Answer all of the following questions, completely. Treat each one as a research essay question, with at least 3-4 well-developed paragraphs, not more than 20 percent direct (word-for-word) quotations from outside sources. Do not plagiarize any of your essays. Make certain that you conduct sound research and provide sources where required, be very thorough and detailed in your responses, provide well-organized and theoretically-sound responses, and present your position sociologically. The combination of these criteria will result in your grade. 1. It is important to articulate how beliefs, assumptions, and values are influenced by factors such as politics, geography, economics, culture, biology, history, and social institutions. Watch an episode of any television program dealing with older Americans (i.e. The Golden Girls (Links to an external site.)). Look for particular examples of stereotyping (Links to an external site.) about the elderly and discuss your findings. Using the sociological imagination, how does the media influence our beliefs about the elderly? (See pages 110-113). Go here to watch lecture 18. 2. It is important to understand how human behaviors are influenced by social structures, social forces, and individuals. In that sense, how does class conflict (Links to an external site.) affect health and healthcare? Select one racial or ethnic group in America and report your findings regarding the correlation. This will require outside research and a general review of chapter 8, 9, and 15). Please note that for this assignment, ″gender″ and ″sexuality″ don′t qualify as racial or ethnic groups. Native Americans or Hispanic Americans would be an example of an appropriate group to research. Go here to watch lecture 5 and 16. 3. Using the sociological imagination, how can television and movies perpetuate stereotypes (Links to an external site.) about people who are obese? Provide at least two specific examples from TV programs and explain how they apply. (See pages 110-113). Go here to watch lecture 5. 4. Why does the U.S. government reject universal health care (Links to an external site.) plans? What social forces are involved? Research former President Obama (Links to an external site.)′s proposed initiatives and compare them to Trump′ (Links to an external site.)s. Be sure to state your research sources. Review chapter 15 and conduct outside research. Go here to watch lecture 23. 5. Based on social structures, what are some reasons that life expectancy (Links to an external site.) has increased in America in the past 50 years? Research any Third World country (Links to an external site.). Then, evaluate a rationale for the statistical findings. What does data tell you about the life expectancy within a particular third world country? What have the trends been? Has life expectancy increased? If so, why is that? How do you explain the statistics? Does Demographic Transition Theory help? Make sure you understand what a third world country is. For example, Africa is not a third world country. It is a continent. You have to research a particular country. Review chapter 17. Go here to watch lecture 26. 6. It is important to enhance our knowledge of the social and cultural institutions of other societies and cultures in the world. In that context, how do the United States and Japan differ in their perspectives (Links to an external site.) on the elderly? What social forces influence how Japanese treat the elderly. A general review of chapter 3, my lecture on Japanese culture, and outside research will help with this question. Go here to watch lecture 6.
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