Assignment: McDonaldization of society Tags

Assignment: McDonaldization of society Tags

Assignment: McDonaldization of society Tags

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Please write a 3-5-page essay covering the concepts of the midterm. Use at least half of the concepts

asked in the midterm to complete this assignment and supplicate your essay with additional concepts

discussed in class when relevant. Choose at least three of the articles below to complete this

assignment. You may also use other relevant articles as long as you cite them to strengthen your essay.

1. http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/npr/205547517/where-in-the-world-are-thereno-

mcdonald-s

2. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/11/opinion/sunday/when-leaning-in-doesnt-payoff.

html?_r=0

3. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/love-inc/2011…

4. http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/artificial-intelligence/study-shows-that-humansattribute-

morals-and-emotions-to-robots

5. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/magazine/22Adult…

6. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/opinion/sunday/living-alone-means-beingsocial.

html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

7. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/11/business/energy-…

8. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/16/the-pros-…

9. http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/category/the-…

10. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/16/us/middle-class-areas-shrink-as-income-gap-growsreport-

finds.html

Midterm questions and concepts are as follows:

SOC 131 Midterm

Please read and answer the following questions using short answers. Each question is worth 4 points.

1. What is “the scientific study of human activity in society or more specifically the study of the

social forces that influence or pressure people to behave, respond, or think in certain ways”?

Sociology

2. What is “the ever-increasing flow of goods, services, money, people, technology, information,

and other cultural items across national borders”? globalization

3. What is “the process by which a locality embraces, adapts to, or resists a product, an idea, a way

of behaving that has come to them in the cross-national flow”? It is also when something unique

to locality is launched on a path toward globalization. glocalization

4. What is known as “a quality of mind that allows people to see how remote and impersonal

social forces shape their life story or biography”? sociological imagination

5. What is known as “personal needs, problems, or difficulties brought on by individual

shortcomings related to motivation, attitude, ability, character, or judgment”? troubles

6. What is “a matter that can be explained only by factors outside an individual’s control and

immediate environment”? issues

7. Sociology emerged as a reaction to what? Industrial revolution

This is an ongoing and still evolving social force that transformed and is still transforming

society, human behavior, and interaction in incalculable ways.

8. Who are the founding fathers of sociology? Give at least two names. Marx, Weber, Comte,

Dubois,

9. What theory defines society as a system of interrelated, interdependent parts? Each part is

interdependent and functions to maintain a larger system. Functionalism

10. What are intended or anticipated effects that a part has on the existing social order? Manifest

functions

11. What are unintended or unanticipated effects that a part has on the existing order? Latent

functions

12. What is the theory that asks the question who benefits from a particular social arrangement,

and at whose expense? Conflict theory

13. This theory focuses on social interaction and related concepts of self-awareness/reflexive

thinking, symbols, and negotiated order. Symbolic interactionism

14. What method do sociologists adhere to? Scientific method

15. Why do researchers gather data? To test their hypothesis

16. What is a group to which a person belongs to, identifies, admires, and/or feels loyalty? In-group

17. What is the process by which people develop a sense of self and learn the ways of the society in

which they live? socialization

18. What are agents of socialization? Name at least two. Significant others, primary groups, ingroups

and out-groups, and institutions

19. What are everyday encounters in which people communicate, interpret, and respond to each

other’s words and actions? Social interaction

20. What are social statuses that are the result of chance in that people exert no effort to obtain

them? A person’s birth order, race, biological sex, and age are examples. Ascribed status

21. What are social statuses acquired through some combination of personal choice, effort, and

ability. A person’s marital status, occupation, and educational attainment are examples.

Achieved status

22. What is the model in which social interaction can be viewed as if it were a theater, people as if

they were actors, and roles as if they were performances before an audience? Dramaturgical

model

23. What is an organizational structure put in place to achieve some valued goal by using the most

efficient means to coordinate human activity? Bureaucracy

24. What is the process in which thought and action rooted in custom, emotion, or respect for

mysterious forces is replaced by instrumental-rational thought and action? Rationalization

25. What is “the process by which the principles of the fast food restaurant are coming to dominate

more and more sectors of American society as well as the rest of the world” (Ritzer 1993. p. 1)?

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS

Discussion Questions (DQ)

• Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
• Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
• One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
• I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.

Weekly Participation

• Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
• In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
• Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
• Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.

APA Format and Writing Quality

• Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
• Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
• I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.

Use of Direct Quotes

• I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
• As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
• It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.

 

LopesWrite Policy

• For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
• Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
• Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
• Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.

Late Policy

• The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
• Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
• If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
• I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
• As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.

Communication

• Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me: 
  • Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
  • Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.