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Sociology in our times – the Essentials ..Kendall Chapter 4 1. Think of a person you know well who often irritates you or whose behavior grates on your nerves (it could be a parent, friend, relative, teacher). First, list that person’s statuses and roles. Then analyze the person’s possible role expectations, role performance, role conflicts, and role strains. Does anything you find in your analysis help to explain the irritating behavior? How helpful are the concepts of social structure in analyzing individual behavior? 2. You are conducting field research on gender differences in nonverbal communication styles. How are you going to account for variations among age, race, and social class? 3. When communicating with other genders, races, and ages, is it better to express and acknowledge different styles or to develop a common, uniform style? Chapter 5 1. Who might be more likely to conform in a bureaucracy, those with power or those wanting more power? 2. Do the insights gained from Milgram’s research on obedience outweigh the elements of deception and stress that were forced on its subjects? 3. How would you organize a large-scale organization or company for the twenty-fi rst century? Chapter 6 1. Does public toleration of deviance lead to increased crime rates? If people were forced to conform to stricter standards of behavior, would there be less crime in the United States? 2. Should so-called victimless crimes, such as prostitution and recreational drug use, be decriminalized? Do these crimes harm society? 3. As a sociologist armed with a sociological imagination, how would you propose to deal with the problem of crime in the United States and around the world? .
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4 or more.
Length:
3–4 pages.
The document explores theories related to gender and communication. Take time to review the document for an overview of key communication-style theories, including the following:
Symbolic Interaction Theory.
Performative T ...
SociologyExchange.co.uk Shared Resource
This document provides an overview of key sociological theories and research methods that students should already be familiar with from prior coursework. It includes:
1) A list of modern and postmodern sociological theories like functionalism, Marxism, interpretivism, feminism, and postmodernism that students need a deeper understanding of.
2) Sample exam questions that could require assessing these theories in relation to topics like modernity, social policy, or objectivity in research.
3) An activity prompting students to review and demonstrate their knowledge of functionalism, Marxism, and key concepts from each.
4) A list of important research methods and considerations that students should already understand
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Social Interaction
SOCIAL INTERACTION
It is a central concept to understanding the nature of social life.
It is two or more people taking one another into account in building up their actions
A main goal of sociology is to explain social action (Anything people are conscious of doing because of other people).
TYPES OF SOCIAL INTERACTION
1. Exchange - when people do something for each other with the express purpose of receiving a reward or return, they are involved in an exchange interaction.
2. Cooperation
A cooperative interaction occurs when people act together to promote common interests or achieve shared goals.
3. Conflict - it arises when people or groups have incompatible values or when the rewards or resources available to a society or its members are limited.
4. Competition – it is a form of conflict in which individuals or groups confine their conflict within agreed-upon rules.
Conflict always involves an attempt to gain or use power . Conflict is not always negative. One Problem with conflict is that it often leads to unhappiness and violence which causes many people to view it negatively
CLASS ASSIGNMENTS (Choose OneWriting Project, Discussion Grou.docx
CLASS ASSIGNMENTS (Choose One:
Writing Project, Discussion Group or Couple Enrichment):
Option #1:
WRITING
PROJECT
(Choose 1 out of the following 7 Topics)
:
Paper
heading
should include:
Student Name;
Student ID #;
and Section 001.
Pages must be:
typed and double-spaced:
12 point font;
1” margins.
It should be a minimum of 6 pages and is due on
March 30th
.
HARD COPY ONLY.
Choose 1 of the following 7 topics. Your paper should be divided into 2 sections.
Section 1: (2 -3 pages)
- “What Do You Think” - asks
you
to reflect and discuss the topic area.
Section 2: (3-4 pages)
– “What Does Research Tell Us” – asks you to discuss
your review
of the
literature, with appropriate references and bibliography, on the topic area.
PLEASE use the following headings within your paper:
Section 1: What Do You Think?
Section 2: What Does Research Tell Us?
1.
TOPIC 1
·
Section 1: What Do You Think?
:
Do you think that sex or violence on television influences how promiscuous or violent our society becomes? Do you think the sexual stereotypes in commercials and advertisements shape our attitudes toward gender relations? How do you think you have been influenced by the media?
·
Section 2: What Does Research Tell Us?
:
Discuss what research has revealed regarding the impact of sexually violent and degrading media on the attitudes and behaviors of men and women. What effect, if any, does this “exposure” have on intimate relationships?
2.
TOPIC 2
·
Section 1: What Do You Think?
:
Describe your ideal marriage/cohabitating partner and their characteristics (e.g. appearance, personality, and occupation). What circumstances or conflicts (if any) would lead you to consider a separation or divorce (e.g. infidelity, refusal to have children, disease, or cross-dressing)?
