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My name is megan and am a student attending Delta college pursuing a nursing carrier. Am not only taking this class because my counselor recommended it to me but, am taking the class because I want to learn about the social science of the human brain and actions in the environment such as; social relationship, social behaviors, and the social interaction with humans and how it is associated too our everyday Lives. Another reason to why I choose to take this class is because, I really enjoy learning about the human brain and I want to understand the reason to why people have different actions and reactions to certain events and situations in their lives such as family, drugs, depression sex, theft, and anxiety etc. I know taking this class isn't going to be an easy task because, am going to be learning a lot but I know with my hard work and commitment and the help of my wonderful teacher, I will be able to understand and learn on the human brain and its interactions with the environment based on different events.

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 Chapter 1: Jeans/Discovering Sociology/ They first thing I bought 

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 Chapter 1: Jeans/Discovering Sociology/ They first thing I bought 

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The introductory chapter of this book uses jeans to introduce the concept of sociological imagination. Sociological imagination allows people to connect to private and public issues and social structures. With the use of jeans in this chapter, it helps the reader understand the social structures from everyday consumer culture that explains the key sociology concepts and way of thinking. Jeans are a Waldrope classic for many people, but there are also a key piece within changing fashion cycles that float in and out of style for example we have skinny jeans, flares and overalls. With the of sociological imagination, we get to understand why some people content to buy basic, low budget jeans while others shell out hundreds of dollars for a pair of distressed designer jeans. Using sociological imaginations, we can better appreciate the multiple meanings underlying everyday clothing choices, and also be able to identify the social significance of wearing jeans. After a lot of observations, some researchers found out that some people wear jeans because it allows them to feel ordinary like an average person who fits in with the crowd, while others wear jeans to feel proud of their appearance in a particular pair of jeans. I can relate to this because, I like wearing jeans but am not really a fan of skinny jeans because for some reason they make me uncomfortable so i prefer wearing baggy jeans because i can freestyle baggy jeans with pretty much anything. At the end of the day, we all are different, and sociology makes us understand that we all have different reasons too why we wear certain type of jeans. The first thing i bought was a pack of lip gloss from a beauty supply store. I bought this because i always wanted that certain brand of lip gloss but every time i will go to the store, the always ran out so, that successful day when i went to the store, it was the last pack that was left so, i got it.

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In the Invitation of Sociology by Peter L. Berger, they author opens up about being a sociologist, how to deal with people, what to do and what to say to people as a sociologist. He uses men as an example, and he mentions that, a man's interest remains in the world of men, their institutions, their passion and their history. A man will naturally be interested in the events that engage men's ultimate beliefs, their moments of tragedy and grandeur and ecstasy. He basically saying that men will rather choose to do some certain things than doing other things. He also explains that every sociologist angle of vision is different because most of the time, sociologist move in sectors of experience that are familiar to him and most people in his society. He investigates communities, institutions and activities that one can read about every day in the newspapers. I agree with his points on how every sociologist is different based on the type of people that surround their society because at the end of the day everyone comes with different issues but if you think of it they issues are sometimes different but turn to have some things in common.

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The Promise by C. Wright Mills explores the sociological imagination by sociological perspectives by others. The author basically talks about how men's actions and thoughts are different as compared to the past generations due to, historical events environmental surrounding and personal troubles. I agree to this because the world right now is so different from maybe the world of 10-20 years ago. Like our sense of thinking have collapsed, and newer beginning are ambiguous to the point of moral statis. Some men can't cope with the larger worlds with which they are so suddenly confronted to because they feel like they won't understand the meaning of their epoch for their own lives. We live in a very scary world I understand sometimes it would be hard to cope in this world but it's important to never give up and stay strong.

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Throughout reading "Body Rituals Among the Nacirema" pages 87-91 by James Henslin, something i found odd was the fact that people develop their own ideas about the proper ways to care for their body, with the use of market economy, cultural rituals and they pass this tradition to their own children. I find this odd because, like i understand that everyone can develop ideas to take care of their body because it is your body, and you know what's healthy and not healthy for you, but I don't think anyone should force or pass their ideas about proper ways to care of their bodies to others because we all are different. I also found it odd that they used cultural rituals to take care of their bodies and health. why I found this odd is because I don't believe in the use of cultural rituals to keep the body healthy because a close family of mine suffered from breast cancer and the refused to get a any medical help because they were influenced by other people that, cultural rituals was the best way to cure the cancer and the was convinced by those people to the point where, the started following the cultural rituals that they people were recommending but the situation was not getting any better even after the use of all they cultural products they provided. Finally, it got to a point where things started getting really serious and unfortunately for them it was too late to get any medical help and that's how the lost their life. Am not discouraging anyone or hating on anyone's health care practices all am saying is don't force your believes or ritual cultures on other people especially when it comes to the body and healthy measures but, let them do what is right for them

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In the sounds of silence by, Hall and Hall generally Speak's about Communication. He explains that communication is more than words, because when people communicate, how they say things is just important sometimes more than what they say. Their inflections, tones and pauses, cadence, and volume also convey meanings. I can relate to this because when having a conversation with someone, it's important to observe their body language and their facial reactions because it tells you how they feel towards the conversation. People communicate on several different levels at the same time but, people are usually aware of only verbal dialogue and don't realize that they respond to nonverbal message.

