Reflection On Sociology

Throughout the semester there were different learning objectives and ways of thinking introduced. Each chapter contained a different sociological perspective and contributed to how people discussed or interpreted issues or ideas. Starting with and explanation of what is sociology and to the globalization of social change. These ideas expanded my knowledge of the world —different perspectives and how things are the way they are— and contributed to my sociological imagination to think outside my own ideas. The first two chapters was literally the introduction in explaining what sociology is and how to research sociological questions. The basic concept of the first chapter was to learn what sociology is based around —social and historical forces—

The work and economic life was to asses the significance of work, which was very surprising. I knew that society enforces work way more than they should, but I did not know that working hours have increased to very unhealthy work hours and affect many families. I did realize in my own family that my dad does not take his paid vacations, and so do many other Americans which shows the amount of dedication to work and not so much the money. Chapter twenty was to recognize the factors that influence social change: physical environment, political organization, culture, and economic factors. The fact that there is so much change it makes groups/people, more individual and dependent on themselves. Also, new movements to show that everyone deserves to be equal, breaking barriers can cause many different reactions and concerns. I see that history repeats itself, even if there is rapid change, but with the new technology or just the change in general the results are more problematic than before. This gives the world a chance to see what is going on and adds to the sociological imagination that there should be change for the good not the

It related to the work and economics chapter, in which a sociological experiment was done to see how the working class was not able to move ahead in life. This was really eye opening in the sense that even though Barbara had the education, transportation, and was not really in the real situation as others, she could not support herself with the working class jobs. This shows how the poor stay poor and the rich stay rich, as well as the dedication to work in even the worst circumstances. This is reinforced the knowledge given of work and how people really do not realize how rough it is to move ahead in