Study of Collective Behavior by Sociologists

The party goers are said to have “enthusiastic meetings” in which they “never knew each other’s names,” implying they never really cared about the people they were discussing with but only felt the need to be talking to

After having read the first three chapters of “You May Ask Yourself: An Introduction to Thinking Like A Sociologist,” I easily discovered that I have been a budding sociologist since I began forming my own thoughts. A sociologist questions everything and tries to relate the unknown, and I do that on a daily basis. Three specific ways in which I have noticed myself thinking like a sociologist have involved the Conflict Theory, the Reflection Theory, and the idea of “positivism.”

The North Hanover Mall is an average shopping center with various stores and small attractions. Typically, the mall is not over-crowded; however, during the evenings and weekends it is well-traveled. There are the average chain stores such as JCPenny’s, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Hallmark, and Bath and Body Works. Likewise, there are some smaller, lesser known stores, for example, a few nail and hair salons, cafes, a pizza shop, and a sports apparel store. In general, there is a diverse mix of people shopping, from ethnicity to ages and group sizes. The night I choose to do my social observation the mall was much busier than I had anticipated. There was a Halloween event and an antique car show; both circumstances brought more individuals than usual into the shopping complex.

Hey Faye! Let me say, that I checked your office hours and you have bloody awful ones (no offense!). There is no way (unless by magic) I'll ever get to see you which makes me sad. :c

I am a part of a social aggregate often since a social aggregate is any group of people who happen are together in a particular place, but Chapter 6 states that these people do not necessarily have to interact or identify with each other. For instance, taking the elevator in the buildings here on campus often puts me in a small space with people who I don’t necessarily know and talk to, but it still impacts me since we all are in the elevator to get somewhere, making me move to make room for others, press the floor number for them, and also remain quiet until people come out as I’m waiting.

The 5 teens formed a crowd, larger groups than cliques, composed of individuals who share particular characteristics but who may not interact with one another, the moment they walked into the library for detention. A clique is a group of 2-12 people whose members have frequent social interactions with one another. Examples of cliques are Claire only hanging out with the popular students, Andrew hanging out with wrestlers,

the packed crowed.

Some civilians from a rural area does not know what it is like to be in a crowded town. There are a lot of reasons why some people in society are in favor of the less crowded spots. In my experience, there are disadvantages and advantages anywhere you live. When you ask random people why they live in dense populate place, they may say because I don’t like being in a traffic jam. The main reasons why they dislike the crowded places are because they are afraid to get out of their comfort zone, dislike the crowds, it costs too much money like food and gas prices, and there is not enough outdoor activities to do in cold or hot weather.

When applied to crowds, their

common, who spend time together. Cliques often spend large amounts of time together, and don’t associate with other people. A person can move from one clique to another if they find another clique that better represents/supports them.

There are five theoretical perspectives used by sociologists in their research: symbolic interaction, rational choice, structural functionalism, social conflict, and feminist. Actions of the family members in Family Dinner Date video can be explained by each of these theories.

There were many people to observe throughout the day. You were able to see how many people reacted differently with their surrounding depending on who was around them and who wasn’t.

I belong to an informal group of six friends. I am considered to be part of a small group since there are only six members of this group. In this group we each have our sense of belonging and that we feel part of the group. Sometimes people can feel like they do not belong in this group. For example, when just two or three of the six hangout, my other friends feel hurt because they were not invited or that they think we should only hangout when the whole group is there. Within this group we have our own language. For example, we have “inside jokes”, that only the people in the group know. For example, my friends and I love the movie The Heat with Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock, and we will randomly use quotes from that movie and people often don’t know what we are talking about. Another example, is language. My friends and I have our own language that no one else knows about. For example, my friend’s name in my phone is “Oh Whale,” this is because I made a joke about Shamoo one day that she thought was hilarious. Instead of saying oh well, we say “oh whale”, and no one else really understands why I have her name as Oh Whale. As an informal group, we use face-to-face communication and small group discussion when we spend time together. We also use nonverbal communications, such as texting and emoticons. Texting can often lead to the group failing as a whole because text messages can be

We see people in the crowd was a piece that Kramer did for an office in Sao Paulo. He was inspired by the culture in the city and the mass crowds of unique people he saw on the streets. Kramer has voiced that his inspiration comes from seeing such faces and wondering about

We then walked round and started making friends. The other patrons were a mixture of a few in the corner who seemed more stuck up and as though they were looking down their noses and us and the people in the middle of the dance floor who didn’t have a care in the world and were thoroughly enjoying a good old boogie to some 'RnB '. Overall, the venue itself looked rather tired and