Essays on Social Norms

Long Response

While sexuality remains a talking point in the modern society, many people are still being discriminated based on their sexual identities. It is essential to note that several people have become victims of racial discrimination as well as heterosexism in the modern society. While many people have fought to change the perception of the offenders, the battle against lesbianism is still alive in the society as many individuals do not consider it a cultural norm. Culturally acceptable codes of behavior have dictated that a particular behavior has to be observed by the members of the society to help nurture ...

Introduction

The desire to conform to the norms is what makes the foundation of a civilized society. Social order, for instance, is a desired attribute that is founded on established written and unwritten rules that are being observed by most people within a society. Deviation from these established rules is considered as undesirable and people who deviate are considered as having abnormal qualities or malfunctioning (Merton, 2002, p. 672). There are instances, however, wherein some people are observed to deviate from the standard pattern of human behavior. This deviation has captured the interest of many social scientists and have been ...

Introduction

A code of conduct is a document that sets out a collection of rules, social norms, and responsibilities that an individual or any party should follow as a part of an existing organization. In some cases, they may also refer to and cover areas such as the principles, values, and standards that an individual should use as a guide when making actions and decisions when working within an organization. Following an organization’s code of conduct often has two main goals. The first one is to keep the stakeholders satisfied by ensuring that all actions and decisions that are ...

Q. 2 In the American society just as is the case in other societies, perceptions, attitudes, and reactions or response to rape and family or domestic violence victimization differ significantly in various respects. According to Siegel, when it comes to violent crimes such as rape and domestic violence, perceptions about victimization differ based on the offender and the victim’s gender (68). Further, Ben-David and Schneider claim that the attitudes and beliefs about gender roles influence perceptions on rape with the possible explanation being the belief in rape as a sexual act and socially accepted stereotypes about rape (389). ...

General Aspects of Indonesian Culture

Indonesia is an Asian country that comprises over 17,000 islands and with a population of around 256 million people. The country’s population implies diversity in the ethnic, cultural, linguistic, and religious domains. Being an island means that Indonesia is basically multi-ethnic with small groups occupying geographic enclaves. Indonesia comprises over six hundred ethnic groups grouped into 31 broad categories based on the 2010 census publication with the majority being the Javanese (40.2%) followed by Sundanese (15.5%) and Bataks (3.6%) (Utomo and McDonald, 2014, p.7). Indonesians speak various languages and observe varying customs and religious beliefs, however, there ...

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Overview Businesses operate within the community, which includes the people they employ, the consumers, and the policy formulators. It is important for businesses to market the idea of being a good citizen by exhibiting community-minded behavior. This makes the concept of corporate citizenship an important consideration for many businesses. Corporations are considered paper citizen and in that view, every citizen has a responsibility to fellow citizens. Corporate citizenship is an important managerial and strategic factor that crafts an instrumental view of the relationship between business and society (Carroll & Shabana, 2010). Big corporates in the world today are becoming more ...

The cultures of a place, the social norms and ways of doing things have great influences on the things that individuals do and justify. This essay explores and relates Richard Feyman’s story O Americano Outra Vez and Ruth Benedict’s The Individual and the Pattern of Culture. The two stories are about norms, behaviours, tendencies, cultures and generally how people influence each other to follow certain paths. In order to understand the correlations between the two texts, it is important to highlight some issues about the authors and the motivations each had for writing their pieces. Richard Phillips ...

Social Norms

It is believed by professionals and sociologist that everyone in society has as social role to play in the community. In society people are Social norms are a social constructed created and shared by individuals in a community. These norms are defined by actions and behaviors performed by people in society which they are expected by other people in society to act this way. For example, in today’s society, In Western culture, it is a social norm to give an individual personal space if they are a stranger, and if you are forced to encroach upon their personal ...

