. Which of the following is an example of an etic statement about Americans?

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1. According to your textbook, “Contrary to a popular misconception in the West, homosexuality is not universally stigmatized. Based on the Standard Cross-Cultural Sample of 186 societies, Crapo (1995) found that only 31% of people stigmatized homosexual behavior, while the remainder either considered homosexual experimentation to be a normal developmental phase of preadult life (38%), accepted committed adult same-sex relationships as an alternative form of marriage (18%), or even required same-sex relationships among all males during a period that preceded their being permitted to marry heterosexually (12%)” (Crapo, 2013, p.161).
In America, the historical stigmatization of homosexuality is a product of (Points : 1)

enculturation.
cultural relativism.
minimalism.
universal moral values.
Question 2. 2. Which of the following is an example of an etic statement about Americans? (Points : 1)

July 4th is a federal holiday, and I enjoy having the day off from work. I usually spend time with my family and hang out at the pool.
The Fourth of July is the day we adopted the Declaration of Independence, declaring our independence from the British in 1776. This had a huge impact on the entire course of history, leading to the Revolutionary War and the creation of the best country in the world, the United States of America.
The fireworks displays are my favorite part of the Fourth of July. I also march in the local parade.
Americans celebrate the 4th of July as the day they declared independence from colonial powers in 1776. Food is often cooked outside on grills, even though most houses have electric ovens inside. It is very hot outside in the middle of summer, and although many people have electronic cooling devices called air conditioners within their homes, much of the day is spent outside. At night, explosives are set off in community gatherings to celebrate this holiday. Remarkably, very few people are hurt during these displays.
Question 3. 3. Which of the following is an example of an etic description of teen pregnancy in America? (Points : 1)

One of my friends in high school got pregnant in her sophomore year. She and the father decided to keep the baby, got married and just celebrated their 10th anniversary. They both finished college and have good jobs now. It just goes to show that people can overcome teen pregnancy and become successful parents.
Although popular opinion sometimes indicates otherwise, according to a statistical analysis from the US Department of Health and Services (2014), teen pregnancy rates have been steadily declining for the past twenty years. In America, most teenagers are not yet fully independent from their parents, as teenagers in other cultures sometimes are, so they are not ready to become parents. Since this issue has a huge impact on young women and men affected by it, this may account for the disparity between popular opinion and the statistical data on the subject.
In my opinion, anyone who gets pregnant as a teenager should have had better access to birth control and comprehensive sex education.
After polling my friends on Facebook, I’ve determined that teen pregnancy rates are not as prevalent among young people today.
Question 4. 4. Your Final Research Paper will consist of two parts, which are (Points : 1)

an etic discussion of another culture and an emic discussion of your own culture.
a reflexive discussion of another culture and an objective discussion of your own culture.
an etic discussion of your own culture and an emic discussion of another culture.
a culturally relativistic discussion of another culture and an ethnocentric discussion of your own culture.
Question 5. 5. For your Final Research Paper, you will demonstrate a perspective of cultural relativism throughout your writing. Which of the following is an example of a statement you should not include in your paper? (Points : 1)

I don’t understand why any cultures would practice infanticide. Why can’t they just apply for food stamps or put their children up for adoption if they can’t raise them?
While in our culture, killing a child seems unconscionable, in other cultures, food may become scarce enough that not all mouths can be fed, and the parents face the choice of infanticide or allowing everyone in the family to starve to death.
In what must be a heart-wrenching decision, some families are not able support two babies when twins are born and may practice infanticide. The alternative would be for both babies to die as the mother’s milk dries up because she cannot produce enough for both.
Without governmental safety nets in place, people in small-scale foraging societies may be forced to practice infanticide by circumstances outside of their control.
Question 6. 6. In remote villages in the Himalayas, the practice of polyandry, or having multiple husbands, works as a form of birth control. The land can only support a limited number of people, so from their perspective, it makes sense for women to marry multiple men in order to limit the number of children who are born. Monogamy or polygyny (men having multiple wives) would lead to an explosion in the population, but with polyandry, the wife can only have so many children, no matter how many husbands she has. (Points : 1)

This is an example of an emic statement about the practice of polyandry.
This is an example of an ethnocentric statement about the practice of polyandry.
This is an example of a false statement about the practice of polyandry.
This is an example of an etic statement about the practice of polyandry.
 
