Introduction to sociology

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Objectives

Define human nature and factors that affect human nature
Describe sociological interactions in everyday life and the factors that affect them
Review the information in the lesson on socialization and nature versus nurture.  Chose the side of the debate that you believe has the greatest effect on human nature. Do some research online to support your opinion.

Is there a lot of information to support your side of the debate?
Is there more or less information to support the other side?
Write a paper in which you support the nature or nurture side of the debate.

Do innate qualities or socialization ultimately shape who we become?
What information did you find which best supports your theory?
Use information and terminology from the lesson to support your claim as well.

Spirituality Assessment Project

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Answer the following questions: Given what you have readings regarding spirituality and your own knowledge and experiences with diversity and different religious and nonreligious spiritual traditions, respond to the following:

        To which spiritual perspectives do you have the most positive reactions, for example, you are in the most agreement with feel appreciation or attraction toward, are the most comfortable with finding it easiest to keep an open mind and heart about? What is it about you that contributes to these reactions? (e.g. knowledge, personal experiences, messages from family or larger culture?

        Consider how the following concepts are represented in the event: culture, cultural values, cultural ideology, cultural symbols, language, cultural norms, subcultures
        To which perspective do you have the most negative reactions what about you contribute to these reactions?

        Select one of the questions from Exhibit 6.5 in the Hutchinson textbook Chapter 6 and identify one question you would be comfortable asking a client. Now identify a question you might be uncomfortable asking a client. What factors may be contributing to your comfort and discomfort?

        Select one of the cases at the beginning of the Hutchison chapter 6 apply either Fowlers stages of faith development or Wilbers integral theory of consciousness. Discuss how the framework can be used to understand a persons spiritual development. How would this information help you work with him or her as a social worker?

Guidelines

        In 1-2 pages provide responses for the assignment above
        Use APA reference
        Use the readings to support your arguments

Readings:

Guiding Questions

        How are spirituality and religion defined?
        What is the premise of Fowler’s and Wilber’s theories on human spirituality?
        What role does a client’s religious or spiritual history play on their well-being?

Readings

        Textbook: Dimensions of Human Behavior: Person and Environment
            Chapter 6

        Article 1: Killing the Messenger: Religious Black Gay Mens Neutralization of Anti-Gay Religious Messages
           
        Article 2: Experiences of Muslims in Four Western Countries Post-9/11
           
        Textbook: Handbook of Child Psychology, By Oser, Scarlett, and Bucher, Pages 942-998

dining philophisor

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Use threads to implement three versions of the Dining Philosophers problem. One of the programs must be free from both deadlock and starvation. One of them should be vulnerable to deadlock, and the last should be vulnerable to starvation.
Finally, you will write a report explaining your implementation and addressing the following questions:
1. What method did you use to ensure that one version of your program was susceptible to starvation but not deadlock?
2. What method did you use to ensure that one version of your program was susceptible to deadlock but not starvation?
3. What method did you use to ensure that one version of your program was not susceptible to starvation OR deadlock?

COVI19 Final project

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This project is worth 100 points. Please do the Final Project.So it is really important that it looks good. It is important that it is done by the deadline because I have to present this. Please use MATLAB to get results of graphs,etc. Please put together a powerpoint and make sure you describe the graphs and tables that you coded because I have to understand this when I present this. I have a lot of finals and homework in other classes, so I it really is important that everything looks good. I am not sure if this is helpful but I attached chapter 7 and chapter 8 of notes that may assist in the Final Project.