Sociology is defined as “the systematic study of human society ad social interaction.” (Kendall 5) It is relevant not only in many professional fields but also in our everyday lives. Theories can be used to many sociological patterns such as why certain groups of people tend to be more successful than other groups of people, or why different cultures have different meanings for the same symbol. The readings from this section discussed several sociological topics. They explained the topics of sociological imagination, culture and socialization, discussed sociological issues and presented three main theories of sociology.
The main ideas of the readings are the sociological imagination, culture, and socialization. All three of these ideas have …show more content…
The readings brought up sociological subjects such as socialization, ethnocentrism, and cultural relativism.
“The Promise” article was very enlightening (McIntyre 1-6). It’s pretty basic sociology but before this class I didn’t have hardly any knowledge of sociology. I like the fact that C Wright Mills uses the term “sociological imagination” (McIntyre 3). Sociology sometimes requires some out of the box thinking. This is especially useful for me in my theoretical criminology class because many of those theories are sociological. It is easier to understand why and how some of these criminological theories work because I have a better understanding of sociology and sociological perspectives.
“How Women Reshape the Prison Guard Role” (McIntyre 234-244), I never thought of the fact that many male dominated jobs were created to utilize men’s strengths. It isn’t really fair to hold won to men’s standards, women and men work in different ways and they should be judged …show more content…
If there is a gap in their knowledge, people will try to fill the gap as best they can based on the information they already have. In the article “Cannibalism and Chaos”, there are several situations that would Americans would consider to be alarming or bizarre. In the article a man got his revenge on a woman by harming her physically. All the passersby didn’t look twice, but if that happened in America someone would call the police and people would gather around to see what was going on. As Americans we think that is horrible, but the Liberians don’t think the same way because they don’t have the same experiences that we
The main ideas of the readings are the sociological imagination, culture, and socialization. All three of these ideas have …show more content…
The readings brought up sociological subjects such as socialization, ethnocentrism, and cultural relativism.
“The Promise” article was very enlightening (McIntyre 1-6). It’s pretty basic sociology but before this class I didn’t have hardly any knowledge of sociology. I like the fact that C Wright Mills uses the term “sociological imagination” (McIntyre 3). Sociology sometimes requires some out of the box thinking. This is especially useful for me in my theoretical criminology class because many of those theories are sociological. It is easier to understand why and how some of these criminological theories work because I have a better understanding of sociology and sociological perspectives.
“How Women Reshape the Prison Guard Role” (McIntyre 234-244), I never thought of the fact that many male dominated jobs were created to utilize men’s strengths. It isn’t really fair to hold won to men’s standards, women and men work in different ways and they should be judged …show more content…
If there is a gap in their knowledge, people will try to fill the gap as best they can based on the information they already have. In the article “Cannibalism and Chaos”, there are several situations that would Americans would consider to be alarming or bizarre. In the article a man got his revenge on a woman by harming her physically. All the passersby didn’t look twice, but if that happened in America someone would call the police and people would gather around to see what was going on. As Americans we think that is horrible, but the Liberians don’t think the same way because they don’t have the same experiences that we