Two Assignments Discussion Board and Individual Project

Discussion Board:

 

Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 300–500 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

What would you do?

Sociology attempts to understand and explain social behaviors such as attitudes, violence and aggression, prejudice and discrimination, prosocial behavior where people help and cooperate with one another, self-identity and social-identity, social influence, and group behavior. People tend to behave differently in groups than they would behave individually. Group behavior can be positive, but it can also be damaging, such as the bystander effect (which is when the presence of other people prevents an individual from intervening in an emergency situation). For this assignment, consider how you would behave individually and if you were in a group.

Part 1

Watch the video What would you do to help a homeless stranger?

• How do you feel you would have reacted had you been a customer sitting at the bar when this situation happened? Why?
• Would your response and behavior have been different if you were by yourself or if you were with a group of your friends who did not want the homeless man to be served?
• To what extent do you feel social influence has on your behavior and your decision making?
• Was the scientific method applied in this social experiment? Explain your answer.

Be sure to cite your sources using proper APA format.

Part 2

Responses to Other Students: Respond to at least 2 of your fellow classmates with at least a 100-word reply about their Primary Task Response regarding items you found to be compelling and enlightening. To help you with your discussion, please consider the following questions:

• What did you learn from your classmate’s posting?
• What additional questions do you have after reading the posting?
• What clarification do you need regarding the posting?
• What differences or similarities do you see between your posting and other classmates’ postings?

Reference

thebaodao. (2013, February 10). What would you do to defend a homeless stranger? [Video]. Retrieved from the YouTube Web site: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uletl1MAeQ8

For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials.

 

Individual Project:

SOCL102-1501B-03 Introductory Sociology
Task Name:	Phase 4 Individual Project
Deliverable Length:	600–800 words
Details:	Weekly tasks or assignments (Individual or Group Projects) will be due by Monday and late submissions will be assigned a late penalty in accordance with the late penalty policy found in the syllabus. NOTE: All submission posting times are based on midnight Central Time. Religion Emile Durkheim, Karl Marx, and Max Weber each devoted some time to writing about religion and society, including questions such as the following: What do people believe? How do people talk about religion? How is religion organized? How do a person’s beliefs impact other aspects of social life? Review this Web site, and answer the following questions: What social purpose does religion serve? Define and give examples of each of the following terms: Profane Sacred Faith Ritual Choose 1 of these theorists: Max Weber, Karl Marx, or Emile Durkheim. Describe his thoughts and views on religion. Discuss how religion can exert social control over its believers. Be sure to incorporate at least 2 outside resources, and cite your sources following APA format. Reference Boundless. (n.d.). Understanding religion. Retrieved from https://www.boundless.com/sociology/religion-0012a374-36c5-4342-b187-15b13aa53bad/ Please submit your assignment. For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials.