My Process Of Breaking A Norm

Sociology 101 has changed my view on human interaction and has opened my eyes to polar views on the world we live in. Over the course of the semester, we utilized advanced sociological methods to evaluate some of the most controversial topics facing our generation. This class has impacted my life in numerous positive lights through the teachings that Dr. Morlock has provided us.

The United States' society's basic principles include accepting change. This is even written into the Constitution as amendments. As a country, our people have used this ablility to do great things. For example, the USA have abolished slavery. When this country was first founded, slavery was not considered wrong. As

When we think about American culture today, we usually think about the 4th of July, barbecuing, Donald Trump and football.We have centered our culture around ourselves and have not given much thought about the good of our country like our founders did when they wanted to avoid a tyrannical leader. In United States history, we have changed our culture due to given circumstances and becoming the “World’s Leading Power”, that we did not have to face the struggles that the colonists had to go through. Those struggles in the 1700’s had shaped American cultures and what they valued.

The values America was founded on such as freedom of religion and speech now seem to be lost in a modern day society where everyone is judged for everything they appear to be. In contrast to other countries we do have it quite well, but if we want to ever achieve freedom we have a lot of work to do. I think America will never become a mindless nirvana where everyone agrees with each other (as long as there’s two people, there will be an argument) but I do believe that we can do a whole lot better than what we have

The eighteenth century, it was a large issue to go against anything that was in the standard ways. Now it is a big issue to believe that American Exceptionalism doesn't mean anything. Before World War II America was exceptional because it didn't have a socialized after the war America was exceptional because it stood up to socialism this basically says that what ever America does will be viewed as exceptional because people are still influenced by the idea of what America was. For an addition, America was focused on avoiding militarism and imperialism because they were European traits which they weren't a big fan of. Over time they gave up to it and imperial power and America has the biggest Military. This proves that America is indeed exceptional. America has failed to resist the fact they were founded because they were going a standard route but ended up going imperialism and their large military. Many Countries that used to look up to America has stopped because they have slowly walked away from the idea of being

But some weaknesses began showing in America. While America was trying to spread the message of freedom and democracy, it became clear to the world that America wasn’t exactly the land of the free. People that had been long oppressed, decided that they weren’t going to just accept it. It started with minorities reaching for basic rights that everyone should have, and by the 1970s, nearly everyone that had been forced to follow social norms began to pressure social boundaries, all of this in hopes of creating a freer society for everyone. While the people of the nation were fighting to make this nation better for everyone, the federal government was losing power, over its own people and over the rest of the

The Broken Norm Introduction A folkway violation is the action of violating the adaptation of normal behavior in society. They are not laws with the list of things that you can't do, but they are actions that you would not expect to be common. I couldn't think of any ideas on folkways that I wanted to violate. It then hit me when my daughter wouldn't let me concentrate.

America is very unique as a country especially during the prosperous times of peace, the country is frequently undergoes drastic political and social changes usually seen in other countries only in times of war such as NAZI Germany or Republic people of China. Since the revolution won the independence of America nearly 200 years ago, America has undergone change after change. The use and abolishment of slavery, the tolerance and rejection of immigration, the Homestead act and giving tracts of land and the vote to thousands of people who did not have before, are all examples of the big changes this country. These changes, although large and important in their rights, only increase, decrease, or a little redistribution of political power in the big picture of all

Societies around the world have been changing throughout the course of history. They never stop changing and contorting to fit in to present times, though that's not always a good thing. In America's society we still have a long way to go before we are can be considered a good society. Granted it is currently better than some. China, for example, is the leading producer of pollution in the world. In America we have social injustices that need to be handled like racism, women's rights, and stem cell research.

In today’s society more and more Americans are being judged based on their appearance and not their character. Furthermore it has been shown that Americans are the most ignorant out of all cultures. In addition to being called names and targeted by government officials has brought the prison system at an all-time high. Basically people are being judged in society without knowing the person's background or even a last name. Being brought up in a world where slavery was a past time traditions seems like nothing has changed in America. They say all Americans

Today’s society is nothing like we want it to be and how we are supposed to define America. We are supposed to be “the land of the free and the home of the brave” but it is nothing like that. We have people who are considered a minority because of skin color, slavery, laws blocking the constitution, and are fed lots of lies from government. We are living in a country that is unfair and is slowly falling apart day by day. This country is completely divided and there is only laws protecting certain people. Our country has the dominant and the oppressed and there is rarely anyone in between.

The United States of America is a country known around the world as a great melting pot. A place where a person of any race and background can come and work hard to achieve their hopes and dreams. When people think about the founding of the United States, they typically think of a rebellion and revolution that colonists had to do to resist against the cruel tyranny of the British colonial rule. The American Revolution is celebrated as the start of a country and looked at with pride and patriotism by Americans; So much in fact that there is even a national holiday in America that celebrates the founding of the country on July 4th. What typically isn’t mentioned when talking about the history of America is the exploitation and oppression of certain groups of people that was used as a foundation that this country was built upon. Although the founding of the United States opened the doors of opportunity for millions of people, it also resulted in the abuse and entrapment of a huge population. The oppressed groups had little to no rights and experienced political, social, and economic inequality.

I think that the United States was built off of an ideology that was unrealistic in some ways. All of their ideas were valid but to them the values and standards became sort of unrealistic and impossible because they said that they could be their own country where they held each other up and that “all men were created equally”. In reality we can see that the start of our country was based of want and it was a good enough to kill the people who were native to the land. The

America stands for freedom and diversity. It’s about people of all different races, background, and history coming together to form one big country. I also think America stands for freedom of speech. It’s one of the big reason why foreigners move here. That what makes America so great we have so many people from all over who have experienced so many different things and have different perspectives and they can come to together and make a good plan for us as a country. Some countries you 're not even allowed to have freedom of speech. Countries like Burma, North Korea, Turkmenistan and Libya people are not allowed to say negative things about politics and if they think the country is being run the wrong way. If they do then they can have serious penalties. America though is a place where people can speak their mind and not have any penalty for it. It 's one of the many key attractions for so many people coming here and it being the 3rd biggest country with 322 million people and it being considered one of the world 's more diverse countries. I think we want to be perceived at country that is welcoming and friendly to newcomers. We fill that role pretty well. I was looking up on how americans are perceived on google and come across many blogs where foreigners had responses on their opinions on how they see americans. Most people were really positive on what they thought about americans. They liked their friendliness and would go back to America if they had the chance.

For the breaking norm experiment I wanted to create an awkward encounter with a stranger. Once the encounter takes place I would try to start a conversation and hold it for at least five minute. There is many was I could of done this experiment, but I wanted it to be executed in a way were it didn’t give an uncomfortable vide to the individual. Some ideas that had were going up to random strangers while their walking to class or lifting at the gym. At the end I choosed none of theses ideas because I felt like the result would be bias if it was done this way. The reason for this is because I wouldn’t have a long enough encounter with the test subject. Most people at the gym or walking to class have are restricted by time. So I design my experiment