BBF 1-1 2010 SOCI 1013 Christmas break assignment

SOCI 1013 Reading Guide and Homework

Second Semester SY 2010-2011

I. Important Concepts for Reading: Please read the chapters relevant to the topics listed below. You may add references from the Internet provided that you include the URL and cite the sources properly.

A. Sociological Perspectives

1. Microperpectives - Rational Choice; Exchange Theories; Symbolic Interaction

2. Macroperpectives – Structural Functionalism vs. Conflict Theories

B. Socialization

1. Definition of Socialization

2. Types of Socialization

3. Stages of Socialization according to George Herbert Mead

4. Jean Piaget’s Psychomotor Stages

5. Process of Socialization

a. George Herbert Mead’s Self – “I” and the “Me”

b. the Significant Others

c. the Generalized Others

d. Taking the Role of the Other

C. Small Groups

1. Definition of Groups

2. Comparison of social groups to social aggregate and social categories

3. Primary groups and secondary groups

4. Primary and secondary relationships

5. Factors that lead to the formation of Primary Relationships

D. Social Processes

1. Definition of Social Processes

2. Types of social processes

a. Cooperation

b. Competition

c. Conflict

d. Amalgamation

e. Acculturation

f. Assimilation

g. Accommodation

II. Homework: (To be written or typed on short bond paper; to be submitted on January first day of classes and emailed as attachment to angsosyoklasrum@yahoo.com)

A. Sociological Perspectives

1.a. Write the definitions of the following:

a. Rational Choice theories

b. Exchange Theories

c. Symbolic Interaction

d. Structural Functionalism

e. Conflict Theories

1.b. Compare and contrast the structural functionalist and the conflict perspectives. Shoe your comparison in table form

B. Socialization

2. Create a Life Map showing the important people in your every stage of your life such as birth, toddlerhood, childhood (elementary days), adolescence (high school); college etc. Highlight the significant events that affected the formation of a “SELF CONCEPT” or how you view yourself to be. You may draw the life map and put the text in boxes for every stage.

C. Small groups

3. During the Christmas break, try to observe your interaction with your family, relatives, friends, former classmate, and even people in the mall or places you go to. Write an essay on how people behave in groups. (Approximately two pages single space short bond paper)

D. Social Process

4. Watch “The Last Samurai” (Tom Cruise as lead actor). If the film is not available, you may choose classic films such as Dances with Wolves, Pilipinas, Kapit sa Patalim, Bata bata Paano ka Ginawa, Mano Po Series Or any film that you believe sill show different social processes.

List the social processes and then give the definition and describe each process then cite and describe a scene from the film that you watched and explain how it shows the process.

There are four short assignments but you will submit all four assignment as one homework output. You will submit the printed (hard copy) on January 4, 2010 but email the homework to angsosyoklasrum@yahoo.com and salocinnitsuj@gmail.com on or before January 3, 2010.

Enjoy the holiday!

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