Choose one of these options for your paper:
1. Helping, altruism, and cooperative behaviors
This option may focus on any prosocial behavior and how it might be encouraged, based on social psychological principles. Examples include: reducing conflict among political factions, cooperation between business and charitable organizations, promoting understanding between different religious groups, increasing volunteerism in local communities, or equitable distribution of school tax revenue among low- and high-income communities. These are only examples – you are free to choose other subjects.
2. The costs of prejudice and discrimination
This option may focus on any of the societal costs of prejudice and discrimination. Examples include: real estate redlining, intergenerational wealth, unemployment and ageism, unemployment and racism, sexist design of social security benefits, unequal access to healthcare, etc. These are only examples – you are free to choose other subjects.
Your Final Project should be a well-written and supported term paper. Choose your option (from above) and then select a more specific subject. Once you have selected a subject, begin researching material from our textbook and outside sources to describe and explain it. You should include:
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A beginning thesis paragraph which describes your subject and the theme of your paper. In other words, what are you going to tell me about your subject?
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Specific information from the textbook showing how people are affected by your subject. Include at least five specific topics from the textbook.
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Information from outside sources that further explains and supports the theme of your paper. Include at least five outside reference sources (from books or the Internet).
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Use your book and outside sources to gather information about legal, ethical, social, cultural or other considerations that might influence your subject. Be creative – your paper may include other factors and issues, as long as they are related to your Project. Also, feel free to incorporate more advanced concepts (from your research) that are relevant to your theme.
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A closing paragraph, which summarizes the main points of your paper.
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For full credit, your paper must be at least 2000 words long.