The exam consists of 15 short answer questions. Some questions ask for a definition of a concept while others ask for application and/or analysis. Please answer each of the following questions in paragraph form with the question numbers labeled and submit the exam.  

Questions

1. How does a football game reflect a symbolic reality? How is this reality communicated and what are some of the symbols?
2. What is socialization? How does this concept relate to the nature/nurture debate?
3. Define rules of denial and give an empirical example of this concept from your own interactions.
4. What is emotion work or management?
5. What is the difference between surface and deep acting?
6. Select one of the articles that address feeling rules. What is the emotion and what is the feeling norm? How is the feeling rule learned?
7. What does it mean to say bodies are disciplined?
8. What are gendered bodily practices and how are these practices learned?
9. How is emotional management a part of gender identity? What role does emotion work play in the maintenance differences and inequalities between men and women? Provide a specific example to support your position.
10. What is an example of culture shaping your own bodily experience? How are cultural meaning inscribed onto the body in your example?
11. Describe the ways in which individuals have control over bodily practices, but are also limited in the freedom of expression. Explain how this paradox connects to the commodification of culture.
12. What is the I and Me? What is the generalized other?
13. What does it mean to say the self is social? What theoretical perspective does this statement represent?
14. Explain the model minority stereotype and describe how this cultural value impacted the identity development of the Cambodian American students.
15. According to Gubrium and Holstein, how do new forms of interaction and community building impact the social construction of the self?

Directions:

This exam covers the course material for the first half of the course. Some questions ask for a definition of a concept while others ask for application and/or analysis.

Please answer the following questions in paragraph form.

1. How does sociology understand social problems? Explain what makes this orientation to social problems unique?
2. Describe the concept of privilege. What are the key features of privilege according to McIntosh and Allen? How does this concept relate to oppression?
3. How was the indigenous body constructed as dirty and what are the impacts on the ongoing problem of sexual violence?
4. What is the difference between wealth and income? Why might wealth be a better measure of someones economic standing than income?
5. What are at least three of the social problems related to poverty? Do assistance programs and policies address poverty as one of the causes of the issue?
6. Describe how focusing on the morals and behaviors of the poor prevents Americans from seeing the social forces that create poverty.
7. How are racial categories socially constructed? How does this process connect to a history of racial inequality?
8. Define the concept of colorblind racism. How does this impact the ideal of racial equality?
9. What were original Jim Crow laws? Explain the meaning of the new Jim Crow laws?
10. Describe one approach/action that addresses the cultural and structural factors to gender inequality. How does this approach attempt to solve a specific social problem?

Essay Question 

1. How is masculinity constructed as violent? What is the role of the media in contributing to this social problem? Why should mass shootings be defined through a gendered framework?

Discussion Question: 

Violence against women is a key concern within feminism today. Below are a variety of different issues, movements, or organizations focused on violence against women. The causes range in scope and goals. Review the information on the web links provided and discuss the following questions. Please explore and discuss at least 2 different links in your original post. Try to make sure each link is addressed within the group by choosing to include one that no one has explored. 

1. How is the problem defined? What are the strategies for social change?
2. What programs or initiatives are related to the topic?
3. Does this organization/group/movement frame their action as feminists? If not, would you consider this a feminist cause?
4. What are the potential controversies and debates around the issue? How might an opponent of the cause/movement/organization frame their position? How might you engage in dialogue with them?

Links:

Test ethics cover both the creation and use of tests. For this Discussion, you concentrate on the implications of test misuse. These can relate to test use with diverse groups, licensure issues, adverse impact, or test security, to name a few.

Some important basic ethical principles regarding testing are as follows:

• The construction of tests needs to be done using appropriate psychometric procedures so that the test will provide valid measurement.
• When tests are used, they need to be properly selected. The test should be valid for the purpose used and should not be outdated. The selection should take into account the purpose of the testing and should also take into account the examinees language, culture, and disabilities.
• The test needs to be administered according to proper protocol in order to maintain standardization.
• The test needs to be interpreted and reported fairly, and the report needs to be stored properly. The responsible psychology professional should prevent misinterpretation and should prevent reporting that results in incorrect decisions or that causes the client unnecessary emotional harm. He or she should also protect the clients confidentiality.
• Test givers must maintain the security of test materials. Many tests, such as the Wechsler intelligence tests or the MMPI, have been developed over a period of decades. Public familiarity with these tests would destroy their usefulness. Test publishers generally have standards controlling who can buy and use their tests.
• A test has an adverse impact when it results in substantially different employment decisions (e.g., hiring, promotion, termination) for one group versus another group. This adverse impact is unlawful if there is no justification for it. For instance, some jobs might have tests of physical strength that result in fewer women being hired. The employer would need to demonstrate that physical strength is a legitimate job requirement.

To prepare for this Discussion, think of potential effects of tests not being administered, stored, or interpreted according to ethical principles. Consider the effects on both the individuals being tested and, potentially, the population at large.

With these thoughts in mind:

Post by Day 3 two potential effects of test misuse on individuals being tested and on the population at large. Support your answer with references to the APA Code of Ethics and other relevant standards.

Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources.

Read a selection of your colleagues’ postings.

