Overview
This writing assignment will be graded based on the following"
1) COMPOSITION (20 points): grammar, syntax, spelling, organization
2) CONTENT (20 points) : information & data
3) CREATIVITY (20 points) : originality of approach and ideas
4) CRITICAL ANALYSIS (20 points): sociological imagination
5) CITATION (20 points) : sources; references of each textbook, each film clip, bibliography/works cited -page. Outside readings and sources are always welcome. However, you are being evaluated for how well you understand the provided materials and content. Students will be graded according to their demonstrated knowledge of the materials and content.
Instructions: Your essay should be between 7 to 8 pages, typed, double-spaced, times 12-font. (You may go over 8 pages). You should include both in-text citations and a "works cited" or "bibliography" page. The title page and "works cited" (or bibliography) page are not part of the 7 to 8 pages of content per question. Your word count should be 2000 words. You may go over this amount. Your essay should flow, no abrupt titles in the middle of pages. Your topic sentence for each paragraph should introduce the topic it's based on without stating "This paragraph will talk about...".
Prompt: Select two sociological and/or social scientific studies that have already been conducted. You may use studies from the class readings. Compare and contrast these studies. What are the purposes of these studies? What were the hypotheses of these studies? How did the researchers define the problem? What variables were being examined? How did he/she/they conceptualize and operationalize his/her/their variables? What research method/methods were used to collect data? Did he/she/they use qualitative or quantitative methods? What were they? Were they effective? Were the research projects valid? reliable? What ethical questions were they grappling with, if any? What types of measures did they use? Did they utilize inductive and deductive reasoning? How did they analyze their data? Did they use primary or secondary sources (or both)? Were these studies empirically based? Did they include human subjects? What were the main findings? How important were these findings? What societal implications did these studies have? How would you do your study differently if you were to select a similar topic? Or how would you build on the studies already conducted? What were the findings of these studies?
You must answer every single one of these questions but make sure it flows. Please do not put the question above each paragraph.
The studies you will use are as follows:
The Stanford Prison Experiment
These are the links that you should use for evidence regarding this experiment
https://www.simplypsychology.org/zimbardo.html
https://opentextbc.ca/introductiontosociology2ndedition/chapter/chapter-2-sociological-research/#section2.2.
^^(copy and paste this link above. Use command F and type in "Stanford" to find the portion that talks about the experiment)
https://www.prisonexp.org/the-story
https://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/...
https://www.slideshare.net/CherylVierheiligMBAM/th...
Milgram Experiment
https://www.slideshare.net/CherylVierheiligMBAM/th...
https://www.simplypsychology.org/milgram.html
Use this source if you need any extra info, however, this is an outside source so only use this once, not for the majority of your quotes: https://www.verywellmind.com/the-milgram-obedience...
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At the end of the essay, provide a conclusion paragraph to wrap everything up. Do not say "In conclusion this paper talks about". Please do not say this in your intro "This paper will talk about".
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Let me know if you have any questions. Thank you.