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Analysis of Nora’s Character in Henrik Ibsen’s ‘A Doll’s House’

Introduction Henrik Ibsen’s ‘A Doll’s House’ is a play that touched on issues of feminism and gender equality. The play was written by Ibsen in 1879, during which it became highly controversial because it challenged conventions regarding the role of women in society. During the time, gender equality is considered as a taboo topic. There are certain norms that define how the typical woman should act and women are judged according to these standards. The traditional role of women as passive wives and homemakers is regarded as the defining standard by which women’s usefulness ...

Human Behavior Impact on Environment

Human being is, at the same time, the product of environment and its major influencing force. The development of human activities over the centuries and the development of knowledge innovation and technology allowed our society in many ways control and direct the environmental phenomena to a much greater extent than other living creatures. The truth is that this complex and multifaceted relationships between a human and nature brought a number of new challenges. Some of the human behavior and activities have the very clear impact on the environment, whether positive or negative, but the type of influence that one ...

QI: Personality Clash

Business and social environments outline the complexity of relationships which are built between individuals, groups and event organizations, and governments. The reality shows that globalization and technological development place numerous pressures on these environments and affect the ways interpersonal relationships are built. Indeed, when it comes to the analysis of the globalization and its influence on the society, it is a common knowledge that internationalization of businesses and personal mobility became common among the majority of the nations. That said, academic and business literature has been giving a lot of attention to such issues as diversity, internationalization, technology impact ...

Despite the fact that both the United States and Brazil have a history of the institution of slavery, each country documented a different reaction to the emancipation of those in bondage. Racial relations among Brazilians were significantly different in comparison to the documented experiences of African Americans residing in the United States after the abolition of slavery. For instance, while African Americans became subject to discriminatory laws that included Jim Crow Laws and Black Codes, Brazil did not experience the same form of government-imposed racism. In other words, legislations did not institutionalize racism among the people of Brazil; however, ...

The Hollywood industry has faced tremendous changes since the beginning of operations. The industry deals with movie production and has moved from the times of high theater movie attendances, for instance, by the year 1929, four-fifth of all American population, which makes up around ninety-five million people who attended the movie theaters, weekly (Epstein, 2009). The Hollywood industry is therefore controlled by the movie producers, the film owners, the directors and the movie stars themselves. The concept of popcorn economy on the other hand, revolves around productive resources being limited. As a result, Hollywood is in the process of ...

Social Norms

The non-breaching experiment included being verbal during what were normally verbal orders in public places. The employee would have no knowledge of a disability on my behalf, and I would not use words or sign language of any kind to distinguish myself from those who hear and those who do not. Instead, I would simply enter various places and write my order down on a slip of paper, handing it to the employee without entering into a verbal exchange on my end. During my first interaction, the employee asked me how they could help me and I had written ...

Post your Philosophy of Adult Education Inventory (PAEI) scores and associated philosophy. 

I personally scored an 81 in liberal arts adult education, a 99 in behavioral adult education, a 105 in progressive adult education, an 87 in both humanistic adult education, and radical adult education. As a result, my personal educational philosophy is most closely aligned with behavioral and progressive adult education. As a behavioral educator, I should prefer to observe students through clear behaviors. The primary understanding of this philosophy is that "human actions are the result of prior conditioning and the way in which a person's external environment is arranged. Emotions, feelings, intellect and so on are the means ...

According to Van Lange et al. (2014), people influence the behaviors of others in different ways. The presence of other people greatly influences the way someone behaves. Social norms can be defined as the rules of behavior that are accepted in a society or by a group of people. The rules are unwritten and specify how people should behave in certain social groups or culture. People who fail to follow these norms are seen as rejects and may be made to suffer some consequences. The norms change with the situation, environment and they are modified with time. There are ...

Imperial, Dominant, and Hegemonic Feminism

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Introduction

The term feminism emerged in the contemporary socio-political discourse as an important movement encompassing ideological frameworks that seeks to establish and define a common goal to achieve equal footing in the political, personal, and economic sector. Since the emergence of the feminist movement, several notions of feminism was developed to create a greater understanding of its role in establishing equal rights and opportunities of women. In this discussion, the different notions of feminism will be explored by highlighting the concepts of each theoretical model. The discussion includes definitions of imperial, ...