Question 7. 7. Which of the following is an example of an emic statement about Native Americans? (Points : 1)

When they were sent to boarding schools, Native Americans appreciated the chance to be assimilated into mainstream American culture.
Native Americans were happy to send their children to boarding schools to learn English and have better job opportunities.
For Native Americans, it was terrible when the US government forcibly took their children and sent them away to boarding schools to be “educated,” losing their native language and customs along the way.
The American government did Native Americans a great service by educating their children for them.
Question 8. 8. According to your textbook, cultural relativism is exactly the same as moral relativism (Points : 1)

True
False
Question 9. 9. When describing your own culture from an etic perspective for your Final Research Paper, you should (Points : 1)

rely solely on personal experience and opinion.
use reputable statistics and/or scholarly research to support any factual statements.
poll your friends and family on their experiences.
use opinions expressed in blog entries to support your points.
Question 10. 10. For your Final Research Paper, you will use an article by Miner entitled Body Ritual among the Nacirema. The following is a quotation from this article, “The Nacirema have an almost pathological horror of and fascination with the mouth, the condition of which is believed to have a supernatural influence on all social relationships. Were it not for the rituals of the mouth, they believe that their teeth would fall out, their gums bleed, their jaws shrink, their friends desert them, and their lovers reject them. They also believe that a strong relationship exists between oral and moral characteristics. For example, there is a ritual ablution of the mouth for children which is supposed to improve their moral fiber” (Miner, 1956, p.504). (Points : 1)

This is an example of an emic statement about American culture.
This is an example of an ethnocentric statement about American culture.
This is not a statement about American culture.
This is an example of an etic statement about American culture.

 

Describe the assessment process as related to individuals and families.

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Assessment is a structured approach to gathering and analyzing information about the client system and their story. How is the assessment process different when the client system is an individual or family versus a community made up of individuals and families?

Assessment involves gathering the needed information in order to determine appropriate intervention. Thorough assessment allows social workers to identify the problems that need to be addressed. Complex social problems often mean that both the micro and macro level factors contribute to social work cases.

In this Discussion, you compare differences in the assessment stage at different practice levels.

By Day 3

Post:

  • Describe the assessment process as related to individuals and families.
  • Briefly identify the types of information it is important to gather.
  • Compare how assessment is similar and dissimilar at the macro level.
  • Explain how you would gather the needed information at the macro level.
  • Identify a situation where a client system (micro or macro) may be reluctant to engage in the assessment process.

Explain the role you play in the pattern of global stratification around the world, as represented by the maquiladoras?

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Review the “Thinking Critically” section – “When Globalization Comes Home: Maquiladoras South of the Border Please respond to all of the following prompts:

 

Thinking CRITICALLY

 

When Globalization Comes Home: Maquiladoras South of the Border

Two hundred thousand Mexicans rush to Juarez each year, fleeing the hopelessness of the rural areas in pursuit of a better life. They have no running water or plumbing, but they didn’t have any in the country either, and here they have the possibility of a job, a weekly check to buy food for the kids. The pay is $100 for a 48-hour work week, about $2 an hour (Harris 2008). This may not sound like much, but it is more than twice the minimum daily wage in Mexico. Assembly-for-export plants, known as maquiladoras, dot the Mexican border (Wise and Cypher 2007). The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) allows U.S. companies to import materials to Mexico without paying tax and to then export the finished products into the United States, again without tax. It’s a sweet deal: few taxes and $17 a day for workers starved for jobs. That these workers live in shacks, with no running water or sewage disposal is not the employers’ concern. Nor is the pollution. The stinking air doesn’t stay on the Mexican side of the border. Neither does the garbage. Heavy rains wash torrents of untreated sewage and industrial wastes into the Rio Grande (Lacey 2007). There is also the loss of jobs for U.S.workers. Six of the fifteen poorest cities in the United States are located along the sewage-infested Rio Grande. NAFTA didn’t bring poverty to these cities.They were poor before this treaty, but residents resent the jobs they’ve seen move across the border (Thompson 2001). What if the maquiladora workers organize and demand better pay? Farther south, even cheaper labor beckons. Guatemala and Honduras will gladly take the maquiladoras. Mexico has already lost many of its maquiladora jobs to places where people even more desperate will work for even less (Brown 2008). Many Mexican politicians would say that this presentation is one-sided.“Sure there are problems,” they would say,“but that is always how it is when a country industrializes. Don’t

you realize that the maquiladoras bring jobs to people who have no work? They also bring roads, telephone lines, and electricity to undeveloped areas.” “In fact,” said Vicente Fox, when he was the president of Mexico,“workers at the maquiladoras make more than the

average salary in Mexico—and that’s what we call fair wages” (Fraser 2001). For Your Consideration Let’s apply our three theoretical perspectives. Conflict theorists say that capitalists try to weaken the bargaining power of workers by exploiting divisions among them. In what is known as the split labor market, capitalists pit one group of workers against another to lower the cost of labor. How do you think that maquiladoras fit this conflict perspective?

