Participant Observation: A Study in Gender Roles

Have you ever thought about how much of everyday life is organized by gender? When you stop to think about it, much of what most people do during the routine of a normal day is categorized as either masculine or feminine. From the soap you use for that morning shower to the restroom you use when are work, much of what we do is influenced — even dictated — by what society says is appropriate because of our biological sex.

To explore this concept of a gendered society in more depth, you will use the Participant Observation Checklist to organize and conduct your research to identify and explain two examples of how society is segmented by gender at any single location in your community. You might choose a park, a grocery store, your favorite pub or fast food restaurant, a department store, or the local hardware store. Remember that you should be acting in both the participant and observer roles. Look around to see if there are obvious signs that gender determines some aspect of how people act in that location. Then, use the structural functional theory to explain how separating events, actions, or even merchandize by gender works to keep the overall society stable.

For example, if you chose to observe as a casual shopper in department store, one obvious sign that gender is important in how the store is organized is that there are likely two different departments for women’s and men’s clothing. That same department store would likely have restrooms designated for ladies and gentlemen, too. The structural-functional perspective would suggest that separating the clothing by gender makes it more convenient for shoppers to find what they want, and separate restrooms for men and women are thought to be necessary for reasons of modesty that are part of stable cultural patterns of behavior within this society.

Instructions:

Complete the Participant Observation checklist to assist you with organizing your research and to take notes during your observation. Then, using your observation notes, write a paper that has these elements:

• An introduction that explains the research conducted and the purpose of the paper
• Detailed descriptions of the two observed instances in which gender influenced the actions of people in the real world. Be sure to address these questions: Who? What? Where? When?
• An explanation that incorporates the structural-functional theory to explain how gender was at work to keep society orderly in the social setting that you chose.
• A summary that restates the main points of the paper and suggests one lesson learned from the observation that is applicable to your own life in a gendered world.

Your paper should be between 4 and 5 pages, plus a title and reference page. You should include in-text citations in APA format for at least one academic source in addition to the course text. You should include the Participant Observation Checklist when you upload the Assignment into the Unit 4 Assignment Dropbox.

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After conducting research on a few government or organizational websites, develop a short scenario in which a person who is convicted of a specific crime encounters limited opportunities regarding employment and business opportunities, government benefits, and even social acceptance of that conviction. End your response by offering solutions to the barriers that the label has presented for the offender. Be sure to include the website or other references that you used to develop this scenario. Here are two search terms to help you with your research: consequences of criminal conviction.gov; collateral consequences of conviction.org

Your initial post should be at least 150-words in length. Your two follow-up posts should be at least 75-words in length each.

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Document of about 250–300 words. Your paper should be in APA format and you should cite all references used. Submit the Word document in the Unit 7 Seminar Dropbox.

• What are the dimensions of social inequality? How are these factors interrelated?
• How does social class affect values and life chances in the United States?
• What does the face of poverty in America look like?
• What does it mean to say that categories of race and ethnicity are socially constructed, and how does this social construction fit into the dimensions of social inequality?

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What are three ways that social stratification is evident in the community where you live? Explain using detailed examples of exactly what is unequal and why it matters. Do you think that individual effort or family background is the major reason for the examples of stratification that you have identified in the community where you live?

Your initial post should be at least 150-words in length. Your two follow-up posts should be at least 75-words in length each.

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Document of about 250–300 words. Your paper should be in APA format and you should cite all references used. Submit the Word document in the Unit 8 Seminar Dropbox.

• What are the forces behind the changes in family structure over the past few decades?
• How can family structure perpetuate inequality?
• How do demographic characteristics (i.e., age, sex, race/ethnicity, disability) influence the way that individuals experience family life?
• Are the traditional stages of family life still relevant today?

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What do you think are the two most important functions of the family? Give at least one example for each function to demonstrate why you think it is important to a person’s overall life outcomes. Explain whether you think that there is any particular family structure that makes it easier or more efficient to carry out these two important functions of the family. What examples or evidence can you offer to support your response?

Your initial post should be at least 150-words in length. Your two follow-up posts should be at least 75-words in length each.

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Status Analysis

When you think about the statuses that you hold in society, does your place within a family figure in as a major part of your self-concept? For some people, being a parent, a son or daughter, or even a grandparent, is the master status that defines who they are and around which they build the rest of their lives, and they devote much of their energies to playing the role that goes with that status. However, this is not true for everyone. Some people view their career title or their life as a student as their master status. Others see their volunteerism in the community as the status that defines them. But whatever the master status, everyone plays out the roles for a number of statuses in even the simplest of lives. For this Unit 8 Assignment, you are to spend time reflecting on the statuses that you hold right now in your life.

Create a PowerPoint Presentation that demonstrates at least four different statuses that you hold in society. Designate one status as the master status.

Use “selfie” photographs to illustrate yourself playing the role associated with each of these statuses. Consult the Professional Photojournalist Protocol document for guidelines on taking photographs for this Assignment.

The presentation should have at least 6 slides.

Slide 1 is a title slide with your name, the course name, the Assignment title and the date.

Slides 2–5 include pictures of you playing the role of four different statuses in your life (i.e., parent, student, pet owner, employee, good neighbor, community volunteer, patriot, etc.). One of these statuses must be identified as your master status. You are encouraged to use photos that you take of yourself in a natural setting.

Slides 2–5 use the Notes section under the slide to explain the status being depicted and briefly describes how you play the role in that status. (i.e., “This is me clowning around with my daughter in my master status as father.”)

Slide 6 gives a bulleted summary of the presentation, including a restatement of the master status.

No outside resources are required for this Assignment, but if you do consult any references, add a 7th slide to list them in APA format.