Italian Women Writers

An Antique’s Period Bias Amongst Women The Medieval Period dating 476 AD until 1000 AD was one of the most degrading times for women in any class. Men had it simpler than they did because they ended up dominating all of society and they looked down upon women, for example they were able to get jobs unlike women. Men and their accomplishments were noticed and women were not recognized for their hard work, whether it be taking care of the children or being a housewife. Their hard work wasn’t sophisticated like men being painters or architects, but ...

Argument with Evaluation

There are some talented authors who managed to portray life as they saw it with all the white and dark strips. One of such gifted natures is surely an Irish dramatist Lady Gregory. She was not interested in things and abstract ideas but preferred to depict the complicated inner life of people’s feelings and emotions. The Rising of the Moon is her remarkable one-act little play that was widely praised for its consummate dramatic technique. It was written in 1904 and proved that harmony and loyalty could be found in the most intense situations ever. Thomas Hogan named ...

Constructivism is the most helpful International relation theory for understanding the world around us. For Constructivists, the variables of interest such as domestic inclinations, trade relationships, other international organizations and military power are not important since they are merely facts about the world that are objective. Instead, these factors have particular social meanings. Furthermore, the relations between nations take place in a social context. These result in the view by Constructivists that matters of identity and belief are critical to such relations. A certain nation may act in particular manner towards another state just because of the way it ...

Introduction

The Perrult version starts off by focusing on the main character Little Red riding Hood. Her mother asks her to take some food to her. Her grandmother lives across the forest, and her mother gives warns her not to stray off the path. Along the way she meets a wolf who asks her what she is doing. She tells him where he is headed, and what she is carrying, and also tells him where her grandmother's house is located. Little Red Riding Hood was late to her grandmother’s house as she strayed off the path to pick some ...

Sexuality and gender have no place in the modern world, but while reading the work of Diane Seuss and Emily Dickinson, it is clear sexuality and gender are a part of every aspect of life, similar to a universal truth that has no chance of changing any time soon. Poetry has the ability to tell a story through multiple verses, lines, or stanzas. This paper will focus on the works of Seuss and Dickinson, while discussing the formal elements of both poems. The first poem described is “Still Life with Self-Portrait” by Diane Seuss discusses the painting by Cornelius ...

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The function of gossip is to build strong bonds between individuals (Wert and Salovey 123). Individuals can share ideas, opinions, and emotions by finding common grounds that unite them. These points of convergence, whether positive or negative, unifies them in long-term friendships or a temporary association. Gossip also facilitates social comparisons that can either build up or tear down an individual. By comparing themselves with others, people gain insights into the validity of their opinions and beliefs, hence the description of gossip as “self-evaluative” (Wert and Salovey 123). Self-evaluation creates an avenue for identifying the shortfalls in one’s ...

Every person, who would like to find a job, should pass an interview or dozens of interviews before he or she succeeds. It is not so easy to be hired if you are not familiar with know-hows of recruitment process. The more peculiarities are learnt by the candidate before an interview, the higher are chances to be successful. Human resource managers working in many companies are instructed on how to conduct interviews, what questions should be asked and how nonverbal behavior can be assessed. That is why it is of utmost importance to be prepared for any interview. It ...

Alcoholism

Alcoholism is an alcohol use disorder that is characterized by alcohol abuse and dependence. An individual is said to be alcoholic when he or she drinks copious amounts of alcohol for long periods of time, has difficulty cutting down on alcohol consumption, and is strongly addicted to alcohol. For most alcoholics, alcohol dependence takes up a lot of time, and its use can result in social and health problems, withdrawal symptoms, loss of control, tolerance, and other riskier situations ("Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse", n.d.). For most people, alcoholism is caused by environmental factors and genetics. An individual with parents ...

