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SOC 120 Assignment Future of Modernization

Paper (New)
Resource: Ch. 16 in Society: The Basics; and the Online
Library Due Date: Day 7 [post to the Individual forum]
Write a 1,050- to 1,750-word paper addressing the foll
owing questions: o How does modernization manifest it
self in U.S. society? Use one of the modern theorists intr
oduced in Ch. 16 as a basis for your response. o Is mod
ernization

SOC 120 Assignment Evolution of Formal Orga

nizations Paper (New)
Resources: Ch. 5, the Summing Up table on p. 121, an
d Figure 5-5 on p. 126 in Society: The Basics; and the On
line Library Due Date: Day 7 [post to the Individual for
um] Review the following scenario: You work for a for
mal organization in the United States that has an open,
flexible organizational structure

SOC 120 Assignment Prejudice and Discrimina

tion Article (New)
Imagine you are going on a 6-month expedition to a for
eign country to experience the diversity of this country
and study the impact of prejudice and discrimination wi
thin this country. While you are there, you will journal y
our experiences and then write an article that will be pu
blished in a travel magazine. Resources: Ch. 11 in Soci
ety: The Basics and the Online Library Due Date: Day 7
[post to the Individual forum] Choose a foreign

SOC 120 AssignmentPunishment Research Pa

per (New)
Statistics show that there is a high rate of criminal recidi
vism in the United States. This raises the question, Doe
s punishment deter crime? Resources: Ch. 7 and the S
umming Up table on p. 182 in Society: The Basics; and t
he Online Library Due Date: Day 7 [post to the Individ
ual forum]

SOC 120 Capstone Discussion Question (New)

Due Date: Day 3 [post to the Main forum] Post your r
esponse to the following: Which topics or concepts inter
ested you most in this course? How can you apply them
to your life? Were there any topics you would like to exp
lore further? Discuss why they were meaningful to you.

SOC 120 CheckPoint Culture Shock (New)

Resources: Ch. 2 and the Global Sociology box on p. 3
9 in Society: The Basics Due Date: Day 4 [post to the In
dividual forum] Read the Global Sociology box on p. 3
9 in the text, then respond to the following questions in
200 to 300 words: o If you were visiting and studying th
e Yanomamo, describe what you would have done to pr
epare yourself for possible culture shock. o Describe a p
ersonal experience you have

SOC 120 CheckPoint Deviant Behavior (New)

Resource: Ch. 7 in Society: The Basics Due Date: Day
4 [post to the Individual forum] Compose a 200- to 30
0-word response to the following: o Give an example of
a human behavior that is considered deviant in one soci
ety but is not considered deviant in others. What are th
e factors that have contributed to

SOC 120 CheckPoint Social Change and Mode

rnization (New)
Resource: Ch. 16 in the text Due Date: Day 4 [post to
the Individual forum] Compose a 200- to 300-word res
ponse to the following: o Define social change. What are
the key features of social change? Give four examples of
social movements, current or past, and describe the key
features of each movement. o Define modernization. W
hat are the key features of modernization? Give four ex
amples of modernization and describe the key features
in each example

SOC 120 CheckPoint Social Construction of R

eality (New)
Resource: Ch. 4 in the text Due Date: Day 5 [post to t
he Individual forum] SOC/120 Introduction to Sociology
Course Syllabus Page 16 Compose a 200- to 300-word
response addressing the following questions: o Describ
e your social status as you see it. For example, if you ha
ve a job, is your status at work different than it is in you
r peer groups? Is your status in school different than it i
s in your family? Explain the differences in how you inte
ract with people at work and school or with friends and
family. You may use any examples from your experienc
e. o Consider how your social status influences your vie
w of the world. Give an example from your personal ex
perience of how you have shaped your own reality

SOC 120 CheckPoint Social and Formal Group

s Comparison (New)
Resources: Ch. 5 and the Summing Up table on p. 121
in Society: The Basics Due Date: Day 4 [post to the Indi
vidual forum] Compose a 200- to 300-word response t
o the following: o Describe a social group and a formal
organization that you are currently part of or were a par
t of in the past. o Review the categories in the Summing
Up table on p. 121 in the text. o Using the categories in t
he table, outline the main differences between t

