positivist paradigm will you use to make deductions

First- You must watch a movie, called ”American Violet”. You have 2 different assignments. First assignment, half page: Concepts and Paradigms for Report #1, answer following questions: 1. What is the movie that you are watching? Why did you choose this one? 2. Which positivist paradigm will you use to make deductions, Durkheim and Functionalism or Marx and Conflict? Examine the two positivist paradigms below (major concepts are listed under them). 3. Which concepts from these paradigms do you see evidence for in the movie? Choose 5 or more concepts from the list below and use them in sentences to describe the evidence. Durkheim and Functionalism: Examine this chart to help you understand this paradigm. *Manifest function *disfunction *social solidarity or cohesion *anomie *social change through evolution Marx and Conflict Paradigm: Examine this diagram to help you understand this paradigm. *social classes (i.e. statuses based on income/wealth, race, gender, etc.) *inequality *social conflict *competition *social change through revolution. Second Assignment. Instructions for Report #1: Apply Theories to a Movie. General Education Objective #1: Students will know what critical thinking is and how to use it by using sociological paradigms to explain the social relationships they observe in a movie. Course Objective #2: Students will use modern sociological paradigms, arguments and concepts to explain the relationships between individuals in a movie and how the movie represents macro-level aspects of society. Preparation *Review the theories and paradigms that Conley discusses in Chapter 1 of the textbook and examine this document which includes arguments and concepts from each paradigm. *Examine this ConflictDiagram.pdf *Examine this Functions of Institutions Chart.pdf *Respond to discussion questions that are posted in this webpage and read responses from other students. *Watch a movie from this list: Movie List.html . ”American Violet” Report Outline Because this is a report and not an essay, you can simply write your responses in the order of the questions. Each question can be a separate paragraph. Include the underlined concepts in your responses. A. Introduction (half page, 20 points) Please write the introduction AFTER you have answered the questions in the other sections. Then, come back and write one sentence that describes what you will be saying in each section. 1. What is the title of the movie and why did you choose it? 2. Sentence about interpretive paradigm. 3. Sentence about positivist paradigm. 4. Sentence about conclusion. B. Apply an Interpretive Paradigm to Make Inferences about Relationships between People (1-2 pages, 30 points) Self-reflection: Describe your subjective experience of the movie. Please be specific and provide explanations or examples. 1. Overall, did you enjoy the movie? Explain what you did and did not enjoy. 2. What emotional reactions (laughter, boredom, anxiety, satisfaction) did you have during the movie? Explain the characters’ experiences or actions that influenced your emotions. 3. Which of the characters in the movie did you sympathize or empathize with, or understood their feelings and thoughts? Why? 4. Which of the characters in the movie did you dislike or have difficulty understanding their feelings and thoughts? Why? Weber and Verstehen: Choose ONE character in the movie whom you believe you understand (choose from #3 above) and imagine yourself experiencing the situations which s/he encountered in the movie. Answer these questions to guide your interpretation. Include the underlined concepts in your responses. Give specific examples from your observations to support your answers. 1. What is the name of a character in the movie whom you understand? What do you understand about the character? Social status, personality, emotional reactions, motivations, beliefs, behaviors…? 2. Who was an agent of socialization for this character in the movie? What statuses did these two characters have in their relationship with each other? 3. How did these two people interact in one conversation or argument? What did they say to each other and how did they act and react toward each other? What symbols were important in this interaction? Words? Facial expressions? Body language? What meanings did the symbols have for each of the characters? Did they share the same meanings? 4. Did these individuals interact differently when they were on the front-stage (in public) than they did on the back-stage (in private)? Explain what they did differently. 5. Who changed their sense of self when these two people interacted? What changed or what did they learn from each other? C. Apply a Positivist Paradigm to Make Deductions about the Society (1-2 pages, 30 points) Identify the macro-level aspects of the society in the movie. Include the underlined concepts in your responses to these questions: 1. Where does the movie take place? Name the community of people or city, and nation? Where do you see evidence of the location in the movie? 2. During which time period does the movie occur: present day, 1900s, 1800s, what decades? Where do you see evidence of the time period in the movie? 3. What large-scale (historical) events or trends does the movie show or mention? (i.e. war, economic changes, changes in culture, technological inventions, social movements, etc.) Where do you see evidence? 