Application: Collective Action for Social Movements Assignment
Application: Collective Action for Social Movements: For every historical figure known for making significant, if not revolutionary, shifts in society, there were many people working in support of addressing the same social issue. It is a disservice to the person and his or her peer activists to ignore the many individual contributions that result in and depend on social change. Having a good understanding of the history of social movements is essential to creating social change today. For this assignment, you explore an example of social change from history and consider the individual and collective roles involved.
To prepare for this Assignment on Application: Collective Action for Social Movements:
Read Loeb’s reflection on Rosa Parks (2010, p. 1) in the Learning Resources for an example of individual versus collective efforts to promote social change.
Use the Walden Library to research and locate an article on one of the following social movements: African American civil rights, Chicano movement, American Indian or ”Red Power” movement, women’s rights, LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) rights, or disability rights.
As you review selected resources, look for both direct and indirect references to the human resources required to transform this issue into a movement.
The Assignment on Application: Collective Action for Social Movements:
Write a 2-page analysis responding to the following questions:
What did the collective effort accomplish that an individual could not?
In what ways does group involvement cause these movements to be sustainable or have long-lasting impact?
Include one reference from your selected resources on a social movement and two references from this week’s Learning Resources using proper APA citation.
Submit your Assignment by Day 7.
Application: Heuristics
A heuristic is a mental shortcut or rule of thumb you use to make judgments. Heuristics can help you to make judgments quickly and efficiently. Your textbook describes several heuristics, including the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic. These heuristics depend on information that is stored in your memory. Sometimes the information in your memory is not accurate. When you use a heuristic based on inaccurate information, you may make a misjudgment. If you misjudge something, you risk making a poor decision.
To prepare for this assignment:
Review Chapter 5 in your textbook, Rational Choice in an Uncertain World. Pay particular attention to the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic.
Think about the representativeness heuristic and how it compares to the availability heuristic.
Consider advantages and limitations of using heuristics to make judgments, and identify some examples.
The assignment (1–3 pages):
Briefly describe the representativeness heuristic and availabilty heuristic. Be specific and provide examples of each.
Compare two similarities and two differences of representativeness and availability heuristics.
Then explain at least one insight you had or conclusion you drew based on the comparision. Provide examples of one advantage and one limitation of using heuristics to make judgments.
Support your Application Assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation. You are asked to provide a reference list for all resources, including those in the Learning Resources for this course.