...socialisation refers to the first and most important stage of the socialisation process by which young children absorb the norms and values of their culture, mainly from their parents. Note: make sure your answer explains both ‘primary’ and ‘socialisation’. 3 One way in which the nuclear family is more suited than other types of family to modern industrial society is that it allows for geographical mobility; it is easier to move a nuclear family to a new area for, say, a new job than to move an extended family. A second way is that the division of roles by gender means that the male breadwinner can work long hours in a workplace while his wife cares for the children and home. Note: the word ‘suggest’ in the question indicates that you do not have to provide evidence that your answers are correct. There will be more than two possible answers. 4 One change...
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...Shaquisha Barrow September 26, 2012 Journal #10: The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven Intro to Lit 1. I got very confused when I was searching for the original “Lone Ranger and Tonto” because I saw different versions of it and I wasn’t sure which was which. I did however, find the definition of “Tonto”, which means silly or dumb and “Ke-mo sah-bee which means trusty scout. I believe that the narrator was Tonto in society’s eyes. The narrator couldn’t even go into a certain part of town without people calling the police because he looks “suspicious”, or walk in a store to get a few snacks without people being scared of him. I believe that heaven represents America and the “American dream” which, to me, is to have freedom, happiness, and wealth. The narrator along with the other Native Americans on the reservation, symbolizes Tonto, he trusts his girlfriend (The Lone Ranger), to help him better himself and reach the American dream but instead she, along with help from others, knock him down and stop him from reaching his dream. The woman that he loved was supposed to be there to help him and encourage him but instead they always clashed and argued. The narrator said that they never physically fought, but she always knew what to say to hurt him. Based on my experiences, most of the people we attach ourselves to, know how to hurt us the most. I think that society as a whole was a symbol of the Lone Ranger. The narrator just wanted to live his life like a regular American...
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...The attacks on United States soil that occurred on September 11th were unlike any acts of terror the country had ever endured. Never had a terror attack claimed so many lives, created so much devastation, and yielding so much change in the United States Government. In the days following the attacks, many questioned why the intelligence community wasn’t aware of such an impending act of terror on U.S. soil. In what some historians may refer to as a knee-jerk reaction, the intelligence community was granted additional jurisdiction through the “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001” or commonly referred to as the “PATRIOT Act.” This expansion of the government’s...
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...Name: SCLY 1: Families and Households Revision Notes 2011-12 By the end of this unit you should be able to * answer any question on families and households ! Key definitions: A family is usually a group of people related by marriage or blood. A household is a person living alone or a group of people living together who may or may not be related. Theories of the family From the specification: The relationship of the family to the social structure and social change * Functionalist views: the importance of the nuclear family, the universality of the family, changing functions, how the nuclear family ‘fits’ modern society. * Marxist views: the family as part of the ideological state apparatus, as an agent of social control. * Feminist views: patriarchy; liberal, radical and Marxist feminism. Consensus/Positive views of the family | Conflict/critical views of the family | * Functionalist theories: the family performs positive functions for individuals and society * New Right theories: the family is the cornerstone of society, but it is under threat | * Marxist theories: the family provides important functions for capitalism * Feminist theories: the family reinforces gender inequality and patriarchy | Functionalist theories GP Murdock | Evaluation | Murdock argues that the family is a universal institution (it exists everywhere) that performs four major functions: * Stable satisfaction of the sex drive with the same partner, preventing the...
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...Bradley Prof: Bagher Fardanes, Ph.D., MPA Business 508 Contemporary Business 18 April 2013 The first Five Guys restaurant opened in 1986 in Arlington Virginia founded by Janie and Jerry Murrell The name Five Guys was inspired by Murrell’s five son’s Matt, Jim, Chad, Ben, and Tyler which are currently involved in the business. Matt and Jim travel visiting over 1000 locations, Chad oversees the training of new employees, Ben is in charge of selecting the rapid growing franchisees, and Tyler is in charge of running the bakery department. Most Five Guys restaurants have a simple layout of tables and chairs for dine in customers where there are bags of potatoes stack along the wall for lack of storage space and also peanuts to enjoy while you wait for your order to be ready. The kitchens are open behind the counter which is used for placing and picking up your orders. The restaurant’s décor is simply a layout of red and white checkered tile, because of the owner’s high concentration on the best juiciest burger on a fresh bun and perfect fresh cut fries. Five Guys uses only 80/20 fresh ground chuck high quality ground beef never frozen with no fillers. They do not use ammoniated procedures to treat the groud beef which means that there is no “pink slime” in the burgers. Five Guys purchase all of their raw materials from major meat suppliers in the United States that follow all procedures set forth by the USDA. The burgers are hand formed cooked to perfection on a grill. They...
