How would you feel if people in your adoptive country treated you with disrespect because you had not learned their language yet? What impact would their insistence have that you give up your native language and speak only their language have on your identity and wellbeing?

This week your project asks you to investigate your macrosystem. In a 1-2 page paper, explain the role of culture and social structure in your macrosystem as well as how it connects to other parts of your ecosystem. Think in terms of big picture concepts such as ethnicity, religion, values, where you were raised, governmental laws, etc. Support your macrosystem analysis with references in APA format.

Describe a dysfunctional system. What would you do to transform the dysfunctional system into a functional system?

There is a sociologist who suggests that although oppressive systems seem stable, they actually straddle multiple levels. They can never be stable and unchangeable because, as the sociologist (Johnson) notes, it is “impossible for everyone to participate in any system in an unvarying and uniform way.” Thus, it is important for each of us to realize that we are constantly affecting the system of oppression and that change is a long-term, complex process. The first steps of change, then, are acknowledging that oppression exists and paying attention to how it works and how we participate in it (often unknowingly). It is possible for people to engage in “little risk activism” by engaging in small actions such as not laughing at jokes based on inequality, daring to make others uncomfortable in order to make a point, or correcting people when they make stereotyped assertions about other groups. Johnson notes that we should think about change as “small, humble and doable rather than large, heroic and impossible.” Discuss this approach to social change and social movements noting any efforts that you may have made/participated in to do so.

3. How successfully does Ngugi employ point of view in his novel Weep not, Child.

A controversy erupted in 2009 when images of the Rorschach test (a personality test) cards were posted on the Internet website Wikipedia, including information about common responses to each inkblot. Discuss whether information regarding psychological tests like the Rorschach should be kept secret or released to the public. Consider these questions: If you keep the details of psychological tests secret does it prevent the general public from questioning their validity? Do psychologists have an obligation to be transparent whenever possible? Is publishing information about the psychological tests the same as publishing answers to the GRE?

Is there a limit to cultural relativity? What is the relationship of human rights to group rights? Who decides what is right and wrong?

Impulse buying has become a significant problem in our culture with the easy access we have to regular and store credit cards. Consumer psychologists are very interested in why people will so easily give in to their impulse to buy. Is impulse buying a conditioned response? Discuss some of the techniques you believe that retailers use to condition the unwary consumer.

Treena is a personable student in Mr. Jordan's math class. Mr. Jordan can see that Treena is popular with her peers. He regularly sees her conversing animatedly with her friends in the cafeteria and before and after school. She does well in class also. Her homework is always on time and is usually well done. Her scores on tests generally range from 85 to 100%. She regularly volunteers to work problems on the board or to answer questions in class. In short, Treena is a good student who does everything that is expected of her. One day Mr. Jordan asks for volunteers to complete a problem at the board. Treena's hand shoots up and Mr. Jordan calls on her, "Treena, have a go at it". Treena approaches the board and examines the problem. She looks puzzled but begins to work it. She makes an error that will severely impact the final answer. Several other students begin to snicker. "That's enough", warns Mr. Jordan, Let Treena finish in peace". Treena's heart begins to beat faster. Her skin becomes flushed. She begins to perspire. The other children in the class begin to fidget. Some begin snickering again. After several seconds of standing at the board, but doing nothing, Treena runs out of the room in tears. "I can't do this, Mr. Jordan, I just can't", she says through her tears as she leaves. Mr. Jordan follows Treena and manages to calm her down. He reassures her that all students make mistakes and that there is no shame in it. He then asks that she return to class, which she does. After this, Treena no longer participates in Mr. Jordan's class. Once in Ms. Crauser's class, she begins to answer a question and freezes. The information seems to vanish from her head as she begins to talk. After that she no longer participates in any of her classes. When asked to do so, she simply looks down at her desk, refusing to say a word. After reading the case, please answer the following questions: What are the issues in this case? Please be specific. Analyze this case from a classical conditioning perspective. Please be specific. Analyze this case from an operant conditioning perspective. Please be specific. Develop a plan to help Treena, using principles of both classical and operant conditioning and social cognitive theory. Please be specific.

1. Outline and describe the various types and subtypes of arguments.

2. Define deductive and non-deductive arguments. Which type of argument is stronger and why?

What were some of the Maya’s architectural and mathematical contributions. Be specific. What was the black death and what effect did it have on Europe? What are the differences between the types of slavery traditionally practiced in Africa and the slavery that developed in the New World? What were the lasting effects of the Crusades? In what ways did they provide opportunities—both negative and positive—for cross-cultural encounters and exchanges?

Explain how sport is positioned in society and its role in the social world.

Analyze different aspects of social exclusion across sport, using the chosen theory.

How is Gardner’s“Multiple Intelligences” (Linguistic, Logical/Mathematical, Spatial, Inter- Intra-Personal, Musical, Bodily-Kinesthetic, Naturalistic) the most compelling account regarding the nature and the structure of intelligence. What it is about his theory that you think makes it better or more valid than other theories. Use and cite external source to support.

The five stages, denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance are a part of the framework that makes up our learning to live with the one we lost. They are tools to help us frame and identify what we may be feeling. But they are not stops on some linear timeline in grief.