Sociological terms

1. I surveyed two people. One of them is my friend named Tao Chen who is a member in the university’s drama club and the other is my uncle who is the manager of the financial department of a company. There are some differences between their groups. The drama club is more of a social group than a secondary group. It is formed for people who love drama and acting to enjoy the activities. The financial department is a secondary group that is formed to accomplish a specific task or goal and it is…

Social Identity Theory, known otherwise as SIT, is a principle proposed by Tajfel and Turner in the 1970s. The study aimed to explain intergroup behaviour and the situational factors within a model of behaviour. At its core, the theory consists of four interrelated concepts: social categorization, the tendency to categorize individuals into in-groups (we/us) and out-groups (they/them); category accentuation (social comparison), the exaggeration of intergroup differences and intragroup…

Introduction One of the significant reasons why a corporation is put in place is largely to attain profits. If a corporation is not profitable then there is no reason for its existence. Corporations go far and beyond to make sure that this profit-making motive is satisfied. In most cases to attain as much profits as possible means that the corporations need to ignore some of their responsibilities. The impact they have on the society, environment and culture has raised concerns over the years.…

What does affect your role in a social group? Your skills, knowledge, abilities or strength (physical or moral)? Are you sure that you will have the same social place with different people? It seems that we choose how we behave among our countrymen, but it is not. First and foremost, it all depends on the conditions in which the group is. Consider one of the most interesting and controversial experiments in psychology and sociology . Didier Desor conducted a study on the behavior of rats…

(criminal) or a social norm (non‐criminal). The sociological view that pertains to crime (any violation of a law) is criminology; better known as criminal justice. The idea of deviance is mind boggling in light of the fact that standards differ from race to race; country to country and time period to time period. At the end of the day, what one culture may think about satisfactory, another may think about degenerate. I agree with the sociological rationale of Emile Durkheim; society…

Derek A Kreager, Kelly Rulison, and James Moody set up an experiment to look at the structural and behavioral characteristics in teenage peer groups to see how these two features affect delinquency. Their goal was to find the correlation between levels of delinquency to the cohesiveness, stability, popularity and centrality of adolescent peer groups. They based their research on four prior researched competing theories and hypotheses. One theory argued that groups with higher delinquency and…

Humans have a very strong tendency to perceive other humans in terms of “us” and “them”. “Us” refers to the in-group, which is the group we belong to. On the other hand, “them” refers to the out-group, and is the social group we do not belong to. Neither are limited to racial, ethnic, or religious boundaries. Any characteristic…

deviant is defined as a behavior, belief, or condition that violates significant social norms in the society or group in which it occurs. A criminal behavior is defined as a behavior that violates criminal law and can be punishable by fines, jail terms, and other negative sanctions. The main difference between the two behaviors are the laws that support it and the repercussions that come with it. Deviant behavior is any behavior that can be considered “wrong” by society, it is more of a social…

For this assignment I watched the TV show House. I only counted about 3 truly deviant acts in this episode which did surprise me because House is known for being a consistently deviant person. One example in this episode was blackmail. House blackmailed a fellow doctor just to get some leverage on him and enforce that House was superior. Normally, the police would be involved in any kind of blackmail attempt but the other doctor didn’t seem too phased by it as House was just like that and he…

Accepting your responsibilities can be tough depending on the situation. It’s a part of growing up. For Hiram Hillburn from the book “Mississippi Trial, 1955”, it was hard. His responsibility came with the possibility of life or death. Hiram Hillburn did not accept his responsibility when it came to his friends, family, and society. First of all, Hiram did not accept his responsibility when it came to his friends. For example, when R.C. beat up Emmett Till, Hiram did nothing to help him. He…