Sociological perspectives have contributed to the deepening of my understanding through giving me more and different perspectives to view the world‚ societies‚ cultures‚ and individuals. These sociological perspectives have given me more insight into how society functions and is connected‚ how conflict engineers social change‚ and how people interact and why they interact in this particular way. In my last essay for this semester‚ I will first discuss the structural-functionalist perspective‚ which
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What have the attitudes and actions of people in your texts revealed to you about venturing into society? Moving into society is a transitional phase‚ marked by new challenges‚ opportunities and relationships. Transitions in life can change an individual’s perception of the world and obstacles may arise which test individual’s strength. This is shown through analysis of the novel ‘The Story of Tom Brennan’ by J.C. Burke (2005) and the memoir “At least it’s not contagious’ by Samantha Miles (1995)
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The rudimental unit of Easton’s system analysis is ‘interaction’. Interaction is engendered from the demeanor of the members of the system when they play their role as such. When these myriad interactions‚ in the perception of the philomath‚ become a ‘set of interrelations’‚ they are considered as a ‘system’. Easton’s subject matter of analysis is only the set of political interactions. There are four major premises or broader concepts of his flow-model or input-output analysis: (i) System; (ii)
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Charles Horton Cooley (born Aug. 17‚ 1864‚ Ann Arbor‚ Michigan‚ U.S. died May 8‚ 1929‚ Ann Arbor) was an American sociologist and the son of Thomas M. Cooley. He studied and went on to teach economics and sociology at the University of Michigan‚ and he was a founding member and the eighth president of the American Sociological Association. He is perhaps most well known for his concept of the looking glass self‚ which is the concept that a person’s self grows out of society’s interpersonal interactions
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Often during boring classes‚ that have no relation to communications‚ many students will find themselves daydreaming about a variety of scenarios that include the following: an upcoming date‚ job interview‚ presentation‚ or athletic situation. These imagined interactions often help these daydreaming students to perform better when the actual situation occurs. Imagined Interaction theory is an intrapersonal theory in which people imagine scenarios‚ how their actions in the scenario will affect the
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In “Presentation of the Self in Everyday Life‚”Goffman establishes‚ dramaturgy‚ a principle that demonstrates the contrived nature of all human social interaction. Employing Shakespeare’s metaphor of “all life is a stage‚” Goffman expands the metaphor arguing that humans actively decide how to behave to gain acceptance into society‚ which includes acceptance of the forces that diminish individuality. Unlike puppetry or other forms of manipulation‚ individuals confine their potential‚ succumbing to
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The last theory is symbolic interactionism‚ which is “a theoretical perspective in which society is viewed as composed of symbols that people use to establish meaning‚ develop their views of the world‚ and communicate with one another” (Henslin 23). Symbolic interactionism is a micro-level theory that mainly focuses on individuals and social interactions (Soc-101 class notes). By applying symbols to relationships‚ it adds a deeper meaning that would be absent without them. Some symbols can include
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“The Concentration City” is a short story by J.G. Ballard that is dystopic in nature. The short story revolves around a young physics student’s dream which is the gear for the story. The main character‚ Franz Mattheson‚ dreams that he is floating in the air with his hands by his side implying that he wishes to construct an aircraft. Social control can come in many forms; however‚ the social control demonstrated in this shorty story is social norms. The existence of social norms impacts Franz’s desire
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Dramaturgy is a sociological viewpoint commonly used to analyze social interactions and was first introduced in the book The Presentation of the Self in Everyday Life. In this book‚ Erving Goffman‚ a Canadian-American sociologist and writer‚ uses the imagery of theater to portray the distinctions and significance of face-to-face social interaction. Goffman puts forth a theory of social interaction that he refers to as the dramaturgical model of social life. According to Goffman‚ social interaction
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Erving Goffman is a sociologist who came up with the dramaturgical theory. He believed that we are in a never ending play called life‚ that we are nothing more than actors in the play. Goffman held that once we are born‚ we are thrown onto a stage called everyday life‚ and that our socialization comprises of learning how to perform our given roles from other individuals. We preform our parts in the presents of others‚ who are in turn preforming their part in interacting with us‚ whatever we do; we
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