SOSHTalk Experience Discussion

SOSHTalk Assignment

Formatting Reminders

(for full instructions and grading rubric, please review the SOSHTalk Discussion Board folder under “Week 3”)

• each post must be 200+ words
• APA citations and references are required for your initial post (and in response posts if material from the textbook or assigned web links is used)
• initial post (your response to the weekly Assignment) is due by Friday, your responses to classmate’s initial posts are due by Sunday; all posts are due on separate days – late posts will lose 5 points a day
• proof read and edit before uploading your posts
• include a Word Count (WC) for each post before your Reference(s)

Preparation

• Read Chapter 5, Social Interaction, Groups, and Social Structure,in your text.  Your assignment must be informed by information from the chapter. No outside/web sources, please.
• Attend the Week 2 Keiser Live! session or view the recording.
• Review the Purdue OWL for instructions and examples of formatting in text citations and references.  In-text citations go in the paragraph and the reference list is located after the Word Count at the end of your paper. 

Assignment

• Describe a situation in which you experienced role conflict.
• Describe a situation in which you experienced role strain.
• How did you resolve these issues?  What did you learn about yourself and/or your commitments?
• Be sure you identify the status and roles that are associated with the role conflict/strain.