Assignment 1
For this assignment, reflect on what you consider to be some of the most significant developments covered in this theme (for example, discoveries, changes in thinking, or research advances), and address the following:
· Identify the developments and how they impact individuals or larger groups/cultures.
· Describe how the developments changed society’s understanding. How is the development applicable outside of the social sciences?
This assignment can be completed through a “micro-presentation” format (1 to 2 slides) or a short-answer response (1 to 2 paragraphs).
Assignment 2 (2-3 pages)
SCS 100 Project 3: Reflection Guidelines and Rubric
Overview Your third longer-term assignment in this course is a presentation or short paper in which you will share your question derived at the end of your observation journal in learning block 4-3 and discuss why it is important and how developments in the social sciences contribute to our understanding of ourselves, each other, and the world around us.
This final reflection will assess the following course outcomes, which you focused on throughout Theme 4: ● Investigate major developments in the progression of social scientific thought for informing critical questions that drive social scientific inquiry ● Articulate the value of the social sciences for their impact on contemporary issues
Prompt
Your third project is a presentation or short paper (you are free to choose) that explores the question you posed at the end of your observation journal. With that question as your topic, you will explain why the answer to it is important to understanding yourself, other people, and the world around you and how the social sciences have developed to help us answer these important questions. The critical elements of this assessment will be evaluated by the information in your presentation or paper. Be sure your actual question is apparent on the presentation or paper.
My Question for assignment 2: I would like to ask the psychology question of what motivates or make human beings behave the way they do? In conjunction to the cognitive biases that will help to tell the question about gender stereo types. And as a woman, I have my own experiences about how I do chores at home while my husband works in the field. The overall question I ask now based on the information about the advertisements, I ask, how do cognitive bases influence human behaviors to strictly adhere to gender stereo types?
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed in your submission:
I. Explain why your question is important to you as a member of society. II. Detail the major developments in social science thinking that drive questions regarding studying the individual. Use course resources to back up your discussion. III. Explain how finding the answer to your question might impact others around you. For instance, who might be most invested in the answer? IV. Detail the major developments in social science thinking that drive questions regarding studying others. Use course resources to back up your discussion. V. Explain why studying human behavior and identity is a valuable human endeavor. VI. Detail the major developments in social science thinking that support the study and advancement of the social sciences as necessary and valuable. Use course resources to back up your discussion.
