Symbolic interactionism

Someone is walking down the street in a large city when they are attacked by a stranger. The person calls out to everyone else around for help and no one does anything to help. The attacker gets away without being caught leaving the victim to die. Why would no one call the police or run to help the victim? Are people completely selfish when it comes to helping others in need or is there deeper reasons behind it? There are many reasons why I chose the bystander effect for my sociological issue.…

result in the postponement of child bearing, large income gaps between genders, and delaying of marriage. Each one of these issues both separately and cohesively negatively impact the institution of family. Utilization of the social paradigm, symbolic interactionism, is displayed through research from Adams (2015), Bonnie (2011), Evers, Andrea and Monika Sieverding (2014), Harvard Summer School (2013), Herr, Jane L. and Catherine D. Wolfram (2012), North (2015), and Pedulla, David S. and Sarah…

INTRODUCTION Have you ever observed the interaction of two people and based on their body language you arrived at the conclusion that they may have been divorced for a year, remarried two years later, and on the verge of another divorce? Ok, that may be a little too detailed and you have keen observation skills, but what about observing one individual? These are some of the times that we bring out our Sociological Imagination which is the ability to see our personal lives in the context of the…

talking to her. She did not even look but and said a simple, “Thanks.” It was probably the most monotone thank you I have ever heard. I noticed that people rarely complimented me back. There are multiple theories of deviance in Sociology. Symbolic interactionism is a theory in which it emphasizes the meanings that people have on their own and other’s behaviors. As humans, we based on much more than the act itself. When I complimented random people, my actions meant more to me and the person.…

Abortion: Pro-life When does a human become a human? Although this question may seem abstract, theoretical, and irrelevant, an individual’s answer to that question could have life or death consequences. Abortion, a major hot-button topic in our country, hinges on this question. If human life begins at conception, then abortion for any reason is wrong. If, however, a fetus does not become a “human” until after it leaves the womb, then most types of abortion are acceptable, and in some cases,…

Throughout the years, guns have provided us with the opportunities for peace, freedom, and protection. However, the opposite is also true, when the use of guns results in death, crime, and civil unrest. Guns in the hands of the right people establish a foundation in society in which rules must be followed. But, when the rules are broken the use of guns can result in the unjustifiable death of an individual. Today, we now have the issue of gun violence. We try to curb gun violence by utilizing…

Assessing Two Social Process Theories Social process theories are driven by the social interactions that occur between individuals. These theories are not concerned with how society as a whole influences crime, but instead how individual interactions push people into deviance. Social process theories are made to be applicable to all genders, races, socioeconomic classes, and regions. This is unlike other criminological theories because they are not limited to explaining lower-class crime. Two…