Throughout this semester we have talked and learned about many different subjects in sociology. although many have interest me only some have related to my life. Those chapters are Families and Intimate Relations and Conformity, Deviance, and crime. These subjects relate to me in many different ways from family life all the way to friends and college life.
In chapter 15: Families and Intimate Relations it talks about Functionalism. Functionalism is a theological perspective based on the idea that society consists of different but related parts, and each one of those parts serves a purpose. Examples of this is how the Judicial System helps to maintain order, or how schools teach children. This relates to my life because of my family. Basically …show more content…
A norm is something that is typical, or usual in a social situation. While a sanction is a mod of reward or punishment that reinforces socially expected forms of behavior. So basically a sanction is a reward or punishment for doing or not doing a norm. In my family we had different types of norms. Having a clean room and doing chores around the house was expected and if you did so you were rewarded with an allowance, so that was our sanction. If you didn’t do your chores or keep your room clean you were punished. Some sanctions for not doing your chores was you couldn’t do anything, like see a friend or watch television until such chores were done. This chapter talks a lot about crime and deviance. Crime is an illegal activity, while deviance is breaking social norms. This relates to me because I am going to Mansfield as a Criminal Justice major, and as a regular citizen I follow most social norms and don’t commit crimes. As a CJA major believe in following the laws and not committing crimes or deviant behaviors. This chapter also talks about Community Policing. Community Policing is a type of policing which has the ultimate goal of bringing the community and police together to reduce crime. This relates to me because this semester in one of my CJA classes my main focus was community policing and I have recently gather a lot of information on this subject and am strongly for community policing …show more content…
Each chapter had different theories, concepts terms and other things that related to my life, and above I gave you examples of the few that did. There are ways these things apply to my life, or may not apply to my life. Based on what I live in or how I grew up or where I am today there are many different sociological factors that contribute to my everyday
In chapter 15: Families and Intimate Relations it talks about Functionalism. Functionalism is a theological perspective based on the idea that society consists of different but related parts, and each one of those parts serves a purpose. Examples of this is how the Judicial System helps to maintain order, or how schools teach children. This relates to my life because of my family. Basically …show more content…
A norm is something that is typical, or usual in a social situation. While a sanction is a mod of reward or punishment that reinforces socially expected forms of behavior. So basically a sanction is a reward or punishment for doing or not doing a norm. In my family we had different types of norms. Having a clean room and doing chores around the house was expected and if you did so you were rewarded with an allowance, so that was our sanction. If you didn’t do your chores or keep your room clean you were punished. Some sanctions for not doing your chores was you couldn’t do anything, like see a friend or watch television until such chores were done. This chapter talks a lot about crime and deviance. Crime is an illegal activity, while deviance is breaking social norms. This relates to me because I am going to Mansfield as a Criminal Justice major, and as a regular citizen I follow most social norms and don’t commit crimes. As a CJA major believe in following the laws and not committing crimes or deviant behaviors. This chapter also talks about Community Policing. Community Policing is a type of policing which has the ultimate goal of bringing the community and police together to reduce crime. This relates to me because this semester in one of my CJA classes my main focus was community policing and I have recently gather a lot of information on this subject and am strongly for community policing …show more content…
Each chapter had different theories, concepts terms and other things that related to my life, and above I gave you examples of the few that did. There are ways these things apply to my life, or may not apply to my life. Based on what I live in or how I grew up or where I am today there are many different sociological factors that contribute to my everyday