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...result of adultery. These are just a few of many trends when it comes to divorce rates. But why is divorce increasing? Well again there are a lot of reason as to why this may be like changing social attitudes causing less stigma to divorce or generally just being unmarried, The attitudes and roles of women are changing and women are becoming more financially independent so they don’t need to marry to have a man to be dependent on financially. Secularisation would be another reason as religion has lost its importance to most in today’s society so there is less importance and rush when it comes to marriage. In the past because of the stigma attached to being unmarried people would just stay in their marriages even though there was no love or properties of what marriage should have, but now that there is less stigma a lot more lone parents have popped up, the government has realised this and has given help to such and this could be another reason why divorce is increasing. Finally, there has always been an importance of sex to humans and in the past the only realistic way this “need” could be met was to get married but in todays society that isn’t the case anymore, there is now a wider availability of effective contraception so people can have safe sex. All these and many more are the reasons why divorce may be rising. The feminists have implemented some Marxism in their theory as to why divorce is...
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...taught by the family. A home is where a family lives. It may be alternated to the word ‘house’ but a house is more appropriately referring to the material structure, whereas ‘home’ refers to the intangible things that bind together the family members. It is the immeasurable love and care that keeps together the mother, father and their children. However, no matter how ideal a family in the terms of their relationship, there are still hardships and misunderstandings that will come along the way. It is just part of any relationship anyway. But, the sad part is when one of the family members gave up and the others have no choice but to accept and let go. Thus, the family starts to be broken. Broken family varies from numerous reasons why it had to be that way. But usually, misunderstanding starts from simple domestic quarrel that grows impertinently damaging the long-forged relationship between the family members. When a couple split up, it is the children that are greatly affected scarring them physically, emotionally and socially. The most common dispute between a husband and a wife is the financial issue. This is rooted when the father, which should be the provider for the family, can’t give enough money for the sustenance of the whole family. A vice that cannot be given up may be associated with this. Or early marriage could be the reason of the financial setback. Teen pregnancies are very much high in rate in the last decade. A couple that haven’t able to finish studies...
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...The projects incremental cash flows? These cash flows are those that are relevant to the valuation of the project. In this case it is depreciation. Using the MACRS we can determine for how much the project will be depreciated and what the net cash flows will be after tax and after depreciation. This cash flows are the sum of the depreciation tax saving and the after-tax cost saving. This shows the company’s profit for each of the eight years. 4) What is the project’s NPV? Explain the economic rationale behind the NPV. Could the NPV of this particular project be different for Lone Star Petroleum Company than for one of Chicago Valve’s other potential customers? From the calculations, the NPV is ($17301). (revise) The NPV process helps investors determine whether or not projects are profitable. There is a very important concept in finance: time value of money. One dollar today is worth more than 1 dollar in the future. Since the net cash flows here are future projections, it is necessary to bring the value of the investment to its present value. If the present value is positive, the project will be profitable; therefore, it can be approved. If the NPV is negative, the project should be rejected since the costs of investment exceed the returns. 3. Calculate the proposed project’s IRR. Explain the rationale for...
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...The Riot Club Essay - September 2015 Introduction We see tendencies of a divide in social classes everywhere in the world. However, it is very interesting that this divide in social classes plays such a big role in one of the most globalized and industrialized nations in the world. Today, children from the wealthiest families gather up in the best elementary schools, high schools and universities in which they get provided the best teachers and the best education as possible. This tendency leaves nothing for the people in the lower classes. The film The Riot Club from 2014 describes these differences very well. It is about Alistair Ryle and Miles Brown, two students at the Oxford University, which both come from rich families. They get invited to join the Riot Club, which is a closed society for the 10 best students at the university. Throughout the film we follow their development in the Riot Club and also touch upon their different point of view on lower social classes. This assignment contains analysis of setting, characterization of main person and themes in the movie The Riot Club. When we are talking about the setting in The Riot Club, we may conclude that we are dealing with the upper class and the richer part of the British society. The film takes place at Oxford University, where we are following two new students. We know Oxford University as one of the finest universities in Great Britain and maybe even one of the most promoted universities on the entire planet...
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...Richards wakes up to a gloomy day in New York. He rolls out of bed and stumbles to the shower. The Marketing Associate for Apple’s New York headquarters starts his day just like every other. “ Honey,” his wife Jennifer calls from the kitchen “some men stopped by looking for you yesterday, they said they worked with you but I didn’t recognize any of them.” “ Did they leave anything for me?” Charlie asked. “ No they said they’d stop by another time.” She said. Not thinking twice about it Charlie said his goodbyes and went on to his boring day at work. But today would be anything but boring. Charlie arrives at his work, punches into his computer terminal, and goes through his morning routine. He gets his breakfast and coffee and heads back to his desk to start his day. While working on a new pitch for his boss he gets a phone call. “ Charlie.” says a raspy voice on the other end. “ Who is this?” asks Charlie quizzically. “ That isn’t important,” says the man “ what is important is we have your wife.” “ This fight isn’t with her,” says Charlie “ what you want is with me let her go and take me.” “ We can’t do that Charlie, now I will be contacting you later with some instructions that you must do to keep her alive.” The phone call ends the long drawn out beep that happens when the line is dead rings in Charlie’s ear. He knows what he has to do. He has to get her back safely. Charlie rushes home, he just up and walked out of his job and runs 5 blocks...
