05 Jul Movie Analysis: This week you will be required to watch Gran Torino.You will submit a 3-5 page analysis that answers and responds to the following 3 questions: 1. Analy

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Movie Analysis: This week you will be required to watch Gran Torino.You will submit a 3-5 page analysis that answers and responds to the following 3 questions: 1. Analyze Walt’s process of adapting to cultural diversity (Ch. 4). Identify the difference between Walt’s culture and...

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30 Jun Write a short summary of ‘The $12 Million Stuffed Shark’ and explain how it is relevant to the material we covered in this unit. 2. Where should sociologists focus their study: high culture

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   1. Write a short summary of "The $12 Million Stuffed Shark" and explain how it is relevant to the material we covered in this unit. 2. Where should sociologists focus their study: high culture or popular culture? Why? 3. Apply some of the theories...

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28 Jun Read Chapters 3,4 and 5 in the attached textbook. Answer the following questions separately while referencing material from the text. 1. ?List and describe the three stages of the interp

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Read Chapters 3,4 and 5 in the attached textbook. Answer the following questions separately while referencing material from the text. 1.  List and describe the three stages of the interpersonal perception process.  2. Discuss the difference(s) between the halo effect and the horn effect.  3....

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28 Jun Find & Post (or post a link to) a concept?of Interpersonal Communication (photo, short video, brief piece of writing, song, etc. related to this week’s chapter(s).?Analysis should be at

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Please read CH. 3, 4, and 5 in the text I've attached. Find & Post (or post a link to) a concept of Interpersonal Communication (photo, short video, brief piece of writing, song, etc. related to this week's chapter(s). Analysis should be at least...

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23 Jun Must all cultural objects be meaningful? Why or why not? Think of and list examples of US cultural objects that seem saturated with meaning and others that seem meaningless. Why a

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3. Must all cultural objects be meaningful? Why or why not? Think of and list examples of US cultural objects that seem saturated with meaning and others that seem meaningless. Why are some so exalted and others so ignored? How can both be...

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23 Jun How is Becker’s article ‘Art Worlds’ relevant to the material we have covered so far? ?How is ‘Framing Fat’ (the book summarized in the assigned blog post) relevant to the materia

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 How is Becker's article "Art Worlds" relevant to the material we have covered so far?  How is "Framing Fat" (the book summarized in the assigned blog post) relevant to the material we have covered so far?  Select a subculture within US culture, perhaps one that...

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18 Jun Watch this extended TV commercial, ‘Like a Girl’.? Discuss the ways that the term ‘like a girl’ has come to embody certain gender stereotypes.? Using one (or more) of the theories from the

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  Watch this extended TV commercial, "Like a Girl".  Discuss the ways that the term "like a girl" has come to embody certain gender stereotypes.  Using one (or more) of the theories from the section "Classical Theories and Feminist Thinking," how would that theoretical perspective...

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18 Jun The authors of your book point out that ‘race is a social concept, not a scientific one,’ and specifically define race as ‘a group of people who share a set of characteristics (usually phys

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  The authors of your book point out that "race is a social concept, not a scientific one," and specifically define race as "a group of people who share a set of characteristics (usually physical characteristics) deemed by society to be socially significant."  (215, 216)....

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18 Jun Reflect on your experiences as the therapist during the mock therapy session. Discuss challenges encountered, successful interventions utilized, and areas for improvement (include timestamp

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Watch your recorded session 1 and assess yourself in the below areas, be sure to include timestamps as necessary. APA format is required- 5 points. Answer the below questions in 2-3 pages (5 points).  Reflect on your experiences as the therapist during...

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14 Jun Write about a fad, fashion trend, riot, or panic about which you are familiar.? (You do not have to have experienced it yourself; it is okay to just know?? about this example.)?

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Write about a fad, fashion trend, riot, or panic about which you are familiar.  (You do not have to have experienced it yourself; it is okay to just “know” about this example.)  Use either contagion theories, emergent norm theories, or value-added theory in order to...

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