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• SOC 120 Assignment Evolution of Formal
  Organizations Paper

• SOC 120 Assignment Future of Modernization Paper

• Review the following scenario You work for a
  formal organization in the United States that has
  an open, flexible organizational structure as
  described in Figure 5-5 on p. 126 in the text.
  You have a relative, Micah, who works for a
  formal organization with a conventional,
  bureaucratic

• Is modernization likely to continue in the U.S.?
  Explain your answer.
• Is modernization a world-wide trend?
• What are the consequences of modernization?
• Which theorist best reflects your perceptions of
  modernization?

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• SOC 120 Assignment Prejudice and Discrimination
  Article

• SOC 120 Assignment Punishment Research Paper

• o India the Dalits and Adivasis
• o Bosnia the Muslims and Croats
• o South Africa the Coloureds or Black Africans
• o Indonesia the Chinese
• o Rwanda the Batwa

• o Which type of punishment deters crime most
  effectively?
• o Do the consequences of punishment provide any
  benefits for criminals and
• society?
• Electronic Resources section at the beginning of
  this syllabus for additional sources.

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• SOC 120 Capstone Discussion Question

• SOC 120 CheckPoint Deviant Behavior

• Post your response to the following Which topics
  or concepts interested you most in this course?
  How can you apply them to your life? Were there
  any topics you would like to explore further?
  Discuss why they were meaningful to you.

• o Give an example of a human behavior that is
  considered deviant in one society but is not
  considered deviant in others. What are the
  factors that have contributed to this society's
  perspective of the deviant behavior? Why does
  this society consider the behavior to be deviant
  but other societies do not?

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• SOC 120 CheckPoint Social Change and
  Modernization

• SOC 120 CheckPoint Urbanization Trends
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• 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. What are the key features
  of modernization?

• o Explain urban growth trends in the worlds
  poorest countries . What causes urbanization in
  poor countries?
• 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 (name of city).

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• SOC 120 CheckPoint Culture Shock

• SOC 120 CheckPoint Social and Formal Groups
  Comparison

• If you were visiting and studying the Yanomamo,
  describe what you would have done to prepare
  yourself for possible culture shock.
• Describe a personal experience you have had where
  you experienced culture shock. What components of
  culture were you shocked by?

• Describe a social group and a formal organization
  that you are currently part of or were a part of
  in the past.
• Using the categories in the table, outline the
  main differences between the social group and the
  formal organization you belong to. For example,
  explain how each group or organization

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• SOC 120 CheckPoint Social Construction of Reality

• SOC 120 CheckPoint Sociological Research Methods

• Describe your social status as you see it. For
  example, if you have a job, is your status at
  work different than it is in your peer groups? Is
  your status in school different than it is in
  your family? Explain the differences in how you
  interact with people at work and school or with
  friends and family.

• Search the Online Library for an article or
  case study about suicide in the United States.
• Try key words such as research on suicide to
  narrow your search. The article should
• contain sufficient data on suicide for you to
  determine the research methods used in the
• article.

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• SOC 120 Entire Course

• SOC 120 Final Project Analyze a Sociological
  Issue

• SOC 120 Capstone Discussion Question
• SOC 120 CheckPoint Urbanization Trends
• SOC 120 Assignment Future of Modernization Paper
• SOC 120 CheckPoint Culture Shock
• SOC 120 CheckPoint Deviant Behavior

• Write a 1,750- to 2,450-word paper examining the
  impact of a current social problem on a
  particular social group. You may choose a social
  problem and social group from the
• Suggested Social Problems and Social Groups List
  in Appendix A, or you can research a social
  problem and social group that is not in the list.

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• SOC 120 Week 1 Discussion Questions

• SOC 120 Week 3 Discussion Questions

• Post your response to the following Study the
  Suicide Rates map on p. 11 in the text.
• How do each of the heoretical approaches to
  sociology explain the data on the map?
• Which approach best explains the data, in your
  opinion? Refer to the Applying Theory

• Post your response to the following Choose a
  family member or someone you know well who has
  experienced most adult life stages, such as a
  parent, grandparent, older brother or sister.
  Describe examples of how socialization occurred
  at different stages of this persons life.

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• SOC 120 Week 5 Discussion Questions

• SOC 120 Week 7 Discussion Questions

• Post your response to the following Give at
  least two specific examples from your personal
  experiences that demonstrate stratification. For
  example, describe where you have observed
  stratification in the workplace, the media,
  home, or school.

• Now, consider the following statistic The United
  Nations predicts that by 2025 wealthy societies
  will grow by 57 million people, while poor
  societies will grow by 1.7 billion people. What
  are the possible reasons for this growth pattern?
  What are the consequences of this growth pattern?

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