4. Which paradigm is most helpful for making deductions about the movie, Durkheim or Marx? *Examine the two positivist paradigms below. CHOOSE ONE of these and answer the questions about the society in the movie. Include the underlined concepts in your responses to the questions. Durkheim and Functionalism: 1. What social institutions were important in the movie? Social institutions are listed on the Functionalist chart. Name and give a brief description of at least 2 institutions in the movie: family, education, religion… 2. Which institution is most important? Why? What are the manifest functions of the institution which is most important? Discuss 2-3 manifest functions. In this movie, is this institution functional or dysfunctional? Explain your thinking and give evidence from the movie. 3. How did individual people in the movie function within the institution? Which individuals performed their role (duties) adequately and which did not? Describe 2 individuals and how they performed their roles. 4. What social forces were important in the movie? Social forces may include the division of labor, social solidarity, social regulation, social integration, routines within institutions, anomie (little social regulation or low predictability in life)… Name and give a brief description of the most important social force in the movie. How did this social force affect 2 or more individuals in the movie? Marx and Conflict Paradigm: 1. What aspects of economy or politics (government) were important in the movie? See the chart of social institutions for ideas. Name and give a brief description of the businesses and the technologies used at work that you see in the movie. How did businesses, technology or work affect individuals in the movie? Describe. Name and give a brief description of the government agencies, policies or laws that you see in the movie. How did the government agencies, policies or laws affect individuals in the movie? 2. What groups of people formed around social statuses (i.e. categories such as class, race, gender) in the movie? What names or labels did people use for themselves and others in these groups? Did the groups with common interests treat “others” unequally? How? Did these groups compete with each other or engage in conflict? Describe a situation in which this occurred. 3. How did individuals in the movie react to the competition or conflict between groups? Describe examples of individuals who participated in the competition or conflict and others who avoided it. Hide Folder Information Instructions Report #1: Apply Theories to a Movie General Education Objective #1: Students will know what critical thinking is and how to use it by using sociological paradigms to explain the social relationships they observe in a movie. Course Objective #2: Students will use modern sociological paradigms, arguments and concepts to explain the relationships between individuals in a movie and how the movie represents macro-level aspects of society. Preparation Review the theories and paradigms that Conley discusses in Chapter 1 of the textbook and examine this document which includes arguments and concepts from each paradigm. Examine this Examine this Functions of Institutions Respond to discussion questions that are posted in this webpage and read responses from other students. Watch a movie from this list: Movie Report Outline Because this is a report and not an essay, you can simply write your responses in the order of the questions. Each question can be a separate paragraph. Include the underlined concepts in your responses. A. Introduction (half page, 20 points) Please write the introduction AFTER you have answered the questions in the other sections. Then, come back and write one sentence that describes what you will be saying in each section. What is the title of the movie and why did you choose it? Sentence about interpretive paradigm. Sentence about positivist paradigm. Sentence about conclusion. B. Apply an Interpretive Paradigm to Make Inferences about Relationships between People (1-2 pages, 30 points) Self-reflection: Describe your subjective experience of the movie. Please be specific and provide explanations or examples. Overall, did you enjoy the movie? Explain what you did and did not enjoy. What emotional reactions (laughter, boredom, anxiety, satisfaction) did you have during the movie? Explain the characters’ experiences or actions that influenced your emotions. Which of the characters in the movie did you sympathize or empathize with, or understood their feelings and thoughts? Why? Which of the characters in the movie did you dislike or have difficulty understanding their feelings and thoughts? Why? Weber and Verstehen: Choose ONE character in the movie whom you believe you understand (choose from #3 above) and imagine yourself experiencing the situations which s/he encountered in the movie. Answer these questions to guide your interpretation. Include the underlined concepts in your responses. Give specific examples from your observations to support your answers. What is the name of a character in the movie whom you understand? What do you understand about the character? Social status, personality, emotional reactions, motivations, beliefs, behaviors…? Who was an agent of socialization for this character in the movie? What statuses did these two characters have in their relationship with each other? How did these two people interact in one conversation or argument? What did they say to each other and how did they act and react toward each other? What symbols were important in this interaction? Words? Facial expressions? Body language? What meanings did the symbols have for each of the characters? Did they share the same meanings? Did these individuals interact differently when they were on the front-stage (in public) than they did on the back-stage (in private)? Explain what they did differently. Who changed their sense of self when these two people interacted? What changed or what did they learn from each other? C. Apply a Positivist Paradigm to Make Deductions about the Society (1-2 pages, 30 