Assignment 3: The Application Paper

By Wednesday, May 20, 2015, using the textbook and Argosy Online Library references that you may select, write a paper (minimum 750 words) using APA standards, that answers the questions below.

First, from the Argosy University online library, select one of the following articles to read:

○      Fantasia, Rick. (1995). From class consciousness to culture, action, and social organization. Annual Review of Sociology, 21, p. 267-289.

○      Martin, Karin A. (1998). Becoming a gendered body. American Sociological Review, 63(4), p. 494-511.

○      McKinlay, John B., Lin, Ting, Freund, Karen, & Moskowitz, Mark. (2002). The Unexpected influence of physician attributes on clinical decisions: Results of an experiment. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 43(1), p. 92-106.

○      Whitbeck, Les B., Hoyt, Dan R., McMorris, Barbara J., Chen, Xiaojin, & Stubben, Jerry D. (2001). Perceived discrimination and early substance abuse among American Indian children. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 42(4), p. 405-424.

Second, answer the following questions in an organized essay:

○      What is the social problem the researchers are investigating?

○      What is the research method (i.e.: survey, participant observation, experiment, secondary sources) used by the researchers?

○      What were the results or findings of the research?

○      What do you think would be a good solution to the social problem?

Please post your completed paper in the M1: Assignment 3 Dropbox.