Social Perspective Analysis

In this chapter what stuck out most to me was the social perspective. It seems like people engage in behavior based on feelings or what we would like to partake in. Now when we look at how social experiences and social surroundings really affect what behaviors we tend to have. We see that it’s not just a personal feeling or reaction it really is an effect of what has happened around us or what society is doing around us. After reading about this specific topic in chapter one and then discussing the term it class, it really means to personally to me that behaviors we experience or behaviors we choose to engage in has a lot of effect on what is happening around us socially. The experiences and behaviors are not merely based on our own personal …show more content…
My son plays on a travelling basketball team. This weekend we were out of town to a tournament in Oklahoma City, OK. Next to our hotel was a very nice restaurant so we all chose to go there to eat dinner. Now on this team we have a lot of inner city kids from Springfield, MO as well as some more experienced families you could say. Some of these families have not really gone to what we would call ‘nice restaurants’. As we were ordering our food, my husband and I have been to nice restaurants before so we were well aware of the portion size and price. It seems the higher priced food becomes then the less that given in portions. One of the families had ordered their food and when the food finally came out, they were not happy. They told the waiter hell no I’m not paying ten dollars for that small of a plate are you serious. They ended up raising a big scene how it was such a small portion for the price that was being charged. So this family left the restaurant, went down the road, came back and showed everyone at our tables how much food they ended up receiving for the same amount of price. Now when I think back to the social surroundings I have been in the past, my husband and I were not surprised at all. It made me sit there and think how if our social surroundings had only ever been around lower priced food and huge portions, it would be such a change to have small portion for an expensive price. It really opened up my eyes to what exactly social perspective played in this. It all had to deal with what social experience and surroundings each of the families had engaged in that made an effect on that meal that