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please separate the reponses by part 1, part 2.. and so on. …
please separate the reponses by part 1, part 2.. and so on.
explain your answers.
If you feel it necessary to quote from the material, you should make clear where you are quoting from. For example, if you are drawing on the textbook, write “Harrison claims that…” and include a page number.
Recourse: Power and Society an introduction to social sciences by brigid callahan harrison
Define four key terms. Follow the format of:
Define the term
Rewrite the definition in your own words
Provide an example
Explain how it’s an example
Explain the term’s significance to the course material
Sociology
Great Man Paradigm
Elite Theory
Animacy
Part 2: Choose one (1) of the following two (2) questions
What is a mesostructure? Provide two examples of mesostructures in your life. Explain why these are mesostructures
OR
What is a microstructure? Provide two examples of microstructures in your life. Explain why they are microstructures.
Part 3: Capital – answer the questions about the story below
Read the following story and think about types of Capital that we discussed in this course.
It is the 1960s! Put your mind back to a time when computers were not a household item, and girls wore bobby socks and cute dresses! The dresses have nothing to do with the question, don’t worry – the computers are the key part here to keep in mind.
As the heir to the maple syrup fortune of her family, Cheryl Blossom has always had access to the best. As a teenager, she attended the elite Academy of Unseen Arts. While at first she was a bit nervous about how to conduct herself at the school, she used the skills that her mother had taught her about how to design the most flattering outfits to convince the other students that she was going places. She soon became best friends with Sabrina Spellman, Wednesday Addams, Buffy Summers, and Morganna (no last name).While at school, Cheryl majored in computer programming, having access to computers at a time when home computers were quite rare. As a result, Cheryl has a deep understanding of how computers work that is not available to most people. Cheryl loved computers more than she loved maple syrup, and was soon head and shoulders above her classmates in her understanding of computer programming and how computers worked.
After graduating from the Academy, Cheryl attended Harvard Business School. Cheryl quickly started networking there the same way she had at the Academy, meeting and befriending several key congressmen’s sons & daughters. She hoped to use these connections in the future. At Harvard she learned how to effectively manage a business and the ways to woo investors into supporting her goals and dreams. She soon realized that maple syrup was not the future of the world, but computers were. As a result, she reached out to her friends from the Academy to help invest in her first major computer company. She called this company “R.I.V.E.R.D.A.L.E.” for some reason.
It is now 2023, Cheryl is now 67 years old and well respected as a genius billionaire, playgirl, philanthropist. She always has the best outfit on for the occasion and has used her influence to ensure that computers are available in every school in North America and has peppered the sky with satellites to help improve internet access. She is consulted by kings and presidents and owns her own emerald mine that she bought in 2002.
Cheryl describes herself as a “self-made woman.” (Questions are on the next page)
Use the completely made-up story above to identify the four types of capital that Cheryl has drawn on in her success. Define each type of capital and identify the portions of the story that relate to that specific type of capital by quoting that portion in your answer. There is at least one per type. Explain why that is an example of your type.
Part 4: Answer 3 of the following
How is institutional power different from personal power and how are they linked?
How urgent is the call for indigenizing the social sciences and why?
How do the social sciences differ from the physical sciences, especially in their use of the scientific method?
Part 5: Answer the following 1 question
Congratulations! You are now a Functionalist Anthropologist! You are being sent out to study the culture of students at the Academy of Unseen Arts! You are being sent to do research on why all the students there wear black despite the school not having uniforms. How would you conduct this research? To be clear: you are not being asked here what function the black school uniforms serve. You’re being asked how you would conduct the research itself. No results, just the way of doing the research.
Part 6: Answer the following question
Explain in your own words the difference between conflict theory and symbolic interactionism theory in sociology. How does each theory account for the change in fashion in the 20th century? How do you see these theories reflected in your own fashion choices?
