve the course. Having taught Blackboard for three years, I’m always reviewing and changing this course under Canvas.