SCS 200: Exploring Social Science Issues and Research Weeks 1-4

This document presents a compilation of short answer questions and their corresponding answers from an SCS 200 course, spanning four weeks of study. The assignment delves into various aspects of social science, including personal habits, the influence of culture and societal norms, and the impact of social institutions. Week 1 focuses on healthy habits, societal influences, and the examination of specific societies like Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica, exploring factors affecting longevity. Week 2 explores Navajo culture, beliefs, and values, along with the impact of governmental institutions. Week 3 involves keyword brainstorming, research analysis, and the identification of relevant resources. Finally, Week 4 focuses on analyzing research, identifying gaps, and formulating questions. The document provides detailed responses to each question, offering insights into social science concepts, research methodologies, and the application of these concepts to real-world scenarios. The assignment covers topics such as social norms, social roles, social institutions, beliefs, and values. The student also addresses questions related to psychology, sociology, and anthropology.

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Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Week 1
1. Yes, I have a healthy habit; I try to lead my life in a disciplined manner so that I stay
healthy. Society plays a very important role in shaping our character, thinking and
lifestyle as well, the societal values that shape our daily life brings a drastic change in the
way we lead our life. The cultural, political and social status of a country has affected my
lifestyle and compelled me in living my life in a healthy manner. People have become
much conscious about my health and eating habits, which has encouraged to me to adapt
and make positive changes in my life.
2. The chosen society “Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica”, have people who have longer lives,
everybody in the peninsula lives their life fruitfully by earning their own bread. The
people interact with each other in an amiable manner, the nature and resources present
also acts a stimulating factor in increasing their life expectancy. This factor totally is
related to the societal principle “social role” and align to my lifestyle, as the people in
spite of enough resources eat less and control their diet, which acts as a factor in their
longevity.
3. The environmental factor that affect the longevity of Nicoya peninsula people is the
water quality, which have the richness of limestone, constituting with magnesium and
calcium. They have rich nutritious foods, with sunny area providing the people with
ample amount of Vitamin D. The factor which affects the environment by the activities of
the residing people are their sense of community, less stress, jobs like farming , selling
fruits by walking many miles, have contributed to increase the fruitfulness of the weather.

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4. The factors that influence the longevity my life is the controlled diet and disciplined
lifestyle. The principles of society that affect my life are societal norms and social role,
and the factors that have not discussed is social institutions, beliefs, and values.
5. The three social factors that influence my lifestyle is culture, beliefs and leading a healthy
lifestyle.
6. War is generally formed of Social Institutions and certain beliefs and values which can be
changed at from time to time
7. Education is involved in practicing the social norms and following societal institutions
8. The five social institutions are “family, religion, government, economy, education”
9. Education and economy are the social institution that surrounds the culture of India
10. One of the major social institution that has affected India is education, where enrolling to
English schools have proved in providing white collar jobs to both girls and boys
11. The issues that are seen in India, is the colonialism, which was not existent, but existed
after the British invasion and formed into caste system. Another issue is the religion,
which creates much preferences to higher caste and degradation to lower caste for
punishing in case of any crime of violation of rules and regulations.
12. Culture and economy is part of societal norms followed by Dubai, and both has
influenced my lifestyle
13. Dubai’s dependability on western nations have compelled them to adapt some culture of
them which clashes with Islamic culture.
14. The norms that shape my upbringing is culture and people mind set in living a certain
way of living, It can be said that, factors like upbringing, beliefs and values shape the
societal norms I reside in.

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15. The topics about Dubai that can be researched further is the Islamic law that affects the
people of Dubai, and the reason for their living conservatively even after having wealth
and status.
16. As a psychologist, my question will be “What are the issues that creates clashes among
people living in the same society?”
17. Sociologist: What is the extent by which an individual’s personality can be affected by
the society?
18. Anthropologist: What are the factors that influence human to shift their cultural
practices?
19. There is no such spiritual leader in Papua New Guinea, but some “Big men “claims to be
holder of spiritual powers, who can grow crops and can heal people
20. Women’s social role is limited, as they are confined to household works, and married at
a tender age of 14
21. In my society I am a student and I am learning various things which will develop my
personality and increase my capability later to contribute something to the society
Week 2
1. The societal norms that influence Navajo is the impact of Governmental institutions,
President Andrew Jackson as per the Indian Removal Act colonized them. The other
factor is beliefs and values as in the 21st century the reservations of Native American has
increased considerably increasing the number to 300,000 Native Americans.
2. There has been trying sessions where U.S government has tried to make them part of
“White culture”, but failed due to their belief in culture practices and language. This
proves that the factor social role is playing an important part in making them part of the

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society and the way they carry themselves. In the year 1970, there were more effects seen
to give autonomy to the Native Americans, but they have struggles to structure their
culture and societal norms. Steps has been taken for integrating both the beliefs and value
on the grounds of Governmental institutions, health care and educational facilities
3. The culture that I belong from is full of cultural attributes, people are health conscious
and they work hard to earn their living. I would prefer to grow in the same manner, study
and contribute to the betterment of the society. I lead my life in a disciplined manner so
that I can increase my longevity in life.
4. Psychologist:
 What is the most influential factor in social intervention that can help develop an
individual in a positive manner?
 What are the stereotypes of society? How it affects an individual attitude and
behavior?
Sociologist
 What social structure can build an individual character?
 In what way, social norms and societal institutions can help in a person career
development.
Anthropologist
 What are the ways by which a human has successfully adapted to cultural shift?
 How societal norms has changed from past to the present?

