With reference to various examples‚ discuss how ‘natural’ disasters are socially constructed. While natural disasters such as floods‚ drought and hurricanes are commonly thought to occur due to environmental forces such as weather‚ climate and tectonic movements; a deeper investigation into the ‘disaster’ displays other contributing forces. Human factors have a large‚ if not equal‚ contribution to the occurrance and outcome of such disasters (Pelling‚ 2001). As Pelling (2001) argues‚ there is
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thought of differently than it ever was before. With so many mixes out there it is almost impossible to guess a person’s race based solely on appearance. Race is not something we can see or even prove scientifically. In modern terms‚ “race is a socially constructed category composed of people who share biologically transmitted traits that members of society consider important.” (Farrell 2012). Which means race is something made up by humans to categorize people who share biological traits. In a scientific
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Access the view that youth is socially constructed. There are many different views on how youth is constructed. Biologists believe that youth is created by biological changes that are occurring‚ as we get older. They believe that our attitudes and behaviour changes due to biological reasons. Biologists say that teens are restless and unsure about their identity due to the hormonal changes in their bodies. However‚ sociologists believe that childhood is shaped by the culture and the society in
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Respond to each question below. 1. Explain how race is socially constructed. Provide evidence that counters a biological explanation for race. Race has been socially constructed throughout history‚ and it continues to evolve and change as society suggests. The prominent society has created‚ grouped together‚ and stereotyped individuals influenced by several factors such as cultural stances‚ religion‚ tradition‚ and the more basic geographical origin‚ and physical characteristics
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that the social constructivist perspective clearly describes the self as we know it through the examination of the self in childhood‚ working life and throughout the ageing process. Ian Hacking states that something can be thought to be socially constructed if the following 2 claims are satisfied: (0) in the present state of affairs‚ X is taken for granted‚ X appears to be inevitable (1) X need not have existed‚ or need not be at all as it is. X‚ or X as it is at present‚ is not determined by
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Gender differences are biologically constructed. We are born either as male or female. Without going any further these statements appear normal and one can take the view that this is the general assumption. What then is sex? Is there a difference between sex and gender? Distinctions between sex and gender have been made by social scientists from the feminist movement of 1970’s‚ when feminists argued that the traditional views of masculinity and femininity often led to the disempowerment of women
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Social Identities are Socially Constructed Over the long history of our species‚ human beings have developed complex forms of identity‚ which makes it possible to interact and live together‚ says British Philosopher Kwame A. Appiah. Globalization has also seen new forms of differences amongst human beings generated all the time. Much before the 1960’s there were many identities that did not exist that we see in society today‚ such as Scientologists‚ punks‚ hip hop and so forth. These different identities
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Exam 2 Study Guide Book Chapter 6; Power Point Chapter 7: Social Thinking and Social Influence Know about snap judgments vs. systematic judgments. Know what attributions are Know difference between internal and external attributions Know the confirmation bias Know the self-fulfilling prophecy预言 Know what a stereotype is Know the fundamental attribution error Know that forming accurate impressions of others takes effort Know the differences between modern and ‘old-fashioned’ discrimination歧视 Know
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Outline and assess the view that crime and deviance are socially constructed There has been a pleather of research regarding the issue of crime and deviance. A definition of crime and deviance can be explained in relative terms which are dependant on any particular society’s interpretation of crime and deviance. Cultures differ from one society to another and the general consensus of right and wrong can also evolve throughout time. Definitions of crime and deviance can evolve with factors such
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How have anthropologists argued that gender is socially constructed‚ with reference to the Japanese and Mosuo culture.Within this essay‚ it will be discussed how anthropologists have argued that gender is socially constructed. It is argued that this occurs as a result of human behaviour‚ thought or interference‚ which reflects the social norms within a culture and is not due to any physical‚ natural or biological difference (Bussey & Bandura‚ 1999). When anthropologists discuss the societal construction
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