·
Section 2: What Does Research Tell Us?
:
After a review of the literature, discuss the factors that determine with whom we fall in love; and the principle factors involved in keeping a relationship strong.
3.
TOPIC 3
·
Section 1: What Do You Think?
:
Imagine that you have always been attracted emotionally and sexually to your own sex and that your family has rather traditional religious and conservative views. Would you tell your family about your attraction? If you were to disclose your sexual orientation to your family, how would you do it? What do you think their response would be?
·
Section 2: What Does Research Tell Us?
:
From your research, what are the steps that people can take to communicate to others about their sexual orientation? What is the process of “coming out”? Briefly discuss the social and psychological effects on people who are unable to disclose their sexual orientation or introduce a lifetime partner to family and friends.
4.
TOPIC 4:
·
Section 1: What Do You Think?
:
Both men and women may sometimes give unclear signals about whether they are willing to engage in sexual contact when they are in a potent.
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Human Behavior
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Students are expected to watch at least 30 minutes of political ne.docx
Students are expected to watch at least 30 minutes of political news a week. Nearly any news program is acceptable, foreign or domestic, including public television, cable, and online sources. The key is diversity. Do not take in the same news source week after week. Be sure to take notes during the program that you watch, including the program’s name, outlet (cable, television, online, etc.), and date viewed. You will write
two
1-2 paged papers, connecting current political news to the material from the textbook and lecture outlines. Detailed instructions will be posted on Titanium within the first two weeks of the semester. These two papers, along with your notes from watching the news, are to be stapled together and turned in as one assignment.
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Student will review prior readings (Chapter #8) and Klein Journal Ar.docx
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Paper will be completed in APA format.
.
Student Name Date Read the following case study and thorou.docx
Student Name:
Date:
Read the following case study and thoroughly and completely answer the questions that follow. Remember to use full sentences and cite sources to support any contentions that you make, using proper APA formatting.
CASE STUDY:
Mary is a 36-year-old stay-at-home mother of four children. She is starting to become a bit bored with staying home, having done that for the past 15 years. Prior to having children, Mary worked in a credit union and enjoyed her job. She especially liked the precision of number crunching. She has carried this characteristic into her housekeeping chores. She tries to keep her home spotless, even with four children. She cleans the two bathrooms every day, vacuums, dusts, picks up toys, and performs various and sundry cleaning chores. Clutter and messiness bother her, and she is almost neurotic about cleaning. She is a perfectionist and knows it. All of her friends agree, but she is able to laugh at this quirk and not take herself too seriously.
Although maintaining a house with four children might seem overwhelming to others, Mary handles these chores fine and has time (sometimes while cleaning) to keep in close touch with her friends, especially with phone calls. Mary is continuously on the phone. Her friends are a very important part of her social support network, especially since she does not have coworkers with whom to interact and because her husband travels a lot for his job. Often, her friends seem more important to her than her spouse and she seems to have a better relationship with them than her husband. They describe her as being fiercely loyal, supportive, and talkative. They also know that she has a good heart. She is always willing to help another mom whose babysitter got sick by watching their child while she goes to work. If a friend is feeling overwhelmed about preparing for an upcoming party, she is willing to cook or bake something for them. You would never know from looking at her that Mary is such a warm and caring person. She actually looks a bit intimidating and angry, but that is just because her age is starting to show with somewhat deep lines between her eyes, which is mistaken for a frown. She is aware of this contradiction and is a bit self-conscious of her frown lines.
Mary is also insecure about not having attended college. Many of her friends graduated from college. Some even have doctorate degrees, but Mary never did. She does not think of herself as unintelligent, but she sees herself as uneducated and defers to others with a better education. Her friends see her as very intelligent, and they encourage her to pursue at least an associate’s degree mainly so she will feel better about herself. Mary is considering this possibility. It is something that she has always wanted to do. In particular, she is thinking about getting an associate’s degree in legal business studies and becoming a legal assistant after all of her children are in middle school. They will be old.
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Option #1:
WRITING
PROJECT
(Choose 1 out of the following 7 Topics)
:
Paper
heading
should include:
Student Name;
Student ID #;
and Section 001.
Pages must be:
typed and double-spaced:
12 point font;
1” margins.
It should be a minimum of 6 pages and is due on
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HARD COPY ONLY.