SOC 120 CheckPoint Sociological Research Me

thods (New)
Resources: Ch. 1, the Applying Theory table on p. 14, a
nd the Summing Up table on p. 19 in Society: The Basics
; and the Online Library Due Date: Day 5 [post to the I
ndividual forum] Search the Online Library for an artic
le or case study about suicide in the United States. Try k
ey words such as research on suicide to narrow your s
earch. The article should contain sufficient data on suici
de for you to determine

SOC 120 CheckPoint Urbanization Trends(Ne

w)
Resources: Ch. 15 in Society: The Basics and the Online
Library Due Date: Day 5 [post to the Individual forum]
Compose a 200- to 300-word response to the followin
g: SOC/120 Introduction to Sociology Course Syllabus P
age 23 o Explain urban growth trends in the worlds poo
rest countries. What causes urbanization in poor countr
ies? o Choose a major city in a poor, developing country
and research how urbanization has occurred in this city.
Try search terms such as history of urbanization in (na
me of city). o

SOC 120 Entire Course (New)

SOC 120 Capstone Discussion Question SOC 120 CheckP
oint: Urbanization Trends SOC 120 Assignment: Future o
f Modernization Paper SOC 120 CheckPoint: Culture Sho
ck SOC 120 CheckPoint: Deviant Behavior SOC 120 Assig
nment: Evolution of Formal Organizations Paper SOC 12
0 Final Project: Analyze a Sociological Issue SOC 120 Ass
ignment: Punishment Research Paper SOC 120 CheckPo
int: Social

SOC 120 Final Project Analyze a Sociological I

ssue (New)
In this course you have learned about many different ki
nds of social problems and controversial issues in socie
ties around the world and in the United States, such as
poverty, social inequality, race and cultural discriminati
on, gender stratification, environmental damage, popul
ation growth, and urbanization.

SOC 120 Week 1 Discussion Questions (New)

Discussion Question 1 Due Date: Day 2 [post to the Ma
in forum] Post your response to the following: Read th
e article from The New York Times on p. 33 in the text. A
ccording to this article, the American military does not r
epresent an accurate cross section of Americans. How
would a sociologist view the reasons for

SOC 120 Week 3 Discussion Questions (New)

Discussion Question 1 Due Date: Day 2 [post to the Ma
in forum] Post your response to the following: Discuss
the stages of human development (as explained by the t
heories presented in the text) by answering the followin
g questions: o Which agents of socialization are most im
portant at certain stages of human development? For ex
ample, discuss how the family is important to moral dev
elopment or how peer groups are important to persona
lity development. o Which theoretical perspective best s
upports your viewpoint? 3.

SOC 120 Week 5 Discussion Questions (New)

Discussion Question 1 Due Date: Day 2 [post to the Ma
in forum] wwhich American society is stratified? What d
o you think the impact is on society when groups are str
atified? 3. Discussion Question 2 Due Date: Day 4 [post
to the Main forum] Post your response to the followin
g: Give at least two specific examples from your person
al experiences that demonstrate stratification. For exam
ple, describe where you have observed stratification in t
he workplace, the media, home, or school. What were t
he consequences of stratification in these

SOC 120 Week 7 Discussion Questions (New)

Discussion Question 1 Due Date: Day 2 [post to the Ma
in forum] Post your response to the following: o Study
the map 15-1 on p. 421 in the text. Looking at the data o
n the map, what patterns do you see? o Now, consider t
he following statistic: The United Nations predicts that b
y 2025 wealthy societies will grow by 57 million people,
while poor societies will grow by 1.7 billion people. Wha
t are the possible reasons for this growth pattern? What
are the consequences of this growth pattern? 3. Discuss
ion Question 2 Due Date: Day 4 [post to the Main foru
m] Post your response to the following: Do you think a
ncient societies were as concerned about the environm
ent as modern societies are today? Do you

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