The city of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, has long been revered as a beautiful and wealthy city. The tourist attraction boasts of “lush tropical landscapes implanted in its desert” and supports a local population of over 2.5 million people. In the center of its native climate, this developed city has come with some serious consequences and it is through development deficits, coupled with improper planning, that we see the most remarkable impact that this powerhouse has on the environment, society, and the world at large.

Context

Dubai is a city that seems to have it all in terms ...

Introduction

Tobacco companies are developing and advertising products that they claim have reduced harm on the health of the consumers. As a result of this development, the number of youths using e-cigarettes is increasing at a very alarming rate. Center for Disease Control states that the use of e-cigarettes among the middle school teenagers as well as high school students has been tripling every year. It increased from 4.5 percent in 2013 to 13.4 percent in the year 2014. This was a percentage of high school teenagers alone. The use of e-cigarettes among the youths has greatly surpassed the youths’ ...

Socialization is the process of transforming a child into a responsible individual aware of his or her roles and position in the society by educating them on the social norms, laws of the environment and customs. It promotes the holistic development of a child. It also helps the child learn how to relate to others by learning various aspects of communication as well as how to respect and appreciate others as well as their cultures (Crespi 3).

What are Gender Roles?

Gender roles are society norm sets that show what kind of behavior is accepted for a person based on their sex. Thus, ...

Films like Tootsie (1982) and Victor/Victoria (1982) belong to genre that is called gender farce which is a subgenre of comedy films. More often than not they portray people who have to pretend to be someone else, most of an opposite sex, in order to overcome some life obstacles. Thus Tootsie and Victor/Victoria present viewer with light and entertaining farce that depicts the silly situation with cross-dressing and living a double life. However, besides witty and humorous remarks lay serious topics of gender identity and roles which are dressed in irony and sarcasm. Moreover, both directors manipulated and played ...

Many people look at the icons in the entertainment industry and assume that because these persons are affluent, then their lives are easy and comfortable. But, Michael Jackson, like many other entertainment icons has faced numerous challenges throughout his life that has caused a number of controversial stories that have had a negative impact on the singer’s life. The emotional stress has led to the singer’s ultimate loss of self – confidence as he battled with the tabloids and their negative criticisms and the physical deformities that came from his years of plastic surgeries. The greatest challenge for ...

There are several theories on altruism. Among them is the social theory, evolutionary theory, and the social norm theory. These theories have both similarities and differences. The social exchange theory holds that humans seek to maximize rewards at a minimal cost. In this respect, an individual would make a decision whether to help or not based on whether the actions would yield rewards by analyzing the pros and cons. It follows that if the cons are more than the benefits, the person does not help. On the other hand, the social norm theory holds that individuals’ behavior results from ...

(Author Name) (Course Name/Number) Dissecting each and every move we make as we navigate through life is not something that most people take the time to do, but a sociologist would argue that these habits and behaviors are the very nature that make us who we are. The pressures we see and feel, whether consciously or subconsciously, are all links in the framework of our society. After taking a day to record my actions, I’ve identified eight sociological concepts that impact the way I view my own thoughts, actions, and the rest of the world. First and foremost, ...

The Breakfast Club

It is an early Saturday morning when five individuals make their way up the steps of Shermer High School in Shermer, Illinois. Not a single one of them wants to be there, but they have been given little to no choice in the matter. Each one of them comes from a different background, a different social clique that defines who they are, and each of them already have a very solid perception of each other. What they do not know is that by the end of the day they will have traversed far beyond their accepted norms. Time and ...

Abstract

This paper will explore the life of Emile Durkheim. It will start by giving a brief overview of his life leading up to his work as a sociologist. It will then highlight his main theories and go into detail about his work and how it contributes to the study of sociology and the development of sociological theory. It will then provide an application of his theory and conclude with a summary of findings. The purpose for this report is to discover how Emile Durkheim’s work helps us in the field of sociology and why it is still relevant ...

