Assignment: Sociology

Part 1

This unit asks you to think about your own culture in terms of norms, values, beliefs, and behaviors. The unit also asks you to think about those agents of socialization most closely related to various aspects of culture. For this assignment, you are asked to think about the same issues as they apply to another culture.

Choose a culture you know nothing about. Go online to research this group and answer the following questions about their culture and socialization.

1. In a paragraph, introduce your culture. Be sure to give the location of the group, why you chose the group, and what you hope to learn.

2. In one to two paragraphs, describe three interesting aspects about this culture. Choose something about their everyday life (folkway), something about their religion (value), and something about their biggest taboo (more).

3. Discuss the agents of socialization involved in the transmission of the three interesting aspects you chose.

4. Finally, how does each of these aspects affect the development of self for members of the group?

Be sure to think and write sociologically, using correct terminology and being objective. Your paper must be at least one page in length, double-spaced, using Times New Roman 12-pt. font. Use the indicated rubric to guide your work. Use appropriate APA in-text citations and provide a reference page.

Part 2

This Unit II assignment is the first step towards completing your research paper. For this submission, you will need to find a topic of interest related to race and ethnicity, social change, or both. I have chosen the topic listed below:

1. Do Grievances Matter in Ethnic Conflict?

2. Talking 'bout poor folks (thinking 'bout my folks): perspectives on comparative poverty in working class households.

3. Connecting the dots: Liberal peace and post-conflict violence and crime.

4. When the powerful feels wronged: The legitimization effects of advantaged group members' sense of being accused for harboring racial or ethnic biases

5. The Subjective Interpretation of Inequality: A Model of the Relative Deprivation Experience.

6. Equity: Not Only for Idealists.

7. RELATIVE DEPRIVATION AND THE WORKING POOR: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS.

8. CULTURE AS AMEDIATOR OF HEALTH DISPARITIES: CULTURAL CONSONANCE, SOCIAL CLASS, AND HEALTH.

Once you have chosen your topic, you will need to search for one peer-reviewed scholarly article that discusses your topic of interest. (I HAVE ATTACHED VARIOUS ARTICLES THAT ARE TO BE USED FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT)

In a Word document, submit your topic of interest, tell how it relates to race and ethnicity or social change, and explain what you hope to learn from this topic. You will also provide a brief summary of the article.

Your research topic submission and article summary must be at least one page in length. Use APA format for in-text citations and references.