Assignment
Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
• Textbook: Chapters 15, 16
• Lesson: Week 7
Instructions
Choose one question from each of the question sets below (2 sets total). In other words, you will be answering two questions total (1 from each set).
Question Set 1
• Compare and contrast how structural-functionalists, symbolic-interactionists, and social-conflict theorists examine urban growth.
• Propose and analyze some potential best-case scenarios and worst-case scenarios for population and urban growth in the United States and globally over the next hundred years.
• Compare and contrast how immigration affects the United States with how immigration is affecting other nations. Also, compare and contrast how the United States is responding to immigration with ways other nations are responding to migration to their respective countries.
Question Set 2
• How do deprivation theory and resource mobilization theory explain social movements?
• Define collective behavior from a sociological perspective and explain the difference between collective behavior and mass behavior, specifically. Share examples of mass behavior.
• Define collective behavior from a sociological perspective and explain the relationship between collective behavior and social change.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.