Social Change (Soc)

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Follow ALL the instructions below so you can do well on the final exam.  Be sure to write in complete sentences. Proofread your work, ensuring that you spell all  words correctly and practice good grammar. NUMBER ALL the questions, STATE the questions, and  ANSWER the questions. State the questions in BOLDFACE print or CAPITAL LETTERS. On the final exam, you MUST include at TEN SENTENCES for EACH question. Cite  your evidence, using APA format. (That means you cite page, author, title of article or book,  publication year and publication location.) Be sure to also include a Bibliography at the END of the  exam! You will flunk this exam if you plagiarize. When your opinion is requested, cite evidence to  substantiate your claims. Ensure that your evidence is credible in all answers. Refer to the documents  that I put in “Course Materials” for you. There is tons of information there, as you know when you did  the weekly readings. Your opinions are valued in this final exam. I ask that you ponder great social  issues (civil rights, policing, climate crisis, poverty, war, and other political issues) and apply  sociological theories we have studied in this course. I do NOT have to agree with you. I know you can  do well on your final exam!  There are FIVE questions (with sub questions) in this final exam. Be sure to answer ALL questions. SOC 350 FINAL EXAM  1. Explain Will Grant’s four levels of action. Apply them to ONE social issue of your choice. How  feasible is Grant’s logic regarding action?  2. Examine the music of Jimmy Cliff, a Jamaican musician. Listen to Cliff’s version of “I can see  clearly now”, a song written by Johnny Nash, that can be found on www.youtube. How do you  feel when you hear his version of this song? Apply this song to an aspect of social change.  Does music have the power to impact social change? Explain. 3. Thorstein Veblen, an American economist, wrote about the theory of the leisure class. He  coined the term “conspicuous consumption”. Define “conspicuous consumption”. Apply the  definition to social change in America today. Do you think that we need to change our patterns of consumption? Explain.  4. Parsons and Merton discuss the “structural-factor theory”. How does this theory relate to  SOCIAL CHANGE?  5. Cite one area of SOCIAL CHANGE that YOU believe is crucial in the years ahead. How will YOU  play a role in that change? Apply at least TWO sociological theories that you studied in this  course that you feel are vital to positive social change in the world.  **** Question 1: https://vimeo.com/287129175. or Google “Will Grant: Four Levels of Action” and a video will appear. Question 2: Jimmy Cliff version of song “I can see clearly now”—https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrHxhQPOO2c Question 3: I will Post PDF Question 4: Parsons Theory= Functionalism and Parsons SOC 350.docx = I will also post PDF if needed                    Merton Theory=   Merton Structural factor theory.pdf  = I will also post PDF Question 5: Follow instructions ^^^^ Please each question must have 10 sentences as an answer/ response.. No Plagiarism

Parsons and Functionalism SOC 350 – Google Docs Merton Structural factor theory Thorstein Veblen- Theory of the Leisure- Question 3