Subject : Sociology Submitted on : 14/3/2014 Submitted to : Sir Yaseer Ahmed Q1) Is family in decline? Ans:- The consensus approach of functionalist writers tends to see the family as working like the part of human body‚ In society‚ family is a vital organ like heart in human’s body. Fucntionalist sociologist state that the function of the family is to socialize children‚ which in turn benefits both children and society and it keeps the society stable. In 1949‚ Murdock carried out a study
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Natee’ Hunter May 26‚ 2013 Sociology 201/501 Essay Exam #1 Does Divorce Have Long-Term Damaging Effects on Children? 1. No: No Easy Answers: Why the Popular View of Divorce is Wrong written by Constance Ahrons‚ co-chair of the Council on Contemporary Families‚ from We’re Still Family: What Grown Children Have to Say about Their Parents’ Divorce. She explains at the beginning of her article that she was divorced and that the passing of her ex-husband actually brought her and his new
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WHAT EFFECTS DO SCHOOLS HAVE ON INDIVIDUALS AND THE SOCIETY AS A WHOLE? Joseph Rainier C. Arriola Student‚ CPTE Summer 2014‚ Sociology of Education‚ Bulacan State University A school is an institution for learning such that when we talk about school‚ we apply the term to mean education. Education‚ if looked at beyond its conventional boundaries‚ forms the very essence of all our actions. What we do is what we know and have learned‚ either through instructions or through observation and assimilation
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Mary fisher promotes the theme of freedom by having a self determination to have power to speak up for herself and for everyone about the issue of HIV and AIDS so everyone should be aware on this issue. She wanted to help the world to be safe because everyone is at risk of getting HIV or AIDS. Mary Fisher made a speech about HIV and AIDS because she wants to raise awareness so she can help everyone to know about it. Since Mary fisher has HIV‚ she wants to tell that everyone is risk at these kind
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Danielle Polisseni Sociology 101 Extra Credit Being a deviant person in our American culture means being marked as an outsider. Labeling deviant behavior is a society’s attempt to regulate people’s thoughts‚ feelings‚ and behaviors so each person falls within the “normative” range of things. According to our American values‚ your friend is deviant in some ways but some of the things he does wouldn’t be considered deviant
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The usefulness of interviews in Sociological Research In assessing the usefulness of interviews within sociological research it is noted that sociology is an academic discipline and such it requires a methodology to reach conclusions thus it must have ways of producing and analysing data in order to test theories(Haralambos and Halborn 1995:808) Two main methods of data collection exist within sociological research these are quantitative and qualitative methods. Quantitative methods are favoured
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One of the most productive chemists that have lived through history seizes to be Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier. Known mainly for his works in naming elements like oxygen and hydrogen‚ establishing the infrastructure of the phlogiston theory‚ developing the metric system and helping establish the role oxygen plays in a combustion reaction he has most significantly changed Chemistry as a whole for millions around the world. Mr. Lavoisier was born on August 1743 to a noble family in Paris‚
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Bibliography: Curry‚ Tim‚ Robert Jiobu‚ and Kent Schwirian. Sociology: For the Twenty-First Century. New Jersey: Pearson Education‚ 2008.
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Fisher v. University of Texas This case was granted writ of certiorari by the United States Supreme Court on Tuesday‚ February 21‚ 2012 and argued on Wednesday‚ October 10‚ 2012. The petitioner in this case is Abigail N. Fisher and the respondent is the University of Texas at Austin. Fisher filed suit with the district court and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the court decided in favor of the University of Texas. The state of Texas has legislature that was enacted
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References: Henslin‚ J. (2013). Essentials of Sociology: A down-to-earth approach. (10th ed.) New York: Pearson Publishing. Sandoval‚ E. (2013‚ May 28). Gangs Talk Truce in World Murder Capital. CNN. Retrieved from http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/28/world/americas/honduras-gang-truce/index.html?hpt=wo_c2
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