Edward Said (Pronounced Say-eed) has made a significant contribution to the academia and the understanding of Racial and Ethnic Inequality amongst the Arab populous. Watch this week’s Edward Said Videos (Orientalism, Collective Thought and Conflicts and Peace Lecture in Media.) What are your thoughts after viewing them? What is his concept of Orientalism, which he … Read more
Instructions: In the first half of our course, we explored how the Anthropocene is widely recognized to be not only a new geological era in which humans influence global systems, but also as the culmination of ongoing, social, cultural, economic, political and environmental changes tied to the Industrial Revolution and, even earlier, plantation-based colonialism. This … Read more
Discussion 1: Sampling Structures Probability and nonprobability are the two general categories of sampling. Probability sampling uses random selection, whereas nonprobability sampling does not. For example, if you wanted to study the effects of divorce on the psychological development of adolescents, you could gather a population of a certain number of adolescents whose parents … Read more
How powerful are the media in persuading us to buy certain products or hold particular beliefs? Discuss reinforcement theory, agenda setting and/or the two-step flow model. Which of these theories best explains the influence of the media? The answer to each DB must be at least 150 words that is the minimum required to fully … Read more
MUST READ THE ARTICLE AND ATTACHED DOCX BEFORE WRITING THE ASSIGNMENT. Located at: Write between 200-250 words each answer. Questions: 1. The article ends with a question: ” In what ways are the elderly better off today than they were before Naschers ideas gained acceptance?” Do you believe that the elderly are better off … Read more
Human services professionals contribute to addressing societal issues; to do so, they might review the literature to explore recommendations others have made. These recommendations might be based on experience and/or research. Once possible recommendations have been identified, it is important to consider any potential ethical challenges that might arise in addressing the issue by following … Read more
This only needs to be about 1-2 paragraphs Q: What is stratification? What are the different social variables or areas/categories of stratification? What area/category of stratification do you think has most impacted your life? Explain.
Assignment: What might our country/world look like if we had more critical thinkers? Though I think that William Graham Sumner’s statement on the, “Envisioning critical societies” page in your critical thinking booklet is a good start, I think it is much bigger than that! After thoroughly and thoughtfully reading the aforementioned page in the critical … Read more
Separation of church and state has long been a hotly debated issue in the United States. Here’s an example. In the state of Texas, intelligent design (based on religion) is taught along side the theory of evolution (based on science). If some conservative Texas state politicians had their way, evolution would not be allowed to … Read more
Healthcare, including hospitals, pharmaceutical, and insurance companies in the United States make millions and millions, and in some cases billions and billions, of dollars in profit annually. Healthcare is one of the largest and most profitable industries in the U.S. The number one reason why most Americans go bankrupt is because they get ill and … Read more