Discuss at least 3 ways in which informal support systems often change as people age. Explain how the social exchange theory applies to the use and maintenance of an informal support system. Apply at least two social concepts.

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During week four students examined informal supports and informal caregiving, the caregiver burden, and the use of social networks as a means to decrease social isolation, increase mastery, and maintain optimal health status. During week five, students examined the components of productive aging. This week students will complete a journal focused on informal supports and productive aging. This activity will help you learn more about social support and networks and productive aging in a social context.

Within your own words, write a 500+ word single-spaced journal entry answering and answering the following:

Discuss at least 3 ways in which informal support systems often change as people age.
Explain how the social exchange theory applies to the use and maintenance of an informal support system. Apply at least two social concepts.
Explain the nature of older adults. Identify 3 social networks and explain why they are important. Apply at least one social theory.
Explain your understanding of productive aging. Integrate at least one social concepts within your response.
For this assignment, you are not required to include sources. You are required to include four subheadings to identify each section, i.e., Informal Supports Systems, Social Exchange Theory, Social Networks, and Productive Aging.

Why do you think Trump joined the demonstrators? What do you think it means to the rest of U.S. society? Are there patterns of response to Trump’s actions at that demonstration?

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Katherine Beckett and Theodore Sasson “The War on Crime as Hegemonic Strategy: A Neo-Marxian Theory of the New Punitiveness in U.S. Criminal Justice Policy.”  Of Crime and Criminality edited by Sally  Simpson and Robert Agnew. Sage Publications, 2000, pp. 61-84.

Durkheim, Émile.. The Rules of the Sociological Method, edited by Steven Lukes, translated by W.D. Halls. New York: Free Press, 1982, pp. 31-32.

Dillon, Michele. Introduction to Sociological Theory : Theorists, Concepts, and Their Applicability to the Twenty-first Century. Second ed. 2014. Pp. 79-89

Trudeau “takes a knee”

Trump with a bible.

The goal of this assignment is to have you think about the application of a sociological perspective to a contemporary phenomenon: the protests against policing in Canada and the United States. After completing the assigned readings listed above, you need to take a look at the links provided that show (or seem to show, depending on your view) two very different public responses by the democratically (more or less) elected representatives of the federal governments of Canada and the United States. The contrast at least seems to be as clear as possible: on the one hand, the Canadian Prime Minister joined in with demonstrators protesting racist police brutality and kneels for nearly nine minutes in a gesture of solidarity, and on the other hand, the U.S. President orders soldiers to tear gas protesters and stands in front of a church holding a bible.

  1. Why do you think Trudeau joined the demonstrators? What do you think it means to the rest of Canadian society? [Please note: it’s obvious that, in a way, everyone who thinks about this will think about it in slightly different ways. Everyone knows that; don’t include it in your answer.] Are there patterns of response to Trudeau’s actions at that demonstration? In answering this question you are expected to make connections between this current event and the assigned readings for this assignment.
  2. Why do you think Trump joined the demonstrators? What do you think it means to the rest of U.S. society? [Note: it’s obvious that in a way, everyone who thinks about this will think about it in slightly different ways. Everyone knows that; don’t include it in your answer.] Are there patterns of response to Trump’s actions at that demonstration? In answering this question you are expected to make connections between this current event and the assigned readings for this assignment.

The central research question is “ How has customer behavior changed in Coronavirus spread being perceived in MUIC?” , Does the changes have impact on business.

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Consumer behavior is changing in the digital era, and it is continuing to grow in Coronavirus has spread widely. People are concerned and think deeply in a variety of ways, the rise of online shopping is very popular due to the quarantine policy. This crisis may change consumer behavior permanently or it just a trend during Covid-19 time. The literature that exists  analyzes consumer behavior by various perspectives such as society and economy, how Romania people react to this global pandemic (Florea, 2020). This literature has addressed the consumer behavior change and impact on consumer attitudes in the Middle East region. However, this research paper will figure out how consumer behavior changes in Thailand during pandemic spread. This study can be beneficial to people by providing more information to Thai people and business owners who want to improve their organization. The purpose of this paper is to make people understand how consumer behavior has changed in Thai society during a pandemic crisis.

