Alenoush Karimian. Soc 2: Winter 2017. .

Early last summer, I was on my way to becoming a high school senior. This was one of the most exciting transitions of my high school career. My best friend Modolyne and I always told ourselves senior year must be epic, I mean it’s our last year, right? So, this meant we were participating in all school activities - which wasn’t free. My senior year spending was well over a thousand dollars. Together, we decided to apply to a local Chick-fil-A in hopes of getting a job. I felt anxious towards applying, I’ve never been on a register before and I feared being rejected. Days past after applying and I grew sad. The self-fulfilling prophecy of me not landing the job was slowly echoing in my mind day after day. I woke up one gloomy morning, telling myself to forget about

2.2 explain how others in social networks may provide support to individuals experiencing significant life events

My typical daily interactions involve going to work and seeing my bosses/patrons, spending time at home with my parents and pets, talking to my close friend Keaton, and seeing or talking to my sister Haley. When I was making my social web in class, I noticed that it was considerably small compared to some other people around me. I have always been an introvert who prefers to keep her social circle small, so it does not surprise me that my perceived social web played out exactly right in my real life. Due to the fact that I am going to school and working right now, my schedule follows a routine pattern and my social interaction is limited. While I like the people in my social web now, I would like in the future to add another close friend or two and hopefully a romantic partner to share my life with. This assignment made me wonder how my social interactions will change as I get older. Over the course of a person’s life, their social web is bound to change as people enter and leave it. In May I will be entering a new stage in my life as I graduate, and hopefully get a new job. With this happening, I won’t be seeing any of my Sonoma State acquaintances anymore and I will be meeting new people who will become a part of my social web. It is a journey I am nervous about taking, but also excited for as this is the next step in my life, and soon my social web could be filled with coworkers and romantic partners and nephews or

Although, there are some groups that should be avoided because they are formed by marginalized individuals that are bitter about not recovering from their illness, or injuries and even substance abuse (Smith and Christakis, 2008). The more that social networks promote positive attitudes throughout the community, to enforce wise lifestyle choices with healthy habits, the more assistant experts will have will to continue to push information through network for the public. However, based on Rochester Institute of Technology it’s said that there are six criteria of social support that researchers used to measure the level of overall social support available for the specific person or situation (Cutrona, Russell, & Rose,

Life satisfaction is typically related to social relationships, which helps us to understand why relationships are essential for older adults' well-being (Broderick & Blewitt, 2015). Naturally, it would seem that most adults in their later lives would have more support from friends and family to rally around them and support them through the various challenges and stressors of late adulthood. However, Broderick and Blewitt (2015) acknowledge that it is normal for their social networks of friends and family is smaller in scope than in the past. It must be

According to Siegal (2007), people are “wired to connect” in the sense that the lack of socio-environmental stimulation can have a detrimental impact upon one’s health (Taylor, 2002). For instance, studies have shown people experience physiological pain following social rejection, yet these symptoms substantially improve following social inclusion (Taylor, 2002). Therefore, an individuals’ perception of whom they in relation to their environment is fundamental to their psychological wellbeing (Fishbane, 2007 & Siegel, 2007).

I’ve always wanted to give back to my community so once I graduated high school I decided to go to college and study Criminal Justice. When I first started college it was like throwing a mouse into a cage of rats. I had my studies and I also now had bills. At that time, I had just turned 18, I couldn’t find a job and my mother couldn’t afford to pay for my tuition. After my father was released from prison he decided to better his life and vowed to take care of me when I started college. So I called my father and informed him of the situation of my tuition he said don’t worry son I will take care of it. At that time, it was only $400 dollars extra that I owed. When it came time to make the payment I couldn’t get in touch with my father it was as he disappeared. I became hurt, confused and penniless on why my father would abandon me in a time I needed him the most, I was forced to drop out of college still owing them $400. After a while the late fees added up and came up to a total of $1300. I still didn’t

Donald Trump has recently been elected president of the United Sates, a choice that created an environment open to racism and sexism. The middle class is shrinking and there is an increasing gap between class levels. Technology is also creating another problem within society in regards to the socialization of children. But how do these social factors effect a young white female in a middle class family, who is attending a scholarly university? Social factors and issues impact many individual’s life chance’s, including, my own. Although social factors and issues effect some people more drastically than others, these effects can be both, positive or negative therefore effecting all, positively or negatively. When analyzing my own life chances and opportunities, they are directly reflected through larger social forces and issues. These life chances are shown through education, travel, and career path. These chances created positive effects through out my life, allowing for greater opportunities. These social factors and issues will always be present, and pressing positive or negative effects on future life chances, and shaping opportunities. In this essay I will demonstrate how my life chances were effected, and reflected through three large social forces. Social factors that have effected my life chances, and positive opportunities are, social class, race and ethnicity, and socialization. These three social factors are reflected in my life chances and the reason why I was

