Understanding Individuals and Society

FYA002-0 Understanding Individuals and Society
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Teaching schedule for Understanding Individuals and Society FYA002-0
TEACHING WEEK LECTURE
1 Introduction to the unit: psychology and society
2 Mass media in society
3 Technology, social media and human relationships
4 Terrorism
5 Mental health and contemporary society
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Gender
The handing out of the assessment workbooks.
7 The role of religion and science in society
8 Psychological perspectives on criminal behaviour
9 The changing nature of families and childhood in society
10 The physical health of the nation
11 Effects of globalisation and multiculturalism
Easter break – 6th – 17 April 2020
W/B 20th April 20 Individual/guided study week - no lectures/workshops
12 Assignment/portfolio will be submitted today portfolios
must be submitted by 10 am.
13 Social and psychological issues of identity
14 Revision Lecture
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Introduction
Welcome to the student Assignment workbook which will guide you through the assignment
requirements for this unit. Having engaged in the unit thus far this is your one and final
assignment for the unit. You are expected to independently gather enough information so
that you are able to answer the set questions for each week. The portfolio itself will
account for
100% of the graded marks for the unit. The teaching team for the Understanding Individuals
and Society have produced this workbook as a practical aid for you as students on this unit
in readiness for submission of your portfolio. On completion of the tasks within this booklet
you will be required to submit the booklet
The portfolio ideally builds upon the learning that you have undertaken throughout
semester
1 and contributes towards your progression onto Level 4. The portfolio is an opportunity for
you to demonstrate your knowledge of the models, theories and debates within the taught
lessons and within the field of Social Sciences. It is important that you read this workbook
carefully so that you are clear about the assignment expectations. Within this workbook you
will find a number of hyperlinks which will lead you to short video clips, these are intended to
help you understand specific topics better and therefore to assist you in completing the
portfolio to a higher standard. These video clips are there to help you they will not provide
you with the complete answers therefore you will need to research a little more using the
points raised in the video clips as a guide.
Aims of the module
1 Demonstrate the following knowledge and understanding
• Understand sociological perspectives in relation to human behaviour
2 Demonstrate the following skills and abilities
• Can demonstrate how, where and when to use different information concerning
human behaviour
Session Structure and Learning Methods
The module will run over 12 weeks – please note that the submission of this portfolio has
been set for 24 February 2020.
Some lectures will be specifically included to provide guidance concerning depth and sc
ope of material to be studied during each of the lectures. You are recommended to extend
your learning by consulting relevant subject-specific textbooks and other resources to
extend your knowledge and understanding further.
Self-Study & Follow-up Work
You are strongly advised to use self-study time to fully meet the intended learning outcomes
of the module by working through the information given during lectures and tutorials. The
aim is to enable you to apply your knowledge and understanding of the subject material
learnt in this academic Unit in a concise and understandable way. It is important to clearly
demonstrate you learning when answering the questions set for you each week.

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Preparation for your portfolio submission
An electronic copy of the portfolio must be submitted through BREO. No hard copies are
to be submitted.
Portfolios will be marked by the Unit Co-coordinator and a second marker and the
recommended grade agreed. It is the university policy that you should be able to receive
feedback on your work within 15 days of submission. Feedback on your portfolio will be
available on BREO.
Ensure that your portfolio is submitted with a cover sheet which identifies you via your
student
ID number, Unit name and code.
Please ensure that you keep, in a safe place the electronic receipt which will be given to you
once you have submitted the portfolio. This acts of proof of submission should there be any
queries about the time of submission or whether in fact you have submitted.
1. Make sure that you have proof read your work BEFORE it is submitted.
2. Have you read the questions carefully?
3. Does your work contain full sentences? Do the sentences begin with a capital letter
and end with a full stop?
4. Have you inserted references?
5. Have you referenced correctly? Are the references in alphabetical order by family
name in your reference list?
6. Does you work have a clear introduction, middle and ending?
Completing your
What am I required to do in this assignment?
This assignment asks you to complete weekly tasks in order to build a portfolio of your
knowledge and understanding of sociological perspectives and relate this knowledge to
every day experiences.
In order to complete this assignment you will need to follow the steps outlined
below:
Step 1: Ensure that you complete the weekly tasks set in your workbook which will be
provided by your tutor.
Step 2: Follow all instructions in the workbook for each weekly task. For example, Week 6
task will be to explain the similarities between 2 sociological perspectives, Week 7 will then
ask you to investigate and describe the differences between 2 sociological per spectives
on human behaviour.
Step 3: In order to address these tasks you will need to identify, locate and conduct some
reading of a variety of different texts -guidance will be given on good academic texts to read.
Step 4: You will need to make some notes in your own words based on your reading and
your understanding of different sociological perspectives and how they explain human
behaviour

Step 5: You will then be asked to answer a short essay question which will be written
under timed conditions in your classroom. You will be allowed to take your
portfolio into the classroom with you.
Step 6: You will submit your completed portfolio
of work
How does this assignment relate to what we are doing in scheduled
sessions?
Through building the portfolio (assignment) you are week by week developing and
embedding knowledge of the key sociological theories and how to apply it to
everyday issues within a society. This assessment is specifically related to
developing key academic skills; writing, searching for and selecting appropriate
academic literature, reading that literature and paraphrasing its content,
referencing, developing notes, following instructions and using IT. By completing the
in class test you are showing that you can take what you have learned in the lecture
room and in a timed setting develop an answer to a set question. For further
information relating to the portfolio can be found on the BREO shell for this unit.
Prepare answers for the following sets of
questions.
Week 4
Question 1.
Subject:
Terrorism
Date: W/B 24th February 2020
1. Identify a recent newspaper article which discusses the issue of terrorism.
You will also need to clearly state the name of the newspaper and the
author(s) of the article.
Vikram Dodd and Jamie Grierson. 2019. Fastest-growing UK terrorist
threat is from far right, say police [Online] Available Through:<
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/sep/19/fastest-growing-
uk-terrorist-threat-is-from-far-right-say-police >.
This article was Published in The Guardian newspaper which is a famous British daily
newspaper. This article was written by the Vikram Dodd and Jamie Grierson emphasizing in the
view point of police of UK on the issue of Terrorism. It has been evaluated by current article
that issue of terrorism is basically linked with the far-right violence which is continuously
increasing and creating many security threats for citizens.
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2. Identify the sociological perspective being used to discuss the issue of
terrorism.
The sociological perspective being used to discuss the issue of terrorism is based on Conflict
Perspective which mainly focuses on the competition between groups within a society over the
utilisation of limited resources. This social perceptive based on the conflict theory is taken as
true threat which perceived issue of terrorism by leading religious-extremist and ethnic conflicts
generated by the presence of inequality and dominance of ruling class in the society.
3. In which way does this perspective explain terrorism?
The conflict theory of sociological perspective explain terrorism as a result of competition
between various group of society where some people feel discriminated or dominated by the
ruling class. This, feeling of inequality and competition among groups of society leads to creation
of war and unlawful violence for meeting needs and demands. Thus, the conflict perspective
explain terrorism as an act of violence that aim at spreading fear in population to advance and
created by political, ideological or religious cause and inequality in the society.
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