Category: Sociology

Do you see any commonalities or significant differences among interactions between the ads? What might these commonalities or differences say about human interactions?

Comparison Template

II. Question how groups and group behavior are represented in the advertisements. In your template, ask questions about groups/group interactions that social scientists might ask. For instance, you might ask why the women are grouped together separately from the men, or why the group seems to have very little diversity.

III. Question how different cultures and cultural identity are represented in the advertisements. In your template, ask questions about the cultures and cultural identities in the ads that social scientists might ask. For instance, you might ask why people who look to be of the same ethnic background are wearing similar clothing, or what certain symbols or interactions may mean related to culture.

IV. Notate how the advertisements compare and contrast to each other. For instance, do you see any commonalities or significant differences among interactions between the ads? What might these commonalities or differences say about human interactions?

V. Pose questions a social scientist might be interested in, based on your observations of the advertisements. For instance, what larger questions about human interactions might they ask? For this, you may build on your comparisons, concentrate on a theme or trend you noticed throughout the ads,or develop a follow-up question related to a particularly interesting ad.

Write a 1-page paper. Focus is how food fits into the Social, Cultural, Symbolic, Spiritual aspects of your life. What foods are most symbolic and meaningful to you?

Food and symbolism

For the rest of your assignment, write a 1-page paper. Focus is how food fits into the Social, Cultural, Symbolic, Spiritual aspects of your life. What foods are most symbolic and meaningful to you?

Read the article “Funeral Rites Across Different Cultures” and write a 1 page paper that summaries and reacts to the information. Did you know that colors, foods, rituals vary so much between cultures and religions?

Assignment 1 is Due. Read the article “Funeral Rites Across Different Cultures” and write a 1 page paper that summaries and reacts to the information. Did you know that colors, foods, rituals vary so much between cultures and religions?

https://www.egfl.org.uk/sites/default/files/Facilities/09%20Funeral%20Rites%20across%20Different%20Cultures.pdf

Write a 1-page assignment summarizing and giving your reactions to the following article.The group tolerance.org has prepared materials relating to the history, beliefs, observances and customs of the Amish, a religious minority based largely in the United States.

The Amish as both a Religious and Ethnic Minority

Write a 1-page assignment summarizing and giving your reactions to the following article

The group tolerance.org has prepared materials relating to the history, beliefs, observances and customs of the Amish, a religious minority based largely in the United States

http://www.religioustolerance.org/amish.htm

http://www.religioustolerance.org/amish.htm

The Amish represent a minority group that is both a religious and ethnic in nature – much like Ultra Orthodox Jews or perhaps Mormons (Latter Day Saints) or observant Muslim Americans.

So here we are in 2021, we are always on the threshold of change in America. What big ideas or big technological changes do you see in the years ahead? Is change something we manage well? What happens when we resist change?

Social Change

Chapter 20 deals with the issue of social change. Sociologists tell us that social change is created by a) new technologies and or b) new or shifting ideas or beliefs. Maybe it’s both, but we have to understand it is generally one or the other that leads the way. For example – from the 1940’s until the 1990’s China did not accept the idea that Capitalism was or could be a useful way to organize their economy. In the 1990’s, China got rid of its Soviet-style, state run, planned economy. In less than 3 decades, the nation was transformed from a impoverished third-world nation to the number 2 economy in the world. It was an idea that made this happen, not a particular technology.

So here we are in 2021, we are always on the threshold of change in America. What big ideas or big technological changes do you see in the years ahead? Is change something we manage well? What happens when we resist change?

Discuss a leader that you admire and what has made that person effective within this context.

Leadership and Authority

The topic of great or not so great leaders is the stuff that floods newspapers, best selling book lists, the History Channel, social media, college courses… we talk about it alot. According to the text, authority or leadership comes down to this:

1) Authority refers to power that people accept as legitimate rather than coercive.

2) Traditional authority is power that is legitimized on the basis of long-standing custom.

3) Charismatic authority is power legitimized on the basis of a leader’s exceptional personal qualities or the demonstration of extraordinary insight and accomplishment that inspire loyalty and obedience from followers.

4) Rational–legal authority is power legitimized by law or written rules and regulations.

Discuss a leader that you admire and what has made that person effective within this context.