Socs 185n week 4 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Instructions Choose one question from each of the question sets below (2 sets total). In other words, you will … answering two questions total (1 from each set). Question Set 1 Explain the difference between income inequality and wealth inequality in the United States. Explain the racial wealth gap. What is social stratification? Examine four common ways or systems in which groups have become stratified. How does race or ethnicity play a role in the stratification? Briefly compare and contrast...

Initial Post Instructions Think of a person you know (either yourself, someone you know, or even a famous person with, perhaps a “rags to riches” story) who has experienced significant upward or downward mobility over the past three or four generations. For the initial post, address the following: Briefly describe the person (and be sure to respect confidentiality of others and, as always, remember to be respectful of potentially sensitive information, and remember there is no guarantee of p...

SOCS 185N Week 8 Quiz (100% Correct) (TCO 8) The natural growth rate of a population is derived from the subtraction of the crude death rate from the crude birth rate. crude birth ra te from the crude death rate. net death rate from the gross death rate. net birth rate from the gross birth rate. live fish rate from the gross net weight. Chapter 15 (TCO 8) The basic idea behind demographic transition theory is population patterns reflect a society’s level of technological development. populatio...

SOCS 185N Week 4 Quiz-Exam 2 Study Guide

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: • Textbook: Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8 • Lesson: Week 3, 4 Instructions Choose one question from each of the question sets below (2 sets total). In other words, you will be answering two questions total (1 from each set). Question Set 1 Explain the difference between income inequality and wealth inequality in the United States. Explain the racialwealth gap.What is social stratification? Examine four common ways or syst...

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: • Textbook: Chapter 7, 8 • Lesson • Minimum of 1 outside scholarly source Initial Post Instructions Think of a person you know (either yourself, someone you know, or even a famous person with, perhaps a "rags to riches" story) who has experienced significant upward or downward mobility over the past three or four generations. For the initial post, address the following: • Option 1:Briefly describe the per...

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: • Textbook: Chapter 7,8 • Lesson • Minimum of 1 outside scholarly source (in addition to thetextbook/lesson) Initial Post Instructions Think of a person you know (either yourself, someone you know, or even a famous person with, perhaps a "rags to riches" story) who has experienced significant upward or downward mobility over the past three or four generations. For the initial post, respond to one of the foll...

Questions 1. How do food systems shape social structures (e.g. population, mobility, hierarchy, decision making, etc…)? In particular, how have changes in population size impacted social organization over time (in other words, explain the role that agriculture has in the emergence of the state (government) ascentral to socialorganization)? 2. In what ways is hegemonic “nutritionism” (Pollan) an outcome of the historical shift first toagriculture and second to industrialagriculture? 3. ...

SOCS 185N Week 4 Assignment: Social Class & Inequality Explain the difference between income inequality and wealth inequality in the United States. Explain the racial wealth gap. Income and wealth are important aspects to consider from a sociological standpoint. Although they have some similarities, income and wealth have significant differences. Kendall (2018) defines income as “the money, wages, and payments that people receive from their occupation or investments” (p. 204). Kendall (2018)...

Week 4 Discussion: Social Mobility 2929 unread replies.4949 replies. Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity:  Textbook: Chapter 7, 8  Lesson  Minimum of 1 outside scholarly source (in addition to the textbook/lesson) Initial Post Instructions Think of a person you know (either yourself, someone you know, or even a famous person with, perhaps a "rags to riches" story) who has experienced significant upward or downward mobility over the past t...