We live in a world where toys are color-coded blue for boys and pink for girls. TV commercials for certain products food included are focused on men on one hand and others target women. Women have been cultured to be fond of “chick flicks” which are predominantly romantic comedies whereas men are meant to watch action movies and soccer. Roles and plays have been highly gendered. These cultural assumptions have been in existence since time immemorial. Therefore, the thesis by which this paper is guided is two-fold: there is a direct causative relationship between the cultural assumptions on gender ...

Question 1. How do morality, ethics, and leadership play a role in shaping good and bad business?

Answer. With Enron and other similar scandals flummoxing the corporate world even now, the significance of morality, ethics, and sincere leadership automatically comes to the fore. There is no debating around putting the business into ethics or putting ethics into the business. Literature endorses that sustainable and fruitful business enterprises share values with the societies they operate in. The absence of this trait may put them under legal scanner or render them insignificant in the eyes of stakeholders. Statistically speaking, 59 percent of respondents, in a survey conducted in 2006, rated their school programs as good for integrating ethics ...

Introduction

This essay will investigate the definition of deviance in society from a sociological perspective. It will then define what it means to be socially deviant. This essay will go onto investigate what impacts deviance has on society. This essay will conclude that for some sociologists, deviance performs a necessary function in society that help establish and reaffirm our social norms, and can help us fix the problems within it The term deviance in sociology refers to an act that violates the standard social norms in a society (White et al, 2000). Succinctly it is a transgression of any kind ...

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In order to ensure that communities function in the most efficient manner it is necessary to establish an understanding of the needs and values of communities in general. These values can be seen to reflect the level of contention that exists in order to enhance both representation and participation in civil life. Due to the need for equality in this regard the importance of gender equality should be considered. Through the pursuit of a lower rate of gender disparity a more comprehensive understanding of the basic principles that a society should abide by can be achieved. Gender disparity and ...

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Let us begin with a famous quote by Criss Jami, “In an extrovert society, the difference between an introvert and an extrovert is that an introvert is often unconsciously deemed guilty until proven innocent” which shows how judgemental a society can be. But first how do we define a norm? Norm is defined as expectations or rules of a behaviour that develop out of values. Social norms grow out of social values and serve to differentiate human social behaviour from that of other species. Norms are the means through which values are expressed in behaviour. Social norms are values ...

Introduction

This paper entails a comprehensive response to five main questions that revolve around the responsible management of a business entity from a leadership perspective. In this regard, the responses that will be alluded to in this paper comprise of different aspects of the management of a business entity more so in relation to the leadership and management of the human capital working within an organization. This paper will also evaluate the nature of the relationships between employees within an organization and how the management can mitigate conflicts and leverage on these relationships so as to ensure that they result ...

The 19th century is a period marked in history due to myriads of changes that transpired. The world experienced tremendous changes from the agrarian to an industrialized society, which threatened the existence of prior systems and values. The industrialized world changed the social and cultural structure of the society. Moreover, the society needed a tool that would best express the sociocultural and philosophical concerns of the day. Literature came in handy as an artistic medium to air such issues of the day, and at the same time to change people’s view on certain issues due to the introduction ...

Using cell phones has probably seen the largest scale of popularity among people of different ages. With their functional capacity of keeping in touch with each other, cell phones introduced the idea of ‘connection over any distance’, which was later upgraded in other electronic devices. What is more, mobile phones have brought changes in social interaction, which was accompanied by declining face-to-face verbal communication. The idea that mobile phones have spurred a new understanding of etiquette and social norms is discussed in the article “I Will Check My Phone At Dinner And You Will Deal With It” by MG ...

