Essays on Social Relations

Social norms are behavioral rules used to inform group members how to see a given situation, how to feel about it, and how to behave in it. They apply social influence on group members by prescribing which reactions are appropriate and which are not. It influences an individual’s cognition, feelings, and attitude. They also serve...

When I think of Socialization, I think of being social or social interactions. I never thought much about what it meant and was surprised to read deeper into understanding what it means and how it affects a large part of our lives. Socialization is something most of us grow up with and don’t even think...

Sociological imagination played a key part in the life of every individual (Pedro & Rosane Rocha, 2019). The idea can be receiving through messages, observation and the effect of other individuals in surround (Susan, 2015) (Adam et al., 2013). Sociological imagination is about how an individual perceived the idea of what their personal values are...

Sociology involves stepping out of the box to analyze every custom, every tradition, every movement, every conversation that humans have. There are three sociological paradigms that we have been exposed to in this module: structural functionalism, conflict theory and symbolic interactionism. I see structural functionalism as a living organism. The purpose of this theory is...

Divorce is a common topic in today’s society. Many tend to have big expectation that marriage is supposed to be all glitz and glam but tends to forget the time, effort and willingness it takes to make a marriage work. In the drawing, it shows a woman in the middle in which represents (a close...

Poverty has been one of America’s biggest problems since our country was founded. Even after many reforms and policies like the Affordable Care Act or the Social Security act we still see this trend and it doesn’t seem to get any better. There are many causes of poverty like individual behaviours and circumstances for example...

The sociological imagination basically refers to how we as human beings view the social world around us, not from our own perspective and experiences; but from the view or perspective of others. According to C. Wright Mills (1959) (Mills, 1959, p. 5), sociological imagination “enables its possessor to understand the larger historical scene in terms...

 I remember my grandmother telling me, “Once you are married, mijita, you stay there forever.” I was raised in a catholic family, under the impression that marriage was eternal (literally), and divorces a sin. At the same time, I was growing up in a country where the divorcing patterns were practically shaping the culture, and...

The sociological imagination would enable those who exercise it to understand the contemporary historical panorama concerning its significance and relevance, referring both to the professional careers and the private lives of many heterogeneous people, allowing them to evaluate how individuals, through their daily and customary actions are frequently trapped by a false consciousness about their...

Numerous people experience at least one social issue personally. For instance, numerous individuals are poor and unemployed, many are in weakness, and many have family issues, drink an excessive amount of liquor, or perpetrate wrongdoing. When we find out about these people, it is anything but difficult to believe that their issues are theirs alone,...