As a scholar-practitioner, it is important to stay abreast of current leadership research and practice. In doing so, you have the opportunity to learn about trends in the field that may benefit you, as a leader, or your client. Like any other field, some trends will be fleeting, and some will persist.

For this Discussion, you will review recent volumes of leadership journals and visit leadership-specific websites to identify trends that you think will persist. You also will consider how such trends will change the practice of leadership.

To Prepare:

• Review the most recent volumes in the journals from the Learning Resources. Also, peruse the websites listed in the Learning Resources.
• Consider recurring themes related to leadership in the journals and on the websites. Based on the themes, identify one current leadership trend that you think will still be relevant in the future.
• Think about how the trend will change the future practice of leadership and the knowledge, skills, and abilities leaders would need to possess if the trend continues in the future.

By Day 3

Describe one current leadership trend you think will still be relevant in the future, and explain why. Then provide two examples of how the trend might change the future practice of leadership. Be specific. Finally, describe knowledge, skills, and abilities that leaders would need to possess if the trend continues in the future.

By Day 5

Find two examples of when communication was used to bridge two socio-cultural groups, and one example of divisive communication. You may use examples from public media (newspaper, radio, TV, etc.), but use at least one personal example. For each example, describe the context, the content, and the result of the communication. Your discussion post should be at least three paragraphs long (300 words).

Post your discussion by Day 3 of the week. Before beginning, carefully review the Writing Center’s guide

Initial Post Checklist: 

• Did you use scholarly resources to support your work?
• Did you discuss each area in the instruction and Grading Rubric?
• Did you use APA?

Respond to at least two of your classmates initial posts throughout the week. Each of your responses should be at least 100 words long. Both your initial post and your responses should refer both to your own experience and to content from readings, media, or websites.

Responses Checklist:

• Did you respond to two or more classmates throughout the week?
• Did you use scholarly resources to support your work?
• Did you discuss each area in the instruction and Grading Rubric?
• Did you use APA?

Point Value: 4 Points

Interview a community college counselor. The paper must include the following: Abstract, Introduction (stating what will be discussed in the interview paper), Name and title of person interviewed, Background (work experience and work history), Current Work Environment, Career Services offered, Training, Current Client Population, Counselors Role, Personal Counseling Philosophy, Theory Guiding Counseling Practice, Assessment Services, Day-to-Day Activities at Counselors Job, Professional Development, Rewards within the Field of Career Counseling, Frustrations within the Field of Career Counseling, Strategies for Advocating for Diverse Clients, Strategies Used to Facilitate Career Development, Strategies Used with Special Populations, and References 

MUST BE A MINIMUM OF 10 PAGES!!!!

PLEASE USE THE SAMPLE INTERVIEW PAPER ATTACHED AS AN OUTLINE TO THE PAPER!!!! 100% NO PLAGIARSISM!!!!

The paper must be submitted in Microsoft Word; Times New Roman font; 12 pt. font size; margins 1 on all sides; double-spaced.  The assignment should be written on a graduate level and references used should be cited within the discussion and documented in a reference list using APA styling.

Your post should be at least 350 words in length.  Be  sure to review the risk management practices from the Readings and use  the Internet and Library to research legal and regulatory issues common  to the human services profession.

Please respond to the following:

• Identify and discuss, in detail, the legal and regulatory issues common to the human services profession
• Discuss how risk management strategies might alleviate or avoid the risk of these issues.
• Develop a plan for how you might implement these risk management strategies in your own practice.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of these strategies.

Your post should be at least 350 words in length It  is not difficult to imagine that intimate relationships with clients  can have a detrimental impact both on the helping relationship and on  the client. In this Discussion, you will take the opportunity to analyze  the impact of such relationships and their effects on all parties  involved, including the human services practitioner. Use the Readings,  Internet, and Library to research the potential emotional,  psychological, and social impacts on the client in an intimate  relationship with a human service professional.

Please respond to the following:

• Create  a scenario, analyze it, and then discuss the likely and potential  impacts of intimate relationships on the client and the human service  professional.
• Research  similar scenarios in the state in which you live and discuss how such a  situation might be handled if it occurred in your state.
• Discuss risk management practices you may use to avoid such relationships in your own practice.

Discussion Prompt 1

Infant Intelligence

Developmental researchers have taken an  interest in measuring infant intelligence and exploring whether it is an  effective predictor of academic intelligence later in life. What is  your position on the matter?  Do you believe that one’s intelligence as a baby will yield the same  level of intelligence later in life? Use your knowledge about the  factors that can influence infant brain development and your understanding  of nature and nurture influences to support your answer. Support your  reasoning with information from the text, other course materials, and  these supplemental articles:

Discussion Prompt 2

Infant Emotional Stress

There is some debate regarding how often and how a parent should  respond and soothe an infant who is emotionally distressed. Some claim  that soothing an infant every time it cries may lead to developmental  issues where others claim that it does not. Based on your own opinion  and the research of developmental theorists, do you feel that repeatedly  soothing an infant is beneficial or detrimental to development? Why or  why not? What issues do developmental theorists claim may arise on  either side of the debate? How might attachment theory fit into this  debate? Support your reasoning with information from the text and other  course materials.

each prompt should be more than 150 words