Introduction

It is important to appreciate the notion that sex is a fundamental need as defined by Maslow's theory, and procreation is possible through the concept. However, diversity in sexual behavior is a universal aspect as indicated in different societies due to cultural variability and social learning (Wieringa, 2015). The purpose of the above study is to appreciate the variability in sexual behavior and the different health impacts associated with the same. Sexual diversity as a concept implies that different people have a varied understanding of their sexual lives based on their sexual orientation. However, one fact appreciated by the ...

Social norms are rules of human behavior which point out what should or could be human actions according to certain groups of people, institutions or states. It is an example, in accordance with which people realize their behavior. Opposed to individual rules they are general rules of conduct as. The general character of the social norm is expressed in the fact that its requirements do not refer to a specific person, but to many people. Everyone who will be in the scope of social norms must follow it. (Rommetveit, 1955) The public place which I chose to observe was ...

The column under discussion in this paper is titled Hey Dude, You're Not Stuck in the Friendzone Cuz You Dress Shitty by Tracey Moore. Posted on Jezebel on the 11th of Februrary 2014, the column advices men that it is not how they dress that it is not what they wear or how they dress that motivates women to sleep with them. According to the article, if a woman is not interested in a man, she will not have sex with him just because the man wears expensive clothes. There is a common societal belief among men that they ...

Art & Architecture

Cultural diversity has been one of the social and anthropological traits of human civilization. Many anthropologists define culture as the collection of traits. While defining the term culture Keesing (1974) says that culture is the heritage of learned symbolic behavior that makes humans human. Geographical factors and natural surroundings are majorly responsible in shaping the cultures and civilizations of the world. The conception behind the variety in civilization is to survive by tuning ourselves with the surrounding. Hence one cannot conclude that a particular culture is superior and a particular culture is inferior. Imitating any culture blindly is also ...

The sociological and psychological perspectives of crime contribute largely to the understanding of the various assumptions of crime and the policy assumptions to address crime. Sociological perspective focus more on the deviation from the social norms by individuals which makes them go against the social bonds. As a result of deviation from the social norms, the society is characterized by weakening of social controls with unsatisfactory social relationships among members of the society. The psychological perspective of crime, on the other hand, addresses the individual traits that cause people to commit crimes. The individual traits are divided into four ...

Every person is a member of the society. People interact with each other and in such a way they create their social understanding of the world and people in it. Social groups that surround us define our ways of communication and understanding of social rules and my personality is not an exception. I would give a following list of the groups that influence me:

Family.

Friends. Peers. Community. Media. My family has been the first group of people that has established for me social rules and norms. My Mom and my Dad are my role models for communication. I have ...

The text authored by Sommerville expounds on the historical and current use of the term queer in society. The term itself is relatively new, and it is stated that it only first appeared in the English language in the late 16th century and possibly borrowed from other German words.(188). The word, in my mind, as I have heard used is usually in two contexts. The first defines anything that deviates away from the norm and typically has no negative connotation. The second definition and relevant in this text study are its use in a derogatory manner to refer ...

What happens when we base ethical certainties on contingent social norms?

The ethical issues associated with affirmative action and race are highly intractable. The reason for this is that they affect the individual and the collective in a way that may alter their course of life. A university may deny admission to a student because of its affirmative action policy and the student may feel wronged. The feeling may be shared by the race or a social group the student belongs to. Additionally, these issues have become complicated as legal and constitutional questions are entangled with them. If ethical certainties are based on contingent social norms, it may not be ...

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CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION The concept of social marketing has been a significant force driving the market, particular in such 21th century that is market by the developed technology. As part of its characteristic, social marketing is based on the relevant connection that is established among the targeted group in the market (Gates, Copeland, Stevenson, & Dillon, 2007, p.143). Indeed, selling of behaviors, ideas, and attitudes is currently considered as the key principles of social marketing perspective. Social forces can generally be clarified into three forms: Obedience, Compliance and Conformity in which social norm factor is the key drivers for young ...

