Essay On Sociological Influences

Sociological Influences There are many different sociological concepts that can shape and change a person’s life. The concept that mainly made me the person I am today would be conformity and deviance. Conformity is defined as the disposition to behave like others do, especially like those of a specific social group such as one 's peers. Psychologists study conformity to explain human behavior in social contexts. Although conformity does apply to me, deviance; defined as, an absence of conformity to these norms. Other concepts that made me who I am include culture; the study of the origins and development of societal institutions, and group, networks, and organizations; people who interact regularly on basis of shared expectations and who share common sense of …show more content…
I have been conforming towards other people since the day I understood the concepts of how to be your own person; in other words, having your own style. I have two older siblings; a brother and a sister, and my sister is only a year older than I am. This tempted me to want to be just like her, which she did not enjoy as much as I did. I would try to be friends with her friends and of course at younger ages, we did not get along, so she would tend to push me out of her life. This was the most horrible feeling when I was younger, but today I thank her for it due to the fact that she pushed me to be my own person. Since middle school, I have tried out different trends with all different types of people. In sixth grade, I was a Twilight obsessed gothic girl who hated the world. That did not last very long as that was not who I was meant to be. Then seventh grade rolled around and I became very bubbly and very mean. I would give into the peer pressure of my friends and bully whoever they did not like. This phase ended near the end of eighth grade and this is when I began to discover my true self. I began helping