Sociology

I need this paper within 24 hours. If you can not do it CORRECTLY by then, then do not waste my time please. This is very important. I’ve attached all of the documents you need. You HAVE to use an article based on one or more of the theories listed in either exam review and the article HAS to be from one of the journals listed.

Scholarly
 Journal
 Article
 Paper
 
SOCI
 1101-­‐-­‐-­‐Spring
 2013
 

Dr.
 T.
 Powell-­‐Williams
 

 

This
 assignment
 is
 worth
 50
 points,
 and
 due
 via
 e-­‐mail
 as
 an
 MSWord
 or
 pdf
 file
 
only
 (no
 other
 file
 formats
 will
 be
 accepted-­‐-­‐-­‐please
 see
 me
 if
 this
 is
 an
 issue,
 and
 
I
 am
 certain
 we
 can
 easily
 reach
 a
 solution.
 
 The
 assignment
 file
 is
 to
 consist
 of
 
your
 last
 name,
 all
 lowercase
 (for
 example,
 Dixie
 Carter
 would
 send
 me
 a
 file
 
entitled
 simply
 “carter”).
 
 Failure
 to
 follow
 format
 will
 result
 in
 severe
 point
 
deduction.
 
 This
 assignment
 is
 due
 to
 me
 via
 e-­‐mail
 by
 4pm
 on
 Friday,
 April
 5th.
 

General
 goals
 and
 objectives
 of
 the
 assignment:
 

The
 goal
 of
 this
 assignment
 is
 to
 give
 you
 at
 least
 a
 bit
 of
 a
 glimpse
 into
 the
 world
 of
 
professional
 sociology
 through
 the
 lens
 of
 peer-­‐reviewed
 scholarly
 journals
 (the
 type
 of
 
publications
 you
 find
 on
 sociologists’
 coffee
 tables).
 
 Beyond
 that,
 the
 goal
 is
 to
 expose
 you
 to
 
current
 research
 in
 general
 and
 specialized
 sociology
 journals.
 
 Further,
 this
 assignment
 should
 
give
 you
 an
 opportunity
 to
 polish
 up
 your
 skills
 of
 critical
 thinking,
 writing,
 and
 proper
 citation.
 

Your
 task
 is
 to
 choose
 an
 article
 of
 interest
 to
 you
 that
 reports
 on
 empirical
 sociological
 
research,
 or
 methods
 of
 conducting
 such
 research,
 from
 one
 and
 only
 one
 of
 the
 peer-­‐reviewed
 
academic
 journals
 listed
 below
 (all
 of
 which
 can
 be
 accessed
 through
 the
 JSTOR
 database
 
through
 GRU
 Augusta’s
 Reese
 Library.
 

The
 American
 Journal
 of
 Sociology
 
  American
 Sociological
 Review
 

Annual
 Review
 of
 Sociology
 
 
  The
 British
 Journal
 of
 Sociology
 

Contemporary
 Sociology
 
 
  Family
 Relations
 

Gender
 and
 Society
 
 
 
  Journal
 of
 Health
 and
 Social
 Behavior
 

Journal
 of
 Marriage
 and
 Family
 
  Middle
 East
 Report
 

Political
 Behavior
 
 
 
  Social
 Forces
 
 
 
 
 

Social
 Psychology
 Quarterly
 
 
  Sociological
 Forum
 
 
 
 

Sociological
 Methodology
 
 
  Sociology
 of
 Education
 
 
 
 

Sociological
 Theory
 
 
 
  Theory
 and
 Society
 

A
 few
 other
 things:
 
 The
 article
 must
 have
 been
 published
 in
 the
 last
 ten
 years
 (all
 others
 will
 be
 
disqualified).
 
 See
 a
 librarian
 if
 you
 need
 help
 accessing
 the
 database.
 
 The
 article
 you
 chose
 
may
 not
 be
 an
 abstract
 theoretical
 piece
 or
 a
 review
 piece
 that
 rehashed
 old
 research
 or
 
examines
 a
 recently
 published
 book.
 
 Instead,
 you
 may
 only
 choose
 a
 piece
 that
 reports
 on
 
research
 done
 by
 authors
 usings
 one,
 or
 a
 combination
 of,
 the
 research
 methods
 we
 have
 
covered
 in
 class.
 
 Papers
 using
 articles
 that
 do
 not
 fit
 the
 criteria
 laid
 out
 above
 will
 be
 not
 be
 
accepted
 and
 will
 receive
 a
 grade
 of
 0.
 

Here
 is
 what
 you
 ought
 to
 do:
 
 In
 4
 to
 6
 pages,
 you
 should
 first
 provide
 a
 clear
 and
 concise
 
overview
 or
 synopsis
 of
 the
 article.
 
