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Understanding Sociology - Articles
The sociology of Autism
by
Laurence A.
Posted
Sun 07 Sep 2008 8:03pm
Today's blog is inspired by the fact that I am facing two Sociology exams on Friday Afternoon.
Now I took up Sociology because I wanted to widen my perspective... or another whether they acknowledge it or not, for what I see is an acceptance of autism that goes beyond medical labels and descriptions of traits, to an understanding of how we deal
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The sociology of Autism
by
Laurence A.
Posted
Thu 14 May 2009 4:35pm
Today's blog is inspired by the fact that I am facing two Sociology exams on Friday Afternoon.
Now I took up Sociology because I wanted to widen my perspective... or another whether they acknowledge it or not, for what I see is an acceptance of autism that goes beyond medical labels and descriptions of traits, to an understanding of how we deal
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Sociological Sex Survey Summation 15
by
relationships ..
Posted
Sun 11 Oct 2009 10:02pm
a healthy guy and I likes my adult entertainment but I was equally fascinated by the why of the exercise (once I got past the first few hundred photos).
If I understand correctly... of posting nude pictures of myself or of a part of myself for all the world to see…. I don’t know…. but it was sociologically fascinating.
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Flash forward a few weeks
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The sociology of drinking
by
Jason Schwartz, LMSW
Posted
Mon 15 Feb 2010 4:47pm
A lot of people have sent this to me. I don't know what to say about it.
I have an attraction/aversion thing with Gladwell. He's a great writer and fascinatingbut I can't read him without thinking of this Mencken quote"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clearsimpleand wrong."
I also tend to think this a situation o ...
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'Relative' poverty (4) - sociology
by
h2cm
Posted
Fri 21 Aug 2009 12:23pm
. Using the domains of Hodges' model what reflections does this prompt? Let us see:
SOCIOLOGY: A key resource we all ordinarily rely upon is that of family, friends and community... today call 'nursing'. Carers shoulder a care burden saving the State an enormous sum of money. Within Hodges' model this domain - the SOCIOLOGICAL - may be a remote cousin, far
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Free Introduction to Sociology Textbook (for adoption)
by
h2cm
Posted
Sun 27 Dec 2009 2:57am
1 Comment
Dear Colleagues,
- and with Merry Christmas to all!
This is a great time of year for changing textbooks and adopting our free Introduction to Sociology Text.
Over... a bachelors degree.
In an effort to combat the exorbitant costs of college textbooks, we wrote a free 20 chapter brief Introduction to Sociology Textbook. It was funded by a one-time
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talking about ECT, sociologically
by
yumers
Posted
Thu 04 Nov 2010 9:08am
My professor, Dr. H, e-mailed me last week to see if I wanted to present my paper about the experiences of going through electroconvulsive therapy at a social science symposium that was going on at the school the following week. I agreed, so yesterday, I talked about ECT to a group of people at this symposium.
As I spoke about this sociological
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UK Government-backed sociology study using Genetics raises privacy concerns
by
Albin P.
Posted
Mon 29 Sep 2008 9:00pm
The Uk government backed UK Household Longitudinal Study to use genetics analysis of British citizens ( previous post on UK BioBank ) to assess impact of Genetics and lifestyle in health and medical treatment and how it affects people’s social and economic status over time, is turning into controversy. The expansion of the program to cover “n ...
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it’s sociology
by
derrick m.
Posted
Fri 11 Apr 2008 12:00am
. It’s sociology. Being a skilled paddler does not make a good coach. What does make a great coach? Well, I have some ideas and I’ve seen some wonderful examples, but I think it may take
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