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In this chapter the author defines sympathy in our everyday life, how it includes our emotions, circumstances and feelings and how we can express those feelings. How people should show their feelings is by being caring and supportive in some situations. I feel like nobody owes another person sympathy because, when you have the mindset that someone owes you sympathy, because you did this or that for them, but they end of not being there for you when you need them, that can hurt your feelings. So, I just feel like we should learn to be our own sympathizer in some situation because that will only help us become stronger and depend on ourselves.

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Required entry: JCB p. 50 Contrasting Marxist and Durkheimian perspectives

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Required entry: JCB p. 50 Contrasting Marxist and Durkheimian perspectives

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A food that serves as a totem in my life is Broccoli. The rituals that surround this food is the fact that it is very appetizing and serves as a healthy source of nutrients to the body.

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In this chapter we learn the case of advertising and how production, content and reception of advertising can be empirically investigated through sociological methods. Ads can be irritating, like when you are forced to watch an ad before you can access a web page or when a movie's start time is delayed 15 minutes to show ads to the theatre audience. All this because medias want to get the revenue from advertising. As much as ads can be annoying and irritating, they are important because they serve as a source capitalism. Most significantly advertisement is the mode through which brands are developed. Advertising is not only about relaying relevant information about prices or products performance to consumers, but it is also about forging and emotional connection between the viewer and the advertiser.

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In this Chapter we learn about how sociologist conduct and explore sociological research. A task used by sociologist to conduct sociological research is called, conducting empirical research which is information based on objective and observation. With the help of this empirical research, they are able to gather information that represents people's attitudes and behaviors accurately. Then after conducting the data, they have to report the conducted studies so that others can test the conclusion. Sociologist most gather information to report with an objective. This presentation most represent what is really out there so, the information may tie to findings of other researchers. Six research methods used by sociologist are surveys, secondary analysis, documents, experiments, unobtrusive measures, and participant observation. When carrying out sociological research it is important to know what you are doing so you able to choose what method to use

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This article focuses on the consequences of incarceration for the employment outcomes of black and white men. The main question the article points out is would you hire an Ex-Convict? If it was up to me i will say it depends because, i feel like everyone deserves a second chance but not for the same mistake so, if i was about to hire an ex-convict i will take notes of their pass before being judgmental of whether to hire them or not because not everyone that was convicted for a crime actually committed the crime. I know people can be very deceiving and turn to lie just to get a reaction out of someone or to make a point but at the end of the day we all humans and we all make mistakes even though some are hard to forget. So, in my opinion i think hiring a ex-convict is vice-versal opinion.

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Required entry: JCB p. 105 Coffee Shop Ethnography

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Required entry: JCB p. 105 Coffee Shop Ethnography

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I went to Starbucks a couple of days ago and, from observation, most of the strangers didn't talk to each other, i mean there were nice like for example, when someone was walking in and noticed there was a person behind them, he opened the door for her and i thought that was polite. I wouldn't really say the space seems friendly or not because people really just be in there minding their business and if i could rate how friendly the space feels out of 10 i will give it a 7/10 just because people were nice, but it wasn't many interactions which I don't see no problem with that. They people that were constantly coming in and out were truckers, office workers and students/teens. some came in to work in there, but others mostly came to get their drinks.

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I am Megan
I am 18 years old
I am the oldest child out of 5 kids
I am in college
I am a highs cool graduate
I am a nursing student
I am funny
I am goofy
I am understanding
I am comprehensive
I am hardworking but can be lazy sometimes
I am a goal getter
I am nonchalant
I am a survivor
I am unique
I am happy with who I am
I am kind to others
I am loved
I am comfortable with my skin
I am grateful to God for everything and everyone in my life

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The Presentation of the Self in Everyday Life

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The Presentation of the Self in Everyday Life

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In this chapter we learn that when an individual enters the presence of others, the seek for information about their self-such as status, self-conception and competence. The expression of an individual appears to involve two radically different kind of sign activity which involves expression, and which involves verbal symbols and the second involves wide range action that others can treat symptomatic of their expectations.

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Thompson, Handling the Stigma of Handling the Dead

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Thompson, Handling the Stigma of Handling the Dead

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In this chapter we learn our lives are way more different from the lives of people in the 1900 centuries for example death religion and many other things. But in this generation is contrast to the 1900 because we have a different level of mindset. In our society, a person's occupation or profession is the central of his or her personal and social identity. I agree with this because, we live in a world where things become pricy and always change over time. So due to such circumstances we turn to spend so much time at our workplaces to the point where it becomes a part of our social life.