I earned my first D in a course and a note stating that if I did not fix the grade I would be on probation for playing basketball. I thought my world had ended, while not playing basketball was hard to think of, the idea of going home and saying I had failed or even quit something was beyond anything I wanted to do. I talked with the teacher and agreed to take the class over and I shared with my roommates that I needed to get serious about college. Our room was so small and my roommates’ shared that they were doing “ok” and wanted to continue experiencing the “college excitement” of entertaining friends. So I discovered some private space in the basement where I could go for the quiet study and focus time I needed while they entertained and then from 11:00 until 7:00 our room was used for sleeping. I changed my work study job to doing laundry for the athletic program thus providing extra study time while the laundry was running and picking up an extra job as a janitor for the ceramics department also allowing time for study while the clay was mixing. This arrangement worked fine and my grades quickly got back on course. Both girls decided that school was not for them and were not planning on coming back the next year, so again searching for the most economical rate I could obtain my name was deposited in a pool and drawn out to live with 3 different girls in a suite for the next year. At the beginning of the year we set down some guidelines to establish cleaning,

Another example was when Madeleine Dioret responded to another friend about the horrific soup they were given to eat “The soup will always smell like a sewer, we’ll just have to eat it or die of hunger. Might as well start now.” This statement just showed the strength and level of communication these women had, Madeleine was trying to comfort her friends telling them basically you have to get over the fact that it smells because we have no choice ,now lets do this together. The effect of social affiliation in Departure and Return

I ventured to the house of a friend who lived with her grandmother. There, my supercilious conscience drove me to assist in any way plausible, including cleaning, cooking, and chauffeuring. Anxiety slithered its way into my heart as I realized the gravity of my position—money is requisite to survival, in essence, a job was vital. With the job search initiated, searching for those willing to hire a high schooler and offer decent pay—not a painless task. Megan Seuter, the mother of a friend of mine and owner of a local business, Explosive Countermeasures International (ECI), offered me a job as Administrative Assistance. My first meaningful job and an arduous one at that. A solitary blunder could develop into severe repercussions, and not necessarily with Mrs. Seuter, but with the government. Realizing the burden I placed on my shelter provider, my sojourn concluded. I relocated to various houses, ultimately residing on one of my employers’ properties, a fair distance from my

It, however, does not provide a clear indication of which is the most important or the best place to start (Healy, 2014, p. 115). In Leanne’s case, her issues can be best understood by the transactions between the individual and her environment. A progressive disease such as MS continues to worsen in waves, meaning that Leanne and family are living with persistent symptoms. Within the ecological perspective, this highlights the importance of building personal and structural support for Leanne and her family. Examining Leanne’s challenges from this point of view shows that they arise from Leanne’s exchange with her environment rather than originating from her psyche as the psychodynamic perspective would emphasize. That is not to discount the value of the psychodynamic theories that may be relevant in this case, however. Systems theory insists interactions across boundaries be paramount; it also fails to reconcile feelings and intention. It does, however, provide a means for the integration of a psychodynamic perspective to focus insight into current conflicts and the attempts at social and psychological reintegration (Payne, 2014, p.

Social support has a strong influence on how an individual goes through life transitions. Paul was able to be supportive to his brother as his brother went from being a married man to a divorcee. The way in which individual’s are connected to the wider world relates to what current events are happening. For example, after the 2008 recession Paul’s business, Holophile Inc. drastically began to decline. Since the economy was in shambles, it made it difficult for a marketing communications company to survive.

Everyone wants to live a successful life and actually become something, whether it’s an entrepreneur, a police officer, or even a professor, it all takes a lot of time and it’s not an easy path. On the road to success it is never stress-free, no matter what one plans on becoming, they stubble in life. There is no tranquil route in life, and people go through rough challenges. However, those rough challenges are never to indignant one, but to help them become a stronger person, as well as support others who also fell the same way as yourself. In the video-blog “The Beauty of Broken Things,” published on YouTube on October 10, 2014, video blogger Joshua Feuerstein expresses how he was once broken into a million pieces and isolated his self from everyone due a tragic event that took place in his life. Feuerstein’s situation to the tragic event is heartbreaking, but things

In this article, your social life can be like a hedgehog or a fox. A hedgehog is when you know a few people but you know them deeply. On the other hand, the fox knows many people but do not know that much about them. In other words, the hedgehog does more research on the background on the people close to them. A fox does not care about the background on the people close to them or in their life. I consider myself a hedgehog because I do not get a lot of friends but the ones I do have I know a lot about them. “The hedgehog probes deeply and narrowly.” (Haag, pg. 399)