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Week 3
1. The considered keywords are social norms, social role, social institutions, beliefs and values,
social science issues, religion, education , family, colonialism, psychology, sociology
2. Social Norms
The Evolution of Social Norms (annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev-economics-
080614-115322)
Social Roles
Vertical Transmission of Social Roles Drives Resilience to Poaching in Elephant Networks
(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982215013664)
Beliefs and Values
Mindful Economics: The Production, Consumption, and Value of Beliefs
(https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/jep.30.3.141)
3. It has been found from the research that the issues related to social science ae directly related
to the practices of the people. The issues associated with the evolution process has made it sure
that the people are learning about the social responsibilities in a proficient manner. Apart from
that some social roles of preventing the elephant poaching has been checked and it is seen that
the management of such problems are essential for better kind of responsibility adherence. The
economic factors associated with the societal development is something essential for better
situation assessment.

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the main question that has come to mind is directly related to the gaps hat have been deduced in
this process. It is seen that there are some understanding related gaps and those needs to be
fulfilled
4. The focus can be narrowed down.
The main focus can be given on the mal-practices that are associated with the process of learning
about the social issues.
The focus can be given on malicious practices related to the social norms.
5. the keywords that helps in a significant manner are social norms, social roles. These will be
used in further discussion.
The keywords that did not provide proper results are religion, education, family, colonialism,
psychology, sociology.
6. The considerable options as the major organizations in order to analyze the issues are Boys
Clubs, Rotary Clubs, Universities and others
7. A social norms approach to changing school children’s perceptions of tobacco usage
(http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/43119/1/270517vadera-AuthorVersion24.5.17.pdf)
The Strength of Social Norms Across Human Groups
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The Effect of a Supreme Court Decision Regarding Gay Marriage on Social Norms and Personal
Attitudes (https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/3875/09456581f4f69c7d1a448a04da35ac2c0210.pdf)
Do Social Norms Affect Support for EarthquakeStrengthening Legislation? Comparing the
Effects of Descriptive and Injunctive Norms
(http://resiliencechallenge.nz/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Do-Social-Norms-Affect-Support-for-
Earthquake-Strengthening-Legislation.pdf)
Antibiotic stewardship: prescribing social norms
(https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(16)00007-6/fulltext)
(https://www.udlap.mx/alcadeca2019/files/paralelaI/Mukhopadhyay%20et%20al%20-
%20Gender%20Inequality%20and%20Multidimensional%20Social%20Norms.pdf)
Gender Inequality and Multidimensional Social Norms
(https://www.udlap.mx/alcadeca2019/files/paralelaI/Mukhopadhyay%20et%20al%20-
%20Gender%20Inequality%20and%20Multidimensional%20Social%20Norms.pdf)
8. the information that have been found in the research are associated with the business
management policies that are directly related to the organization. It is seen that the issue are
going to be managed in a significant manner but with the help of roper guidance it is only
possible. the social issues associated with the management polices are essential as well and with
the help of that a better kind of assessment is possible. The information can be found in the given
link https://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/curated/australia-today-police-boys-club
9. The Constructive, Destructive, and Reconstructive Power of Social Norms: Reprise
(https://www.scranton.edu/faculty/nolan/pdfs/social-norms-reprise_perspectives_schultz-et-
al2018.pdf)

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Association for psychological science, 2018.
10. the resource is relevant.
Considering the portion called enter a protagonist is the main thing to be considered and with the
help of that a better idea can be generated that is going to make a significant impact on the
thinking process.
11. the resource is accurate and it is going to help in deducting the factors associated with the
management process. He journal where it has been published is Association for psychological
science.
It has a list of reference which is an effective option to consider as there are many sources related
to the situation management and development.
12. the resource is authoritative and it has the ost important parts related to the social norms. The
name of the authors are P. Wesley Schultz, Jessica M. Nolan, Robert B. Cialdini, Noah J.
Goldstein, and Vladas Griskevicius.
13. the references are authentic and some of them are old. There is no biasness n the paper. It is
an important thing to consider that the resources are legitimate and they are irectly related to the
conditions that are proficient as well. There re not grammar of spelling error in the process.
Week 4
1. the research that has been done till date has a major influence on the societal thinking process
and the way people are considering the issues. The most important thing to consider is, the
research has considered a particular point and hence it is one of the most valuable piece of work
to consider. The research can be used to make legislative changes to the social development
process.

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2. the segment that have been found to make some research has been analyzed by few
researchers but it is seen that the number of research is considerably low and hence it can be
stated that a research can be done in order to make a productive outcome from it.
3. What are the main reasons that have to be made in order to make a justified recommendations?
What kind of attitudes ae necessary for the management process of the issues that are directly
related to the factors associated?
The second questions needs to be considered as unanswered and thus a better assessment can be
made as well.
4. the questions are going to be managed in a proficient manner and with the help of that a better
kind of assessment of the social norms can be done as well.
5. Yes, there are some gaps present in the scenario and with the help of that a better kind of
assessment can be done as well. the research will help in making a significant management as
well.
6. What are the considerable options to make assessment of the social norm related issues?

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