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Date:
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Group 2 Final Project
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Alton Hinton
Shawn Henson
Sarah Holley
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1.0 Test plan identifier 4
2.0 Introduction 4
2.1 Objectives 4
2.2 Background 4
2.3 Scope 4
2.3.1 In Scope 4
2.3.2 Out of Scope 6
2.4 References 6
2.5 Roles and Responsibilities 6
2.5.1 Developer 6
2.5.2 Test Team Member 6
2.5.3 Test Lead 6
2.6 Definitions 7
2.7 Suspension Criteria and Resumption 7
2.8 Pass/Fail criteria 7
2.9 Testing Resources 7
3.0 Methodology 8
3.1 Overview 8
3.2 Unit Testing 8
3.3 Integration Testing 8
3.4 Final Delivery Testing 9
3.5 Bug Regression 9
3.6 Test Complete Criteria 9
3.7 Test Deliverables 9
4.0 Bug Tracking & Reporting 10
4.1 Bug Reporting 10
4.2Assigning Labels 10
5. Approvals 11
List of Figures
Figure 1: GitHub Issue Form10
List of Appendix
Appendix A
Appendix B
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Maximum players: 6
Minimum players: 3
Bait cards: (Adjective/Question Options)
Response cards: (Noun/Answer Options)2.3 Scope
2.3.1 In Scope
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h.
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Software Design Specification Document (SDD)
By David M. Jones
November 16, 2014
Table of Contents
1. Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 1
1.1 Purpose ……………………………………………………………………………………… 1
1.2 Scope …………………………………………………………………………………………. 1
1.3 Definitions and acronyms …………………………………………………………… 1
2. References ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 1
3. Decomposition description ………………………………………………………………………. 2
3.1 Module decomposition ……………………………………………………………… 3
3.2 Concurrent process decomposition ………………….………………………. 9
3.3 Data decomposition ………………………………………………………………… 10
4 Dependency description …………………………………………………………………………. 11
4.1 Intermodule dependencies ……………………………………………………… 13
4.2 Interprocess dependencies ……………………………………………………… 14
4.3 Data dependencies ………………………………………………………………….. 15
5. Interface description …………………………………………………………………….………… 16
5.1 Module description …………………………………………………………….……. 16
5.2 Process description ………………………………………………………………….. 24
6. Detailed design ……………………………………………………………………………….….….. 25
6.1 Module detailed design ………………………………………………….………. 25
6.2 Data detailed design ……………………………………………………….….…… 30
1. Introduction
1.1 Purpose
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management system for a bed and breakfast operation. It describes how reservations and financial
transactions are made. It also specifies the human to computer graphical user interface screens.
1.2 Scope
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breakfast business. Customers can call the Bed and Breakfast reservation phone number and give desired
reservation dates. A staff member can check the available and give the daily price rate for each room. The
customer can provide a reservation guarantee date. The guest reservation information will be entered by
the staff member while the customer is on the phone. After the stay, there is a check out process.
Additionally the owner can generate a profit report to monitor the financial status of the operation.
1.3 Definitions
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b. Reservation – A room assigned to a guest stay for a specific date range
c. Guarantee – Financial contract between the management of the bed and breakfast and a guest that
a room reservation will be available to the guest
d. Workflow – Sequential steps needed to accomplish a task
e. Domain Object – A computer entity that holds information for a given function
f. User interface – A computer graphical element that enables the user to interact with the software
g. GUI – Graphical User Interface which the method by which the user interacts with the BBMS
2. References
IEEE. Std 1016-1998 IEEE Recommended Practice for Software Design Descriptions. IEEE Computer Society,
1998.
3. Decomposition description
Entity Rel.
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Software Engineering Capstone 1
SWE481: Software Engineering Capstone
Phase 2 IP Software Engineering Methodologies
July 21, 2014
Contents
3Phase 1 Project Outline
3Development Methodology
4Phase 2 Software Production
4Requirements
5Design
6Application Architecture
7Music Player Main Screen
8Class Diagram
9Use Case Diagram
10Phase 3 Rapid Development (TBD)
11Phase 4 Project Scheduling (TBD)
12Phase 5 Project Risks (TBD)
13References
Phase 1 Project Outline
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1. Pilot Application
2. Radio module
3. Subscription module
4. Social Media Module
5. Project CloseDevelopment Methodology
The development methodology will be that of Iterative/Incremental that allows for breaking up the project into small digestible chunks and is easy to understand. This method is similar to making small waterfalls out of each iteration of the software. This method allows for quick testing and customer feedback. This is best suited for small teams that support parallel coding and testing which will be used in this project. The ability to release the product in 90 to 120 days below budget is planned.Phase 2 Software Production
Requirements
The requirements gathering sessions will be completed by formal meetings, chat and email interaction. This will be done due to the various locations of the stakeholders and team members in this project. The original project inception and the requirements for the agreed upon project were gathered by email correspondence between the team members. The group leaded compiled a list of the initial requirements and this was discussed during a live chat meeting. The requirements are as follows;
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· Player Module to include equalizer module ( Includes 5 bans of equalization)
· Radio module (search for music interest)
· Subscription module (create playlists, add music to library)
· Social media module
· Project close
· Application will operate across multiple platforms (Supports iOS, Android, Windows 8.x)
· Paid subscription for direct listening
· Free listening for radio playlists
· App will use backend services already exist from current website
· App will integrate into existing backend services
The first 5 requirements are functional requirements and the remaining 7 requirements are non functional requirements. The functional re.
