Reading Task Chapter 2: Sociological Research Methods The second chapter of The Real World by Ferris and Stein distinguishes between the different research methods sociologists use and outline their advantages and disadvantages. Although the methods are also outlined in great detail, I feel that the thought of the benefits but especially downsides of the methods is of crucial importance in that chapter. Sociology, although sometimes looked upon more as a humanity than a science (which I personally feel is unjustified), is an academic field that uses the scientific method in order to gather and interpret data. Even though people tend to feel reduced and dehumanized by being labeled as ‘data points’ the study of societies is in many ways similar…
Marsha McMillen Unit 5 Sociology Discussion There is several cultural themes of family and marriage. We have Traditional Societies, Industrial and Postindustrial societies. In the Traditional societies the structure of the marriages the spouses are introduced to all the family, which there is an abundance of obligations. The function of marriage is to fulfill six needs that are important for the survival of society, and they are socialization of the children, reproduction, economic production, recreation, sexual control, and care of the sick and aged.…
Of the three prominent sociological perspectives, I have chosen to cover the functionalist perspective for this paper. According to functionalism, society is a system of interconnected parts that work together to maintain peace and equivalence. Functionalists believe society is held together by social consensus in which the members of society comply to and work to achieve, what is best for society altogether. I chose this perspective because I identify with it and find this perspective to be very interesting. This perspective became popular in the nineteen forties and nineteen fifties, Robert Merton and Emile Durkheim were big functionalist in this perspective.…
Sociological Research Methods chapter 2 of the book Sociology in Our Times explains why sociological research is necessary and how research is conducted as well as the various methods that can be used. Also this chapter explains what surveying is and how it is used for research. In addition, Readers learn about the ethical issues in research and what measures are taken to protect research participants. In the book The Meaning of Sociology, reading four, Readers learn how people make and develop correct generalizations about people or things. Also Readers gain knowledge about the meaning of categorizing and generalization.…
Sociology is one of the most important subjects today as it helps us explain and examined our behaviors as individuals, along with the society as a whole. Sociologist 's view on the society can be different depends on the perspective that the sociologist decides to study under. Some sociologists look at the society in a wider lens to learn about the society as a whole, while others might choose to look more at the smaller part of the society for closer details about human behavior in everyday aspect. Either way, sociologists will always learn about new information regarding which perspective they study the society with. There are three main perspectives that sociologists would more likely to choose.…
Sociology 200 is a course that covers the study of human’s society, the behaviors and the particular groups that make up the societies. In this course you'll learn about the foundations of society, social inequality, social institutions and social change. Login to pipeline and access your blackboard, most of the assignments can be found on Blackboard under the content link in the assignment folder. When submitting work avoid uploading attachments because the instructor cannot open all programs instead there is a submission box that the assignments can be submitted in. There's several assignments to complete one of the main assignments is the term paper.…
1. Sociologist uses social perspective to understand human society and how everything around us affects us. The relationship society has on human behavior and actions. For example, the internet affects human behavior and the society around us because affects our behavior. The way that we can uniquely see and understand it in a social perspective is by practicing beginner’s mind.…
Sociological Assessment As I was reading about all the sociological problems older adults endured. It saddened me to know that we just discard them as if they are just useless. We need to change that negative stigma about the elderly population, change our mindsets as a society because at the end, we will all have to go through that stage of life. The present is a sociological assessment for Bessie Delany.…
Sociological imagination refers to thinking and seeing beyond the narrow scope of societal opinion. With the help of it, an individual is able to temporarily detach from the societal bondage and chains. This particularly applies to activities and utterances that are considered controversial in a particular community. Such include drug abuse and the perception of the society concerning drug abuse, teenage pregnancy and the aftermath, and alcoholism among others. Some people find it hard to accept failure, and they constantly find themselves making comparisons between themselves and others.…
The case of murder occur in the city due to different reasons, and there is an interconnection of various factors that motivate individuals to commit a crime in the city, most of the factors being social, economic, and others are political in nature. The issue of murder in the city can be analyzed or investigated from sociological and social approach since those who commit the crimes have to undergo a decision-making the process for them to identify who to commit their heinous crime on or whether they are justified to do so if they think the cause is worth it. Social and Sociological Analysis Murder is a form of violence that does more harm than just destruction of property but leads to a loss of life in the process, and that makes it more…
According to Wright Mills (Wright Mills, 2000), the sociological imagination is the skill of perceiving the issues in our world not only as problems concerning individuals of our society but also affecting populations in their entirety. Obesity is a problem which affects the entire world and is increasing in occurrence because of a number of sociological factors (Gilbert, Selikow, & Walker, 2010). We can view it as being affected by environmental, social and psychological factors (Gilbert, Selikow, & Walker, 2010). We can analyse the influence of society on the incidences of obesity if we focus on some factors such as; the technological advancement, the effect that poverty has on people and on societies and the effect of child abuse.…
There are many sociological perspectives that are used to get a better understanding of society. The three main one that will be discussed is the Functionalist perspective. Criticism of other sociology perspectives will also be implemented. According to Crossman, (2016), the functionalist perspective is one of the major theoretical perspectives in sociology. Emile Durkheim put this approach together.…
In today’s society, how humans present themselves is largely due to the environment which they are raised. Although humans are alike in many ways, every country, or even more specifically every town in a country, holds different societal standards. These standards and cultural differences are what cause people to be the way that they are. Among those differences, there are variations among what is considered normal. Some examples, which I have personally been cultured to view as normal are, owning a pet, attending school, and playing sports.…
Coming into this course, I really didn 't know what to expect. Sociology is something that I’ve always known about, but never really paid much attention to. As many people other people think, I saw sociology and psychology as the same thing. I didn 't take the time to read or understand what the difference was and even if there really was a difference. I quickly learned that there was.…
For this past week, I was able to take in what I observed and explain it through an ethnographic method. These observations opened my eyes through Sociology and gave me a better sociological perspective on our world today. Before this course, I always had that beginner’s mind in the way I saw society. As I made the effort to get a closer look, I was astonished on the outlook of our world today.…