 I
 suggest
 that
 you
 follow
 the
 outline
 provided
 below
 for
 a
 
bit
 of
 direction.
 

Outline
 for
 the
 paper:
 

I) Provide
 a
 brief
 and
 concise
 introductory
 sentence
 or
 paragaph
 that
 lays
 out
 a
 general
 road
 
map
 of
 your
 paper
 

II) Explain
 what
 the
 general
 purpose
 is
 of
 the
 research
 you
 are
 reporting
 on
 (i.e.
 What
 are
 the
 
research
 questions?
 
 Hypotheses?)
 

III) Tell
 me
 what
 theories,
 models,
 or
 concepts
 are
 discussed
 in
 the
 article.
 
 Provide
 a
 concise
 
explanation
 of
 the
 key
 theoretical/conceptual
 issues
 discussed
 in
 the
 piece.
 
 If
 the
 case
 is
 
that
 no
 theoretical
 or
 conceptual
 issues
 are
 discussed
 in
 the
 article,
 then
 provide
 a
 
discussion
 of
 what
 theories,
 models,
 or
 concepts
 from
 class
 that
 might
 be
 a
 good
 fit.
 

IV) Research
 Methods
 
a) Sample/subjects
 (Who?
 How
 Many?
 How
 were
 the
 data
 obtained?
 
 Where?)
 
b) Data
 collection
 method
 and
 procedures
 (Does
 the
 article
 report
 on
 an
 experiment?
 

Series
 of
 interviews?
 Etcetera.
 
 Provide
 me
 with
 some
 details
 of
 the
 data
 collection
 
procedures
 utilized)
 

c) Ethical
 issues
 
d) Measures
 and
 variables
 (What
 were
 the
 major
 independent
 and
 dependent
 variables
 

and
 how
 were
 they
 manipulated
 or
 measured?)
 
V) Results
 (What
 are
 they
 major
 sociological
 findings
 and/or
 insights
 presented
 in
 the
 

discussion
 of
 the
 results?
 
 Where
 the
 theory/theories
 or
 hypothesis/hypotheses
 supported
 
or
 not?)
 

VI) Provide
 a
 summary
 or
 concluding
 paragraph
 that
 ties
 everything
 together.
 (My
 suggestion,
 
of
 course,
 is
 that
 you
 provide
 a
 clear
 and
 concise
 summary
 of
 the
 research
 you
 reviewed)
 

Hints:
 

*Adapted
 from
 an
 assignment
 written
 by
 Kathleen
 McKinney
 from
 Illinois
 State
 University-­‐-­‐-­‐
Normal
 

SOC
 1101
 sections
 M
 and
 N-­‐-­‐-­‐Spring
 2013

 

Exam
 1
 Review
 Sheet
 

Dr.
 T.
 Powell-­‐Williams
 

Introduction:
 
 Sociology
 vs.
 Common
 Sense
 
 Definition
 of
 Sociology
 
 Thomas
 Theorem
 
 

 
Chapter
 1:
 

 Social
 factors
 contributing
 to
 the
 birth
 of
 sociology
 
 The
 social
 impact
 of
 industrialization
 
 

 Auguste
 Comte
 
 Emile
 Durkheim
 
 Ferdinand
 Tonnies
 
 

 Gemeinschaft
 
 
 Gesellschaft
 
 

 Max
 Weber
 
 Rational
 behavior
 
 

 Karl
 Marx
 
 The
 general
 Marxian
 perspective
 on
 the
 economy
 and
 society
 under
 

capitalism
 
 Proletariat
 vs.
 Bourgeoisie
 
 

 Herbert
 Spencer
 
 Development
 of
 Sociology
 in
 the
 U.S.
 

 W.E.B.
 DuBois
 
 
 American
 Sociology-­‐-­‐-­‐shifts
 in
 focus
 and
 associated
 time
 periods
 

 
Chapter
 2:
 

 C.Wright
 Mills
 
 
 The
 Sociological
 Imagination
 
 
 Personal
 Troubles
 vs.
 Public
 Issues
 

 Emile
 Durkheim
 
 
 Suicide
 
 

 Robert
 K.
 Merton
 
 Manifest
 and
 Latent
 functions
 
 

 Levels
 of
 Analysis
 

 

SOCI
 1101-­‐-­‐-­‐Spring
 2013
 

 

2
 

Chapter
 3:
 
 The
 3
 Sociological
 Paradigms
 

 Main
 assumptions
 of
 each,
 etcetera
 
 Breaching
 
 
 Ethnomethodology
 

 
Chapter
 4:
 

