Learning Outcomes - DSSA-200 Where do I belong?” The emerging self in contemporary society - Lynn Library Research Guides at Lynn University

A thought

Never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you very much at your own reckoning.
---Anthony Trollope, English writer, (1815 - 1882) The Small House at Allington

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1. Social forces and individuality:

Does society gain control of and /or suppress individuality?
If so how and by what mechanisms?
Is power, by its nature, corruptive?

2. What is the relationship between culture and group behavior?

What is the significance of cultural symbols and rituals?

3. Gender issues

How is gender portrayed in the readings?
Are there power differentials?
What stereotypes are portrayed?
How are stereo types developed?
Issues related to gender and sexual freedom

4. Societies struggle between defining sanity vs insanity in institutions and/ or individuals

5. Rebellion against authority and conformity. How do social norms and society enforce individuals to “conform?” How does society define deviance?

6. What causes societies to become unjust and how do individuals respond to injustice?

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Information Literacy Learning Outcomes

Learn the steps to create a cohesive and coherent research paper.
Identify the purpose and audience of potential information sources - popular vs. scholarly.
Recognize prejudice, deception, or manipulation in information sources.
Understand the importance of recording all pertinent citation information for future reference.