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...Some are more credible than others. The most accepted theory is called “the lone gunman theory.” Government officials know for a fact that a man named Lee Harvey Oswald was on the 6th floor of the Texas School Book Depository and shot at JFK with a high-power rifle. Then, he ran down the stairwell and left the building, traveling east. Meanwhile, chaos is breaking out on the street and on the news. People were running the streets and there were news interruptions on TV! People were losing their minds! Oswald went back to his house at 1026 North Beckley Avenue and grabbed another gun. One hour after the incident, the police found the hidden rifle and bullet shells in the 6th floor of the depository. At the same time in a different area, Officer Tippit of the Dallas Police is shot and killed by someone, and some think it was Lee Harvey Oswald’s doings. In that same area, Oswald was caught in a theatre and arrested. After being interrogated he was found guilty of only killing Officer Tippit. When they were transporting him to a more secure jail, Oswald was shot by a man named Jack Ruby. After attempted surgery, Oswald was announced dead. This was the story announced to the public confirming that Oswald acted alone. Yet, others still thought differently. The next question that was brought up is why Jack Ruby killed Oswald. Was it because he hated Oswald for killing the president or...
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...challenges feminist have posed, the report will consider the importance of feminism in today’s society, assessing our assumptions about families and to what degree it is considered a priority. As a matter of interest, there will also be a discussion on the effect of feminism on families on an international scale. This research report will seek to conclude concisely the ways in which feminists have challenged the basic foundation and ideas in relation to families. In the seventeenth and eighteenth century Cheal cites that the term nuclear family emerged describing a couple who are legally married and have their own children residing in a permanent home. (Cheal, D. 2002) Talcott Parsons (1956) has suggested a possible rational justifying why the basic assumption of families exists. Parson’s view was based on the facts that women are responsible for expressing their feelings by providing care and security to children and offering them emotional support. In respect of men Parson suggested they are responsible for playing the instrumental roles by being the breadwinner in the household. In this era, it was considered that women and men carry out specific tasks which they are biologically best suited for....
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...SOCIOLOGY 1A06 – DECEMBER EXAM REVIEW 1. The Sociological approach: a. is not scientific b. suggests that relations we have with other people create opportunities for us to think and act c. suggests that relations we have with other people set limits on our thoughts and actions d. leaves the study of personal issues to psychologists e. b and c * EXPLANATION: Although sociology contains both objective and subjective elements it is a science. Sociologists observe reality in a systematic and controlled manner and evaluate the validity of their ideas based on observations. Objectivity plays the role of a reality check while subjectivity makes us set our priorities for research. The sociological approach to improving human welfare is based on the idea that the relations we have with other people create opportunities for us to think and act but also set limits on our thoughts and actions. Accordingly, we can better understand that what we are and what we can become by studying the social relations that help shape us. FOR EXAMPLE: even the most personal issues can be studied using a sociological approach Suicide could have been seen as an anti-social act caused by psychological distress but Durkheim studied it from a sociological perspective correlating it to “social solidarity”, how frequently people interact with others and share their beliefs, values and morals. Social forces then determine the likelihood to commit suicide. Sociologists use...
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...Evaluate the view that new cults and sects are replacing traditional religion as the means for experiencing and expressing religious belief in the world today In this essay, I will be evaluating the view that cults and sects are replacing traditional religion as for expressing religious belief in the world today. To do this I will be referring to a number of sociologists view on the idea of sects and cults. New religious movements such as sects and cults have become more common over the years. Many people are becoming influenced by these religious groups which tell citizens in society if they join them they will lead a better life. Many sociologists have argued that NRMs are increasing in size and popularity due to unjust events people are seeing in modern society. To begin with, many sociologists have argued that NRMs are no big influence on society and are just really to some extent a way of showing societies change, which is sure to happen over the years anyway. Wallis identified three main kinds of new religious movements. These are world affirming, world accommodating and world rejecting groups. Sociologists have argued the one that is short lived than the rest is the world rejecting. This group is usually classed as a sect or cult in which they are always highly critical of the outside world and demand significant commitment from their members. An Example of one of these is the Unification church (the Moonies) founded in Korea. They reject the mundane the secular...
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...Nation, were hit with more violence toward law enforcement officers. In the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a lone gunman shot six police officers, killing three and injuring three more. The suspect was linked to black separatism groups. He was shot and killed by a SWAT officer during a shootout with the police. Again I sat at home watching in disbelief and moving further into a darkened thought process. With this came a daunting realization. “There are some people who may want me dead.” Who wants to go to work each and every day and deal with this thought lingering in their...
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