Sociology Paper 2

In this essay, I will assess the strengths and limitations of unstructured interviews for investigating the effect of material deprivation on educational achievement by using Item B and my own knowledge. Material deprivation is the idea that a lack of money leads to disadvantages, Item B gives an example of ‘low household income, poor housing and a lack of work space in the home.’

Cooley argues that our self develops through interactions and our impressions about how other people see us. Do you think that he is correct? Why or why not?

Hollywood’s early depictions of Natives consisted of tribesmen and noble savages who are in tune with Nature. Films such as The Silent Enemy portray these stereotypes on screen with actors like Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance being shown as tribesmen who are very noble Natives. Although these stereotypes are positive, they are still stereotypes nonetheless. These stereotypes have caused

Chapter six brings a different approach at introducing the importance of sociology. This chapter, focuses upon the historical significance of American sociology as society knows of it today. It discusses many different aspects of sociology, but it intentionally focuses on these important aspects that include: “The Chicago school”, sociologists whom attributed to American sociology, and the rise of female sociologists. These three fundamentals establish the overall history of American sociology.

(Bowers, A.W., 1992) The village members that planned on searching out their enemies could be seen giving feasts to the older men for advice, checking their riding equipment and ceremonial bundles. Warfare was highly encouraged within the tribes and males hoped to show publicly their military accomplishments. The members of the tribe that were asked to remain in the village to help protect women, children and the elderly were praised just as high as if they returned to the village victories from

To begin, the differences between popular culture and indigenous culture can be seen through the evidence that the indigenous culture is content with the very few materials and items that they own. While in civilized cultures, people are constantly wanting more. When an item of the popular culture was introduced to the Bushmen people, they had to face the difficulties that many encounter in today’s modern societies. Instead, the simplicities of life that the indigenous held, came hand in hand with simple emotions and simple problems. This is why they were able to remain happy and at peace within their life. In phenomenology, people would give an object its meaning. The Coke glass, for example, within popular culture this would be seen as something to drink or to enjoy with a cheeseburger. Many from popular culture would not have made this connection to the glass bottle without knowing its exact meaning. Like the Bushmen people, they had not given what civilized people would consider the “correct” purpose

The perception of foreign cultures can at times be quite peculiar. The article “Eating Christmas in Kalahari” by Richard Borshay Lee, foretells a classic example of cross culture misunderstanding when people from different cultures operate in a culturally unfamiliar environment. Richard Lee, a social anthropologist, explains what he learned living with the !Kung Bushmen, a South African tribe, for three years. This Gemeinschaft community of hunters-gatherers worked together to teach the anthropologist something important to their people, even though he was unaware of their intentions in the beginning.

During my first quarter of running start, I took intro to sociology and I had a major midterm project. When we were aquatinted with our members I took initiative to make sure we could all communicate and work online to reduce the number of times we needed to meet so that the students who had trouble with transportation could carpool with members of our group who lived near the college. We decided to spend a few minutes after class on discussing the project and whilst doing so I could see that a particular member of our group, Alex would doubt her ability to work on the project. I made sure that she knew that having her in our group was crucial to successes and that I am open to helping her overcome her doubts. We had conversations about struggling

M2 - Use different sociological perspectives to discuss patterns and trends of health and illness in two different social groups

If Sociology is the systematic study of human society, then sociological imagination is what we perceive or think about how people work and or think in a more personal and bias matter. C.W. Mills believes that merging two different theories of social reality of the “individual” and “society”. Mills challenges readers and learners by arguing many basic terms and definitions from what “we” believe are right. Chapters one and two talks about how society portrays what we know rather then the facts. Our bias opinions and beliefs often go against what science has proven.

a. Harry Harlow – surrogate mother experiment pg.111 must read and notes contact and comfort

Even though John grew up on the reservation, he was not accepted by the community there. His complexion, along with how his mother behaved made it increasingly difficult for him to be accepted into their culture. The boys would shout, “Not for you, white-hair! Not for the son of the she-dog (Pg.127). John wasn’t allowed to participate in rituals and was rejected by many that lived there. So, he decided to have his own rituals. He once went into the wilderness and began crying, but thought, “...it was not for pain that he sobbed, it was because he was all alone, because he had been driven out, alone into this skeleton world of rocks and moonlight” (Pg. 127). In addition, John’s mother would behave promiscuously as was a normal part of life in the Other Place, but not the Savage Reservation. He was then mocked and, sometimes, even violently hurt, because his mother’s actions were seen as very inappropriate and immoral (Pg. 121). John simply wanted to be a part of Indian life and culture, but felt as far from that as possible. He wasn’t only exiled from his community, but also from the Other Place. John was looked at as the “Savage” who acted much different than they. Later on, he became a spectacle for people to watch and laugh at (Pg. 227). His background was one that people there thought was shameful and something not to be spoken of. John had his fair share of alienation from both his own Indian community and people in

In the film, the Bushmen society is considered to be the primitive while the people

Identify the four major sociological theoretical paradigms. For each, what are the key tenets? How does each explain how society works?

One of those societies is known as the Bushman of the Kalahari, who are considered to be the oldest and largest population of modern humans. They rely on hunting and gathering to sustain them, and provide what they need to survive. The Bushman have a principle perceiving that all people are equal and deserve equal rights. To ensure this is adhered to, they have kept a ritual alive called “insulting the meat.” This is set to assure that the hunter who is bringing in the meat does not start to consider himself better than the others. They do not tolerate someone deliberating that they are of higher authority over someone