Fall Semester, 2014 Essay Assignment Assignment The narrative essay assignment will make up 25 of the course grade. Please note the narrative assignments due date for your section Thursday, Oct. 30th (for Sections 002 004) and Friday, Oct. 31st (for Sections 010 011). Late essays will be penalized 15 per day late (including weekends). The narrative assignment should address the following research question by employing sociological theories, concepts, and research evidence (demonstrating the students ability to apply the sociological imagination to this topic) What are the social consequences of physical and verbal abuse and social neglect for children/youths life chances and socialization Note that the students narrative should address two areas of social consequences First, life chances should be addressed following Max Weber, who defined this concept to include the persons chances (opportunities) for educational attainment, health, material reward, and status mobility (preferably in the upward direction). Opportunities in this sense refer to the extent to which one has access to resources, both tangible ones such as food, clothing and shelter, and intangible ones such as education and health care (Wikipedia). Secondly, how do abuse/neglect impact socialization, meaning the persons basic social skills, competencies, abilities, and development of self Students should explore the hypothesis that abuse/neglect adversely affects socialization. Consideration should also be given to whether abuse/neglect may have positive effects for socialization outcomes. The students consideration of the impacts of abuse/neglect on socialization (i.e., social skills, abilities and competencies) should also consider, as a subset of possible impacts of abuse/neglect on socialization, how sociologist Charles H. Cooleys concept of the looking glass self might apply to analysis of the social consequences of the child/youths experience of abuse/neglect. In other words, how does...