What do the writings of Murasaki Shikibu tell us about the lives of women and men in Heian Japan? [Consider: Not much is suggested about women outside the upper classes. For those of Murasaki’s social status, women were well-educated, free to write, played a more prominent role in family matters, and had more sexual freedom than women in later Japan]. 

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Please number and answer the following questions, based on lectures as well as readings.  When you refer to the reading in your answer, put the author’s last name in parentheses – example: (Coontz).  Do not repeat the question; simply number then answer.  Your total word count for this exam should be minimum 1500 words, typed, doublespaced.  At the top of your exam please put your name, class, and word count.  You will submit this Exam as a Word doc via Canvas by the due date/time posted in Canvas.  All answers must be in your own words; no direct quoting from lecture material or readings is allowed.  Please note that while this exam is open (that is, open-note, open-book), you MAY NOT work with other people on this exam.  This exam is to be completed by you individually; any collaboration with other people on this exam constitutes cheating, so please be sure to work independently. Please note that exams that are late or under the word count or have direct quoting will not be accepted. 

1)  What does it mean to take a sociological perspective of families? Why is defining family important?  What is the difference between the public family vs the private family, and how has this changed throughout US history?  In your answer, include four relevant points from the reading (5)Coontz.

2)  In the US, many people believe that most poor people are lazy people who don’t want to work and instead rely completely on welfare. Explain with facts / statistics / examples how we know these stereotypes are false.  Next, research shows that social class impacts how children are raised and their life chances.  Explain this with two relevant points from the reading (6)Mintz and two relevant points from the reading (31)Furstenberg, Jr. 

3)  Explain how bias theory and institutional discrimination theory each explain racial-ethnic inequality in the US. Be sure to explain the types of profiling and also the four main points of institutional discrimination theory.  Finally, based on the reading (29)Aldarondo and Ameen, debunk (prove false) four stereotypes / misconceptions about immigrants / immigration.

4)  What is the difference between sex and gender? What is gender socialization, and explain examples of gender bias in different levels of school.  How and why do women and men, on average, have different communication styles?  Give examples of rapport talk vs report talk.  Finally, from the reading (27)Davis, what is intersex, and how do many medical practitioners present this issue to parents?  How do parents respond?

5)  Explain with examples three ways LGBTQIA+ individuals face stigma / discrimination in the US. Next, from the reading (28)Dozier, why has there been a heavy investment in asserting that same-sex parents don’t differ from heterosexual parents?  Give two examples of how same-sex families do in fact differ from heterosexual families. 

For this assignment you will research the mental health of either Frida Kahlo or Vincent Van Gogh. 

Both of these artists created many self-portraits. Your job is to determine whether we can see signs of mental illness within her or his self-portrait.

You must then select two articles to analyze their work:

• One of these articles should be about one or more of her or his self-portraits.
• The other article should be about assessing mental illness through observation OR an article discussing the mental illness of either Kahlo or Van Gogh.

Requirements:

• Write a 500-700 word essay in which you analyze the research on her or his mental illness.
• Analyze one or more self-portraits by either Kahlo or Van Gogh. Do you believe the portrait reflects how the artist was feeling at the time? Why or why not? 
• Argue whether you believe it possible to diagnose someone who is no longer living based on an image of them? How?
• What are the challenges scholars face when considering the mental illness of artists?
• You may use APA, MLA, or Turabian for citing sources.

Please see the rubric for how this assignment will be graded.

 Criteria Ratings Points:

1. Solid Sources: Discussion of at least two written sources that support your ideas. 5.0 pts

2. Argument: Strong argument in which the students explains the validity of diagnosing a dead artist. Discussion of the challenges faced when considering the mental illness of artists. 5.0 pts

3. Self-Portrait analysis: Analysis of one or more self-portraits by the artist that supports student’s argument. 5.0 pts

4. Bibliography: Identification of sources and images using APA style. 5.0 pts

Total Points: 20.0

Please do the following exercises in The Art of Prolog, Second Edition and submit a ZIP file consisting of your submission files.  There should be a separate file ending in .prolog or .pl for each section.  (Keep in mind that the .pl file extension unfortunately conflicts with Perl, a language that is far more popular than Prolog; this is important when dealing with syntax highlighters and other text editor and IDE features.)  Please make sure that your solutions run in SWI-Prolog in order to receive full credit.

Section 8.2 (p. 153-154): i, ii

Section 9.2 (p. 173): i

Section 10.1 (p. 179): i, ii

Section 11.1 (p. 195): i, ii, iii

Section 11.3 (p. 202): i, ii

link to the book:  Go to https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/art-prolog-second-edition and click “Open Access” and click “Download PDF” 

After working with your preceptor to assess organizational policies, create a list of measurable outcomes for your capstone project intervention. Write a list of three to five outcomes for your proposed intervention. Below each outcome, provide a one or two sentence rationale.

The assignment will be used to develop a written implementation plan.

APA style is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

You are not required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.