Category: Assignment

Dead is Dead: Euphemism and the Power of Words
How are the four primary components of death (p. 51) discussed in the book related, if at all, with the message of the video? In other words, compare and contrast the four primary components of death with the message of the video. (20 points)
Describe the various ways in which children are socialized to respond to and think about death as discussed in the reading. (20 points)
Appraise Phyllis Sommer’s view in light of the readings we have done so far which include the various expressions in response to death and socialization of those responses as found in chapter 1 and 2. (20 points)
In the video Phyllis Sommer states that, “Dead is dead and I’m not trying to be harsh. I am really not. I truly believe that using a direct and respectful way of talking about death can help to erase some of the taboos around the subject. It is not giving power to death to speak it’s name. In fact, I believe that shrouding and clouding death in pretty sugar-coated phrases can actually increase fear and mystery and can sometimes make it harder to hear. Dead is dead.” (14:22).

Describe the emergence of cognitive psychology and neuroscience – what prompted the development of these fields, and what is significant about the shift from behaviorism to cognitive psychology and neuroscience? What can we understand about human behavior because of neuroscience that we could not have understood before?

interpret the current coronavirus pandemic from a sociological perspective.

• How can we use Mills concepts of trouble vs. issue to analyze the pandemic?
• How are existing social inequalities impacting how people are experiencing the health crisis? (who is most likely to have access to testing, who is most likely be able to stay safe, which groups of people are currently dying at the highest rates, how might existing social inequalities be impacting OCC students during this crisis, etc)
• How might the health crisis deepen social inequality?
• How might Karl Marx interpret the government (social policies) and fiscal (The Federal Reserve) interventions so far?
• What are some social policies that could help mitigate some of the personal troubles people are experiencing?

who makes up their nuclear family?, what is their family history?, does
divorce, alcoholism or other substance abuse play a part in their family history?, has war or
poverty played an important role in the family?. You must answer the question—what major family theory best explains your partner’s family?

Discuss another contemporary athlete from the file, RGIII, and Ali.htm