points) Identify the macro-level aspects of the society in the movie. Include the underlined concepts in your responses to these questions: Where does the movie take place? Name the community of people or city, and nation? Where do you see evidence of the location in the movie? During which time period does the movie occur: present day, 1900s, 1800s, what decades? Where do you see evidence of the time period in the movie? What large-scale (historical) events or trends does the movie show or mention? (. war, economic changes, changes in culture, technological inventions, social movements, etc.) Where do you see evidence? Which paradigm is most helpful for making deductions about the movie, Durkheim or Marx? Examine the two positivist paradigms below. CHOOSE ONE of these and answer the questions about the society in the movie. Include the underlined concepts in your responses to the questions. Durkheim and Functionalism: What social institutions were important in the movie? Social institutions are listed on the Functionalist chart. Name and give a brief description of at least 2 institutions in the movie: family, education, religion… Which institution is most important? Why? What are the manifest functions of the institution which is most important? Discuss 2-3 manifest functions. In this movie, is this institution functional or dysfunctional? Explain your thinking and give evidence from the movie. How did individual people in the movie function within the institution? Which individuals performed their role (duties) adequately and which did not? Describe 2 individuals and how they performed their roles. What social forces were important in the movie? Social forces may include the division of labor, social solidarity, social regulation, social integration, routines within institutions, anomie (little social regulation or low predictability in life)… Name and give a brief description of the most important social force in the movie. How did this social force affect 2 or more individuals in the movie? Marx and Conflict Paradigm: What aspects of economy or politics (government) were important in the movie? See the chart of social institutions for ideas. Name and give a brief description of the businesses and the technologies used at work that you see in the movie. How did businesses, technology or work affect individuals in the movie? Describe. Name and give a brief description of the government agencies, policies or laws that you see in the movie. How did the government agencies, policies or laws affect individuals in the movie? What groups of people formed around social statuses (. categories such as class, race, gender) in the movie? What names or labels did people use for themselves and others in these groups? Did the groups with common interests treat “others” unequally? How? Did these groups compete with each other or engage in conflict? Describe a situation in which this occurred. How did individuals in the movie react to the competition or conflict between groups? Describe examples of individuals who participated in the competition or conflict and others who avoided it. D. Conclusion (half page, 15 points) The ability to make inferences and deductions about social situations are important critical thinking skills. Review the inferences and deductions you made using sociological paradigms in the previous sections of this report. Then, answer the questions about your own thinking. Which paradigm makes the most sense to you? Why? Which paradigm is most confusing to you? Why? Can you apply any of the concepts or paradigms to actual social situations (not movies)? Explain which you can apply. How did this report help you to develop a sociological imagination? Give an example which shows how you connected the personal experiences of an individual with social changes that occurred in the movie. E. Works-cited and Formatting (5 points) HERE is a citation you should use for the textbook: Conley, Dalton. You May Ask Yourself. 5th ed., . Norton, 2017. Link: Examine this library guide to help you learn how to cite sources in your report. When you use quotes from a book, an article, or video, make sure you place the words in quotation marks and include internal references to the article. This means, at the end of the sentence with the quote, type the authors name and page number where you found the quote. Put parentheses around this information. It should look something like this: (Conley, p. 15). You need a bibliographic citation for these quotes at the end of the report. If you are not sure how to write a citation, please see the instructions at the library’s website. Instructions for Formatting the Report In the top left hand corner of page 1, please type your full name, date, and title of the report. Reports should be typed in 3-6 pages. Use double-spacing between the lines and 12-point font. Save the document in a Word document (.doc) or .rtf. I cannot open Word Perfect documents. If I receive a document electronically, and cannot open it, I will notify you and it may be considered late. Grading Rubric I will evaluate your report and award points according to the answers you give to each question and the items listed below. If you answer half the questions, you may receive no more than half the points. Because this is a report and not an essay, you can simply write your responses in the order of the questions. Each question can be a separate paragraph. Demonstrate your understanding of sociology by including key concepts from the textbook, definitions and/or examples of them that show your understanding of the concepts and how to apply them to the topic of the report. When you include a definition of a concept, be sure to put quotation marks around the definition and cite the source (. textbook).