 

 

  • Explain the role you play in the pattern of global stratification around the world, as represented by the maquiladoras?
  • How do you add to the problem of the less fortunate around the world, like the maquiladoras?
  • What can or should be done to eliminate global stratification and the culture of poverty? Explain.
  • Explain how each of the sociological perspectives would explain poverty. Be certain to use all three major sociological theoretical perspectives individually — functionalism, conflict theory, and interactionism — in your discussion.

10-5 Allegro Supply Company, a newly formed corporation, incurred the following expenditures related to Land,

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10-5 Allegro Supply Company, a newly formed corporation, incurred the following expenditures related to Land, to Buildings, and to Machinery and Equipment. Abstract company’s fee for title search $1,222 Architect’s fees 7,450 Cash paid for land and dilapidated building thereon 216,200 Removal of old building $47,000 Less: Salvage 12,925 34,075 Interest on short-term loans during construction 17,390 Excavation before construction for basement 44,650 Machinery purchased (subject to 2% cash discount, which was not taken) 152,750 Freight on machinery purchased 3,149 Storage charges on machinery, necessitated by noncompletion of building when machinery was delivered 5,123 New building constructed (building construction took 6 months from date of purchase of land and old building) 1,139,750 Assessment by city for drainage project 3,760 Hauling charges for delivery of machinery from storage to new building 1,457 Installation of machinery 4,700 Trees, shrubs, and other landscaping after completion of building (permanent in nature) 12,690 Determine the amounts that should be debited to Land, to Buildings, and to Machinery and Equipment. Assume the benefits of capitalizing interest during construction exceed the cost of implementation. Land Buildings Machinery and Equipment Other Abstract company’s fee for title search $ $ $ $ Architect’s fees Cash paid for land and old building Removal of old building Interest on short-term loans during construction Excavation before construction for basement Machinery purchased Freight on machinery purchased Storage charges on machinery, necessitated by noncompletion of building when machinery was delivered New building constructed Assessment by city for drainage project Hauling charges for delivery of machinery from storage to new building Installation of machinery Trees, shrubs, and other landscaping after completion of building $ $ $ $ 10-8 On December 31, 2011, Hurston Inc. borrowed $7,110,000 at 12% payable annually to finance the construction of a new building. In 2012, the company made the following expenditures related to this building: March 1, $853,200; June 1, $1,422,000; July 1, $3,555,000; December 1, $2,844,000. Additional information is provided as follows. 1. Other debt outstanding 10-year, 11% bond, December 31, 2005, interest payable annually $9,480,000 6-year, 10% note, dated December 31, 2009, interest payable annually $3,792,000 2. March 1, 2012, expenditure included land costs of $355,500 3. Interest revenue earned in 2012 $116,130 (a) Determine the amount of interest to be capitalized in 2012 in relation to the construction of the building. The amount of interest $ (b) Prepare the journal entry to record the capitalization of interest and the recognition of interest expense, if any, at December 31, 2012. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually.) Account Titles and Explanation Debit Credit P10-1 At December 31, 2011, certain accounts included in the property, plant, and equipment section of Reagan Company’s balance sheet had the following balances. Land $232,370 Buildings 901,150 Leasehold improvements 665,950 Equipment 875,940 During 2012, the following transactions occurred. 1. Land site number 621 was acquired for $853,480. In addition, to acquire the land Reagan paid a $54,040 commission to a real estate agent. Costs of $42,970 were incurred to clear the land. During the course of clearing the land, timber and gravel were recovered and sold for $15,680. 2. A second tract of land (site number 622) with a building was acquired for $422,740. The closing statement indicated that the land value was $301,960 and the building value was $120,780. Shortly after acquisition, the building was demolished at a cost of $50,000. A new building was constructed for $333,000 plus the following costs. Excavation fees $44,870 Architectural design fees 16,620 Building permit fee 3,410 Imputed interest on funds used during construction (stock financing) 9,320 The building was completed and occupied on September 30, 2012. 3. A third tract of land (site number 623) was acquired for $652,890 and was put on the market for resale. 4. During December 2012, costs of $98,050 were incurred to improve leased office space. The related lease will terminate on December 31, 2014, and is not expected to be renewed. (Hint: Leasehold improvements should be handled in the same manner as land improvements.) 5. A group of new machines was purchased under a royalty agreement that provides for payment of royalties based on units of production for the machines. The invoice price of the machines was $86,250, freight costs were $3,860, installation costs were $2,810, and royalty payments for 2012 were $17,690.
Prepare a detailed analysis of the changes in each of the following balance sheet accounts for 2012. Disregard the related accumulated depreciation accounts.

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