 Empiricism
 
 Inconvenient
 Facts
 

 Examples
 
 The
 Tearoom
 Trade
 

 Ethnocentrism
 
 “The
 Tnevnoc
 Cult”
 

 Cultural
 Relativism
 

 
Notes:
 

 you
 are
 responsible
 for
 the
 material
 from
 the
 text
 (from
 the
 beginning
 
through
 chapter
 4),
 lectures,
 and
 class
 discussions-­‐-­‐-­‐this
 includes
 all
 film
 
clips,
 films,
 outside
 readings,
 etc.
 

 bring
 a
 few
 sharp
 pencils
 along
 with
 you
 to
 the
 exam,
 along
 with
 your
 ASU
 
identification
 with
 927#
 

REVISED
 Exam
 2
 Review
 Sheet-­‐-­‐-­‐SOC
 1101-­‐-­‐-­‐Spring
 2013

 

Instructor:
 Dr.
 T.
 Powell-­‐Williams
 

Chapter
 5:
 
• Variables
 
• Directionality
 
• Operationalization

 

 

Chapter
 6:
 
• Major
 approaches
 to
 sociological
 inquiry
 

o Quantitative
 
o Qualitative
 

• Observational
 research
 
o 2
 types
 of
 observation
 
o Hawthorne
 Effect
 

 
Chapter
 7:
 
• Culture
 

o Material
 vs.
 Nonmaterial
 
• Symbols
 
• Norms
 

o Types
 of
 norms
 
• Sanctions
 
• Values
 
• Subcultures
 
• Hegemony
 

 
Chapter
 8:
 
• Roles
 and
 tricky
 situations
 
• Groups
 

o Primary
 vs.
 Secondary
 
o Formal
 organizations
 and
 Bureaucracies
 
o McDonaldization
 

 
Chapter
 9:
 
 
• Society
 
• Social
 Institutions
 
• Social
 Structure
 

 

 

[OVER]
 

Todd � 4/24/13 3:19 PM
Comment [1]: That’s right, chapter five is
excluded from the exam.

Todd � 4/24/13 3:52 PM
Comment [2]: Especially cultural hegemony
(Gramsci).

Todd � 4/24/13 3:50 PM
Comment [3]: Know ‘em!

Todd � 4/24/13 3:47 PM
Comment [4]: Know the general characteristics
possessed by the bureaucracy as a social form or
organizational structure.

Todd � 4/24/13 3:49 PM
Comment [5]: Focus on the negative and
undesirable outcomes of living in a heavily
McDonaldized world. Know the characteristics of a
McDonaldized bureaucracy.

2

Chapter
 10:
 
 
• Socialization
 
• Impact
 of
 social
 isolation
 
• Social
 self
 
• Agents
 of
 socialization
 
• Resocialization
 
 

o Total
 Institutions
 
• Socialization
 as
 viewed
 from
 the
 3
 sociological
 paradigms
 
• Mead
 

o I
 and
 Me
 
o “taking
 the
 role
 of
 the
 other”
 
o generalized
 other
 

• Cooley
 
o Looking
 Glass
 Self
 

• Implications
 of
 Mead
 and
 Cooley’s
 work
 

 
Outside
 Readings:
 
 

• the
 conclusion
 of
 Durkheim’s
 The
 Elementary
 forms
 of
 Religious
 Life
 
 

 

Audiovisual
 Sources:
 
 
 
 
• clips
 from
 Quiet
 Rage:
 The
 Stanford
 Prison
 Experiment
 (1992),
 The
 

Merchants
 of
 Cool
 (2001),
 Full
 Metal
 Jacket
 (1987),
 If
 Mirrors
 Could
 
Speak
 (1976)
 

 

 

The
 exam
 is
 scheduled
 for
 Friday,
 April
 26th
 

 
Bring
 a
 #2
 pencil
 with
 you-­‐-­‐-­‐and
 maybe
 a
 spare-­‐-­‐-­‐to
 the
 exam
 

 

Todd � 4/24/13 3:43 PM
Comment [6]: “Anna”, “Isabelle”, Danielle: the
girl in the window.

Todd � 4/24/13 3:41 PM
Comment [7]: Degradation ceremonies.

Todd � 4/24/13 3:35 PM
Comment [8]: Focus on socialization from the
Symbolic Interactionist paradigm.

Todd � 4/24/13 3:44 PM
Comment [9]: Think about these concepts
carefully for a while. In thinking about the
implications of Mead and Cooley’s work, consider
the content of If Mirrors Could Speak, and the
reasons the film was produced, distributed, and
shown in classrooms in the first place. In general,
look for examples of Mead and Cooley’s concepts in
the creepy social engineering film.