Sociological Concepts Paper

Learning about dramaturgy and the idea of maintaining self is very important to social interactions. Erving Goffman’s theoretical concepts that make up dramaturgy can be seen in many social settings especial at Starbucks. By using the different tools that make up impression management I can see how we are very much like actors in a play that are trying to maintain a believable performance.

M2 - Use different sociological perspectives to discuss patterns and trends of health and illness in two different social groups

a. Harry Harlow – surrogate mother experiment pg.111 must read and notes contact and comfort

Imagine a crowd of people with on the edge of your seat, nail-biting excitement. People were bubbling with energy and some alcohol to loosen everyone up. The lights are dim and the show is about to start. The slow melodic notes of the piano echo through the theater and out walks the singer dressed in an all lace number and a shawl showing more skin than covering. It is evident that this event is definitely for the “grown and sexy”. On Sunday March 8, 2014, I attended a Masha Ambrosius concert in which she was promoting her album friends and lovers. During the course of the show there were 4 different performances all of which had different effects on the

The video of School girl attacks identifies an attack on school girls in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Zahira, who is a 13-year-old, is interviewed by NBC told her story about the attack. Zahira, who always showed excitement about attending school, lost her joy after the attack on her and five other girls. The attack took place during the girls walk from school.

Sociology 1310 has helped me discover more social inequalities that I face as a darker-skinned African-American female, who comes from a single-parent lower middle class household, and is a first generation student between my parents. The data that has been presented in class, statics, watching social experiments, and mind-tap has really helped me understand and become more aware of the structures set up against people of color, lower socioeconomic status, and women.

To complete this sociological journey I used the concepts from chapters 3,4,5, and 8 of the textbook Sociology: A Brief Introduction, 11th ed. by Richard T. Schaefer. Mulan is a Disney movie character that has to face many sociological problems that threaten her physically and sociologically. Her social role is to become an obedient wife to her future husband, but Mulan just could not conform to the gender role that was expected of her, thus creating a role conflict. And as the movie progresses Mulan refuses to give into the norms of China and instead trusts in her values and takes on the duty of protecting her significant others from the war against the Huns. In the process of training. She isn’t given many life chances because of her being apart of the group known as women and men don’t respect or understand this group. Mulan meets Li Shang, who has the achieved status of captain, but some soldiers believe that the title of captain is an ascribed status because of the status of his father. This causes conflict and insubordination between the captain and the soldiers. Mulan takes on the personality of Ping to hide her identity and this action eventually has severe consequences due to the impersonation of a soldier being a very serious crime that could’ve brought on a fatal punishment, but she was spared due to her heroics later on. This is her journey from a girl to a soldier.

Chapter 16 focuses on the colonial era between 1836-1996 known as the Indian Residential Era. First Nations, Inuits, Metis were all subject to assimilatory of the government. During the era first nations were forced to go to residential schools. Children that were sent to residential schools were robbed from their culture and identity. They were given Christian names and forced to obey the system. The profound silence among First Nation peoples has drastically impacted the lives and displaced many individuals. The profound silence with regards to residential schools still exists today. In addition, residential schools impacted families and communities from teaching children long-valued and cultural

Sociological imagination is a term that I was not familiar with until taking sociology. I quickly learned that sociological imagination is a concept that was described by sociologist C. Wright Mills. Sociological imagination is an awareness of the relationships between an individual and the wider society. I began to think about this term while I did my observing. I observed three different settings in order to find out more about the sociological imagination and how it affects our daily lives.

Comparing and Contrasting How the Three Sociological Theories View the World Steven Spears Southern New Hampshire University Abstract In the world of sociology, there are three views, the conflict, functionalist, and interactionist. Each theory can be used to view the world and its social structure. Though they can be considered independent, it behooves us to examine, additionally, the combining of these views to better elaborate on the social constructs we are witness to.

Submission refers to at least six sociological concepts covered in the lectures or textbook reading

Sociological theory creates ways to understand the social world by having different theories to explain understand social life. It aids to make sense of this social world. It draws together a wide range of perspectives to help provide the fullest picture. (Macionis & Plummer p.36) It shows that one theory can explain something that another cannot. My aim is to answer this question with reference to both functionalism and conflict theory. This will be done by comparing and contrasting both theories in relation to their perspectives on both suicide and gender discrimination as social issues relevant to this day and age. Functionalism and conflict perspectives are both macro theories. This means that they focus on the big picture, for

The paper should be typed, double-spaced, 11-point font, 1” margins. Both the write-up and your typed journal should be saved as ONE document with page numbers. Remember to include a citation for any resources referenced, in proper APA format, and make sure your name is on your paper.

Self-presentation involves the person’s conscious decision of how he wants to present himself, and this image can be a more professional, more serious, or even more strict demeaner. According to Johann Marek, “every experience. . . is able to function as psychological quasi-content and, therefore, is able to be an object of a thought that is turned inwards” (2012, p. 122). To form the self-presentation, the person must decide what impression he wants to present, and then he must determine what actions he must take to reinforce this new image, and these actions are classified as impression management. There are several ways in which people attempt to establish and maintain a self-presentation, which include ingratiation and self-promotion (Kassin et al., 2013). In regard to ingratiation, people desire to be likable and get along with other people (Kassin et al., 2013). However, self-promotion is when a person attempts to gain peoples’ respect (Kassin et al., 2013).

The sociological inquiry is the methodical analysis of the inspirations and behaviour of individuals within a group. It is the study of the social world as a whole and focusing on how elements such as the family, religion, school, community and government effect it. Sociological inquires most standard goal is to simply obtain a more clear understanding of the observable social world that we live in. In this essay I will be looking into the sociological theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim, and recognising if their approaches are still relevant today.