The existing literature on the changes of customer behavior can be classified into 3 themes:

1) the background information of customer behavior in a global aspect;

2) the factors that influence customers and buying behavior 3) the impact of customer behavior changing.

The first theme is the brief background about customer behavior in a global perspective.

The central research question is “ How has customer behavior changed in Coronavirus spread being perceived in MUIC?” , Does the changes have impact on business.

Discuss the impact of social class on education in the U.S. from preschool through the university. Explain the relationship among race, health and health care in the U.S.

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 1. Discuss the impact of social class on education in the U.S. from preschool thru the university. 2. Explain the relationship among race, health and health care in the U.S. 3. Define and illustrate three (3) types of family fairly common today in the U.S. that were not very much in evidence 50 years ago. From chapter 15,16and 18 Giddens, Anthony, et al. Introduction to Sociology, Seagull. WW Norton, Incorporated, 2018.

Discuss the roles of both high culture and pop culture within society. Differentiate between subculture and counterculture. Explain the role of innovation, invention, and discovery in culture

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Culture

 What Is Culture?

  • Differentiate between culture and society
  • Explain material versus nonmaterial culture
  • Discuss the concept of cultural universalism as it relates to society
  • Compare and contrast ethnocentrism and xenocentrism

Elements of Culture

  • Understand how values and beliefs differ from norms
  • Explain the significance of symbols and language to a culture
  • Explain the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
  • Discuss the role of social control within culture

Pop Culture, Subculture, and Cultural Change

  • Discuss the roles of both high culture and pop culture within society
  • Differentiate between subculture and counterculture
  • Explain the role of innovation, invention, and discovery in culture
  • Understand the role of cultural lag and globalization in cultural change

Theoretical Perspectives on Culture

  • Discuss the major theoretical approaches to cultural interpretation
  • Structural Functionalism
  • Symbolic Interactionism
  • Social Conflict/Critical Theory

The Social Construction of the Self

  • The modern “self” as historical product of Christianity and the Enlightenment
  • Cross-cultural variation in selves
  • Selves as constructed out of situations
  • Rational choice – as socially constructed

Find a US cultural artifact that relates to the topic in readings from chapter 8, Race, Ethnic Groups and Racism. Describe how your cultural artifact symbolizes the readings for Lauer and Laurer (2019)

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Find a US cultural artifact that relates to the topic in readings from chapter 8, Race, Ethnic Groups and Racism. Describe how your cultural artifact symbolizes the readings for Lauer and Laurer (2019) chapter 8 (attached). Relate the artifact to the reading from this chapter by quoting the reading at least one time.

Examples of cultural artifacts can be ordinary objects, such as a piece of clothing, a toy, or a food item. Other examples include an advertisement from a magazine, a commercial on TV or radio, a TV show or movie, a discussion you overheard between two people, a passage from a book, a photograph, a comic or cartoon. Basically, it is anything that can give me a glimpse of the American culture.

In a 3 to 4-page reflection paper summarize the process of assessment, diagnosis and treatment planning you learned about in the video. Identify at least two aspects of the process that stood out or were new to you.

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  1. Watch Assessment, Diagnosis and Treatment Planning in Social Work
  2. Watch the video, Biosychosocialspiritual (BPSSA) assessment
  3. Locate and review a BPSSA template online
  4. In a 3 to 4-page reflection paper summarize the process of assessment, diagnosis and treatment planning you learned about in the video.
  5. Identify at least two aspects of the process that stood out or were new to you.
  6. What was valuable about the process described that you can use in the future as a social worker?
  7. Next, provide a critique of the BPSSA sample video describing what was done well and what you might improve?
  8. Discuss issues such as body language, tone of voice, questions used, content, engagement and overall effectiveness of the assessment.
  9. Finally, provide a critique of the sample BPSSA template you found.
  10. What are its strengths and weaknesses in your view?
  11. What do you think is the best approach for using such a tool with clients and why?
  12. Does the tool adequately address issues of culture, spirituality or diversity? Why or why not? What would you add or change about the document?

 

If “race” is a social construct, should we not identify ourselves with specific ethnic and cultural groups? Are ethnicity and culture important for how we understand our sexuality and gender identities?