Introduction

Netnography is a research methodology that has been used since the late 1990s in order to study consumer marketing and behavior. “Netnography is a ‘new qualitative research methodology that adapts ethnographic research techniques to study the culture and communities that are emerging through computer-mediated communications’” (Sandlin, 2007, p. 289). Netnography is used to examine the behavior of consumers in relation to marketing. In the late 1990s, marketing research began to adapt and expand marketing ethnographic methods when it came to online formats, especially through how Kozinets defined ‘netnography’ (p. 289). Netnography is the process of taking publicly available information ...

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In sociology deviance is understood as person behavior or actions, which violate social norms. This includes violating formal norms of behavior (e.g., fraudulent economic activity, theft, murder) as well as informal social norms violation (rejecting traditions, folkways etc.) (Macionis 194). Norms are rules expected to be followed by all members of society. And deviance means inability of a particular person to follow these norms. It is important to state that common standard of normal behavior does not exist. Social norms can be distinct in different cultures, different regions of the world and even in different groups of ...

In the past, men were seen in society as the leaders, the “bread winners”, and was the dominating gender for years. The women were only seen as nurturing and tender loving mothers and wives, therefore not having much say-so in how the household was running. However, in today’s society women are continually breaking these outdated social norms and following they choose is right in their life. Many women who are like this would be called a deviant or even a radical. Hillary Clinton, the presidential candidate for the Democratic Party, is an image for women who choose to ...

Travis Hirshci had went to college and received an undergraduate degree in sociology. Once he moved to a more prominent city to attend graduate school he had observed behavior. He reviewed how people’s social interactions affected their personal choices and behaviors. This led him to researching criminal behavior and the connection to social bond and control theory. Hirschi’s theories came about back in the late 1960’s when the world was evolving after war, and independence. People were making decisions that were not normally made or accepted in society. The era that Hirschi was experienced had become ...

Herbert Blumer’s perspective on sociology explicitly follows the theory of symbolic interactionism, in which society interprets the actions and attitudes of individuals through symbols and images to which we ascribe a certain kind of importance. The basic nature of society is comprised of individuals interacting with each other socially, in which significance and meaning is determined by the individuals and their interaction. To that end, Blumer’s perspective on Campbell’s five parameters of social theory would be viewed through that singular lens, and would heavily inform the applicability and utility of each parameter through the perspective of ...

According to Health People 2020 (2015), the health of an individual depends on among other things, social factors. The social factors have profound effects on the health of a person directly or indirectly. There are numerous social factors that have had significant effects on my health. Among the primary social factors that have influenced my health is the availability of resources. I have been lucky to have adequate resources to afford a decent house, food, and clothing. These form the basic needs for the survival of humans. If one lacks adequate or balanced food, they often suffer from different ...

In what way do Otaku challenge or endorse the dominant social norms in Japan?

The term otaku became a crucial component of the Japanese culture. The notion is used in relation with individuals, who are obsessed with their hobbies. They are willing to spend a lot of time and money to support their interest. The otaku are often associated with computer geeks because usually the otaku’s hobbies are related to computer games and programming. Besides, the term is used to denote “nerds”. However, otaku may have different interests. The main feature of being an otaku is to be fond of any hobby and collect a huge amount of information about it. Initially, the term was ...

Question 1: Role of an Apology

The purpose of an apology is to restore a pre-existing moral order by expunging hurtful effects of previous actions by accounting for what is not alterable. While it may not achieve this, the motivation for a transgressor to apologize includes the need for forgiveness and reconciliation, which makes it possible to paper over the transgressions and bar them from becoming permanent impediments to social relationships. Further, Tavuchis (1991) argues that apologies speak to some things that are larger than any specific betrayal or desire for expediency/reconciliation (p. 6). Social order is hinged on a measure of commitment to norms in respect of ...

For the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology

Unpublished Work All Rights Reserved _____________ For the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology Alcohol abuse is a psychiatric diagnosis characterized by the excessive and recurring use of alcohol despite the negative consequences experienced, and it can be categorized as mild, moderate, or severe (American Psychiatric ...