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MBA, Ph.D in Management
Harvard university
Feb-1997 - Aug-2003
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Strayer University
Jan-2007 - Present
soc) Please answer these 8 seperate questions. Each one should include 5-10 sentences
Part 1
Instructions:Â Please answer each of the questions below in short answer format. Write your responses in complete sentences. Your answers to each question should include 5-10 sentences, and the word count should be in the 125 to 250-word range.
Be sure to carefully read each question to ensure that each component is answered with the appropriate depth and detail. Your answers should be free of spelling and grammar errors. When using source material, you must properly document it using APA format. (See announcements for details on APA.)Â Be sure to include the question in each of your responses below to ensure you answered every question in this assignment.
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Part 2
Before you begin the assignment, review these key points:
·        Make sure you read the questions first! That way, you can take good notes while you watch the movie.
·        Use information from the textbook to help justify your answers.
·        You will be graded on your understanding of the material in the textbook and the relationship of this material to the plot and characters in the film.
·        Remember, this is a sociology course. Your task is to describe the behavior within the context of sociological concepts.
·        Write your responses in complete sentences. Your answers to each question should include 5-10 sentences, and the word count should be in the 125 to 250-word range.
·        When using source material, you must properly document it using APA format. (See announcements for details on APA.)
Be sure to include the question in each of your responses below to ensure you answered every question in this assignment.
Directions: Most people watch movies for entertainment without realizing that the characters and plots often provide valuable lessons about human behavior. These lessons may be located in some of the most surprising films. Answer the following questions on social groups, leadership, and social deviance and control by using the movie, A Bug’s Life (Walt Disney/Pixar), as the basis for your answers.
Movie: A Bug’s Life (Walt Disney/Pixar). Please click the following link to watch the movie: A Bug’s Life
1.   (Social Groups) Briefly describe the ant colony by using the following sociological concepts. Be sure to define the concept, and then provide your example/description.
a.   Primary groups
b.   In-groups
c.    Reference groups
2.   (Social Groups) Describe why the grasshoppers would be considered the out-group.
3.   (Leadership) A leader is someone who influences the behaviors, opinions, or attitudes of others. As the upcoming leader of the ant colony, Princess Atta displays several different leadership styles throughout the movie. Choose a style (authoritarian, democratic, or laissez-faire) that she displayed in the movie, and in your own words, define the leadership style.
4.   (Social Deviance and Control) During the movie, Flik violated the rules of the ant colony and was viewed by others as a deviant. Explain the following theories. Then, in your own words, apply them to Flik’s behavior in the movie.
a.   Labeling Theory
b.   Control Theory (Be sure to cover both outer and inner controls.)
c.    Differential Association Theory
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