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Answer each question using critical thinking and analyzing from a sociologist view point. Title each answer with the corresponding questions.

Fully acknowledging the extremely problematic language and attitudes at play in the Craigslist posts analyzed in Ward’s article about straight dudes who have sex with dudes, and understanding why Ward disavows this type of same-sex behavior from queerness, is there a way to understand what is happening here in a larger context and then to imagine it in a different context? How might we be able to understand the desires of these men in a context that was not characterized by misogyny, homophobia, racism, and toxic masculinity? If heteronormativity and compulsory heterosexuality could be removed from the social context of these posts and the desires these men feel, how do you think some of these men might identify? Would there be anything wrong for a self-identified straight man to post an add honestly looking for a particular form of male bonding that involved certain kinds of same-sex activity if such posts and desires were not so compromised by toxic masculinity?

If “race” is a social construct, should we not identify ourselves with specific ethnic and cultural groups? Are ethnicity and culture important for how we understand our sexuality and gender identities??

The very first clip I link you to in the Power Point is an animated educational video from the 2007 documentary For the Bible Tells Me So. It is a worthwhile and informative little video that addresses scientific research into the makeup of sexual orientation and the problematic role the Christian ex-gay movement plays in trying to change people’s sexual orientation. However, I would say, that while this video is not inaccurate, it is itself a bit problematic in terms of how it presents some of this information. Why do you think I say that? Given what we’ve learned in this course so far, what do you think might be a bit problematic in terms of how this video presents some of its information?

Given the argument made by Dines and Jenkins about mainstream heterosexual pornography, is all pornography by its nature exploitative or harmful? Can pornography operate differently?

Based on what you’ve learned from this week’s recorded lecture as well as our oral presentations, what do you think is the best route forward to address the problems currently associated with sex work? Should sex work be criminalized as it once was? Is the Nordic model a good substitute? What about red light districts? Or should we decriminalize or even fully legalize?

Imagine that you are running for a state office and you have to prepare a position paper for a debate on controversial issues in the news. Introduce your position using a thesis statement in the first paragraph, including a quote, question, or statistic from your reliable sources and an overview of the main points you will cover.

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Imagine that you are running for a state office and you have to prepare a position paper for a debate on controversial issues in the news. [Select one (1) of the topics addressed in Weeks 5-9 of this class.]  Remember that you are addressing a significant segment of your state’s population and you want to be elected to public office, so your topic will have to have a broad appeal, such as public trust and the media, the loss of privacy, safeguarding the First Amendment, online harassment, and the dangers of privatizing public information, among other topics from those chapters.

You will want your position paper to demonstrate critical thinking, sound logic, valid claims, personal passion, and credible support that is cited correctly because the paper will be provided to the news media before the debate and will be scrutinized by the media and reported on regarding these criteria.

Write a two to three (2) page (500 min) paper in which you:

  1. Introduce your position using a thesis statement in the first paragraph, including a quote, question, or statistic from your reliable sources and an overview of the main points you will cover. (It’s important to grab the audience’s interest and inform the audience of what the main and support points are.)
  2. Provide two or three (2-3) major points to support your thesis statement. (Put each major point in a separate paragraph.)
  3. Provide one (1) paragraph in which you identify and answer an expected argument against your view.
  4. Organize arguments and support your claims effectively.

Demonstrate personal passion for your position and critical thinking with persuasive language, sound logic, valid claims, and credible support for the claims

What are the manifest functions, latent functions and social dysfunctions of the social act or institution you are analyzing? How does what you are analyzing impact social solidarity and stability?

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What are the manifest functions, latent functions and social dysfunctions of the social act or institution you are analyzing?

How does what you are analyzing impact social solidarity and stability?

How does what you are analyzing benefit society?

What social groups and social institutions does your topic of analysis impact?

Is there evidence of inequality and discrimination? Be specific as to what social groups are most impacted and how

How are resources distributed and based on what ideology?

What is the economic impact of what you are analyzing?

What changes can be made to make a situation more equitable?

How does what you are analyzing impact self-identity?How does what you are analyzing impact social relationships and social institutions?

What symbols are associated with what you are analyzing?

How do we define or interpret what you are analyzing? How is it portrayed or described by society?