Please answer all of the following reflection questions from Chapter 4: The Executive Department and the Office of the Governor for this module. Make sure to copy the questions into your Journal Entry so that I know which questions you are referring to when answering. You must answer all of the questions, as well as separate your answers.

1. The book discusses six factors that influence the strength of the power of the governor. Those six factors are the number of elected statewide executives; tenure of office; the governor’s appointive powers; the governor’s budgetary powers; the governor’s veto powers; and the extent to which the governor controls his or her political party. Give me details about each of these powers, then at the end tell me what you can conclude about the powers of the governor of Texas?

Be as descriptive as possible with these powers and provide details. Elaborate on the conclusion about what you can conclude about the powers of the governor of Texas in relation to those specific six factors.

I provide for each part an example of how the final paper should look.

I also provide the 3 sources from our course and u need to find the other 3 related to each one from our course. and also choose other 3 for 1.4 part these last 3 should be related to the first 3 so total going to be 9 sources. 1.4 which i will send u the example and description in a message. u need to choose any narrow topic from the first three sources.

part 1.3

Rhetorical summary for 6 sources each summary should be 100-120 word with APA citation. I uploaded 3 sources from our course and I provided a links for the other 3 that I have chosen. I also provide an example of how the rhetorical summary and the final paper should look. please please follow the picture I provide for the Rhetorical summary

Description

Step 1: You will begin to narrow your focus by selecting the three general topic areas that are most interesting to you out of the five we have been discussing. Then, you will provide citations and summaries for two articles that you have read so far for each topic area. For each of the three broad topic areas, you will have one scholarly and one popular source correctly cited (APA) and summarized.

Step 2: After compiling your research log, you will write a 300-word response on the research you have conducted. The response will consider which one of the three remaining topic areas is the most interesting to you, what specific issue within this topic you want to research further, and why. After you have selected your subtopic research area, conclude your response by discussing why and for whom your subtopic is important, including groups or organizations. Include questions you still have about your subtopic that may advance your research forward.

Step 3: Finally, you will find and include three new sources you would like to read about the subtopic you have chosen, two public writing sources and one scholarly source. Cite each article accurately, but you do not need to summarize these articles now.

The total word count of this assignment should be 1000-1200 words.

please check all files I uploaded and let me know if there is any issues with them :

1 explanation , 1 example , 3 sources form the course + 3 sources links,1 picture of the summary.

part 1.4

Step 1. For each source, your annotation will include two paragraphs (approximately 300 words total). The first paragraph will summarize the source’s key ideas. Use the 4-sentence rhetorical summary model addressed in Project 1 Part 1. The second annotation paragraph will address the credibility of the source and note the links, patterns, similarities, and/or variances between the source and the other two sources.

Step 2. After you have compiled your annotations and synthesized their arguments and drawn preliminary conclusions about your subtopic, you are ready to write your introduction. This opening paragraph should introduce your reader to your subtopic area and identify what people/stakeholders might be interested in or influenced by your subtopic. The introduction will briefly explain why this research is important. To conclude the introduction, you will (a) represent your initial findings based on the research compiled in the annotated bibliography and (b) write a preliminary thesis statement that begins to frame these findings.

When writing your introduction, remember that you are still in the process of researching your subtopic. This means that your information will be brief, the conclusions you draw will be preliminary, and the thesis you compose will be representative of initial trends in ongoing research. Do not worry; you don’t have to have all the answers yet!

In this assignment, we need to write tow paragraph for every source.

The first image illustrates the first paragraph.( 9426)

The second image illustrates the second paragraph.(9427

will send 1.4 in a different massage.

Anglo-Saxons & Vikings

1. Briefly discuss the significance of ship burials, including the types of objects uncovered and their decoration. Address the Sutton Hoo Ship Burial (Figures 11-3 and 11-3a) and the Viking Ship Burial (Figures 11-4 and 11-4a).

Hiberno-Saxon

2. Why were illuminated Christian Books such an important product of Hiberno-Saxon monasteries? What is a carpet page? Include a discussion of Cross-inscribed carpet page from the Lindisfarne Gospels (Figure 11-7).

3. What was so unique about the high crosses of Ireland and northern Europe? Describe and analyze the High Cross of Muiredach (Figure 11-10).

Carolingian Empire

4. Who was Charlemagne and what were some of his accomplishments? How is he depicted in his Equestrian Portrait (Figure 11-13)? How does this equestrian sculpture differ from others we have studied?

5. Why were so many manuscripts written during reign of Charlemagne? Were they consistent stylistically? Compare and contrast the illustrations of St. Matthew from the Coronation Gospels (Gospel Book of Charlemagne) (Figure 11-14) and Ebbo Gospels (Figure 11-15).

Ottonian Empire

6. The Doors with Relief Panels from Saint Michael’s at Hildesheim (Figure 11-25) are unusual for their size, as most Ottonian sculpture was small in scale. Briefly describe and analyze the doors, noting the juxtaposition of Old and New Testament scenes.

You have been practicing counseling skills either on a volunteer or on yourself throughout this course.This paper is an opportunity to reflect on everything you learned.

Write a 250-500-word paper addressing the following:

What is the most significant information you learned about the skills required to be an effective counselor? Were there any skills that surprised you as you worked through the course?

What are your strengths as a potential counselor?These could be skills, attitudes or behaviors that will be an asset in the counseling role.

What skills do you think will be most difficult for you?What might be your handicaps as a counselor?

What are some specific actions you will take to prepare yourself for your future practicum experience?

Include at least three scholarly references in your paper, including

Egan, G. (2014). The Skilled Helper, 10th Edition. Belmont: Brooks/Cole, Cenage Learning.