RLG210Y1 Lecture Notes - Reductionism, Norns, Sensemaking

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There will be an emphasis on historical development and the origins of things and the beginning of things. A lot of the content will come from the lecture and 1-2 questions from the tests, however 90% of it will be from the lectures. Attendance will be taken at tutorials and it will count for participation marks. *field report (10%) will be due at the end of the first term. Sociologies of politics: arts, war, science, literature and of course religion. Ontology- concerned with the nature of being , reality or existence, casual and constitutively (what the world is and how it works) Epistemology- concerned with the nature of knowledge; how we know things. Emmanuel kant: things in themselves and things as they appear . Natural scientists: to their reality is an external one (exterior) An absolute, divine, or transcendent realm that is ultimately primary and causally responsible for both the natural world and the.

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Hi,

Please need help for

Multiple-Choice

6. A linguistic anthropologist studying the situational use of language is working in the field of

a. ethnolinguistics.

b. descriptive linguistics.

c. historical linguistics.

d. sociolinguistics.

7. An anthropologist studying the relationship between language and culture is working in the field of

a. ethnolinguistics.

b. descriptive linguistics.

c. historical linguistics.

d. sociolinguistics.

8. Studying sound and grammatical systems in a specific language is the work of a/an

a. ethnologist.

b. historical linguist.

c. sociolinguist.

d. descriptive linguist.

9. Prehistoric archaeologists work with which of the following?

a. artifacts, ecofacts, and features

b. artifacts, features, and grammar systems

c. contemporary religious systems, artifacts, and ecofacts

d. artifacts, grammar systems, and contemporary religious systems

10. An example of an ethnography is a/an

a. study of chimpanzee language.

b. excavation of an archaeological site.

c. description of the residents of a retirement home in southern California.

d. study of rates of disease in prehistoric populations.

Thanks

Using the textbook and Argosy Online Library references that you may select, write a paper (minimum 750 words) using APA standards, that answers the questions below.

First, from the Argosy University online library, select one of the following articles to read:

Fantasia, Rick. (1995). From class consciousness to culture, action, and social organization. Annual Review of Sociology, 21, p. 267-289.

Martin, Karin A. (1998). Becoming a gendered body. American Sociological Review, 63(4), p. 494-511.

McKinlay, John B., Lin, Ting, Freund, Karen, & Moskowitz, Mark. (2002). The Unexpected influence of physician attributes on clinical decisions: Results of an experiment. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 43(1), p. 92-106.

Second, answer the following questions in an organized essay:

What is the social problem the researchers are investigating?

What is the research method (i.e.: survey, participant observation, experiment, secondary sources) used by the researchers?

What were the results or findings of the research?

What do you think would be a good solution to the social problem?

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