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Strength–Based Approaches Paper
Covering
Displaced Homemakers
People over 60
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All key elements of the assignment are covered in a substantive way.
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The learning team selected a special population from those listed in University of Phoenix Material: Strength-Based Approaches and included the following topics:
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Problems faced by special populations in society
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Strengths of these special populations and how those strengths can enhance individual and community empowerment
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The content is comprehensive and accurate.
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Sociology Project
CLASSROOM “COMPARATIVE CULTURE” STUDY
Write an essay comparing / contrasting the classroom culture of three
different teachers (Do not use actual names – substitute “Teacher A”, etc.)
A. Describe the class as a culture. Include:
· General atmosphere of class
· Seating patterns (e.g., students sitting toward back, male/female division, etc.)
· Rules – formal and informal
· Teacher’s mannerisms, attitude, teaching method / style.
B. Assess student comfortability and productivity in each setting.
C. As you write the essay, attempt to determine whether classroom culture has an impact on students’ lives / attitudes and, if so, what that impact might be.
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Socometal: Rewarding African Workers
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Mr. Olivier Bernard, a graduate of Ecole Centrale in Paris (one of Frances’s more prestigious engineering schools), was the French production manager, and Diop was the assistant production manager. Mr. Bernard was about 40 and had not succeeded at climbing the hierarchal ladder in the parent company. Some report that this was due to his tendency to be arrogant, uncommunicative and negative. His family lived in a very nice neighborhood in Marseille, and it was his practice to come to Dakar, precisely organize the work using various flowcharts, tell Diop exactly what was expected by a certain date and then return to France for periods of two to six weeks. This time he maintained that he had contracted a virus and needed to return for medical treatment.
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Diop pondered what N’Diaye had propos.
Sociology and General Education [1964]By Robert Bierstedt.docx
Sociology and General Education:
[1964]
By Robert Bierstedt
Sociology has many uses that are alike unsung and unappreciated. Some of these uses pertain not to its function as an instrument in the acquisition of knowledge but to a rather different kind of function—its function in the course and process of education. I am inclined to think in fact, as I hope the following remarks will show, that sociology is one of the most valuable of all of the disciplines in the university curriculum and that one of its most distinctive virtues lies precisely and centrally in the realm of general education.
Those of us who are engaged in the sociological enterprise ourselves tend to think—perhaps inevitably—that sociology is for sociologists, or at least for those who want to become sociologists. In our colleges and universities, however, we teach sociology to many more than these. It has been estimated that only two per cent of undergraduate students major in sociology and that only three per cent of this statistically small figure go on to do graduate work in sociology. The vast majority, in short, study sociology with no vocational or professional purpose. They appear in our undergraduate classes and study our introductory texts either because sociology is required as a supplementary subject in a closely related curriculum or because it satisfies a social science requirement in a curriculum for which another science would do equally well. There are those in addition, we may suppose and hope, who study sociology without being required to do so because it satisfies some wayward or vagrant curiosity of their own, because it stimulates an intellectual interest, because it has its own intrinsic fascination. This paper examines some of the educational and cultural advantages that sociology has to offer these other groups of students, particularly the last, comprised of those who have no intention of making a career in the field and who have no professional requirement to satisfy. I propose to show, in short, that sociology has an important role to play in general education, a role that is wholly commensurate with and sometimes even superior to the roles played by such older disciplines as history, literature, and philosophy. I shall maintain that sociology has many virtues that contribute to the cultivation of the intellect and that it merits a high rank. therefore, among the liberal arts and sciences.
The Liberated Mind:
The first of the educational virtues of sociology is that, like all al the liberal arts, it liberates the student from the provincialism of time, place, and circumstance. One of the great disabilities al those who have been denied the benefits of education is their parochialism, their attachment to the narrow corner of earth wherein they dwell. These are the people—and unfortunately they are the vast majority of mankind—who retain throughout their lives a primitive loyalty to their initial culture. For the uneducated t1 initial culture .
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