Introduction to Sociology Reflection by Calvin Chen

cachen25_1 — 2024-06-13 23:54:02 UTC

This is a video reflecting my initial knowledge of sociology and learnings after the first module, including the two modules I'm most excited for, and things I'm hoping to gain from taking this class.

cachen25_1 — 2024-06-29 06:39:35 UTC

I view and reflect on the knowledge I gave gained after the second modeule, Sociology and Culture.

Social Structure

cachen25_1 — 2024-06-29 06:56:33 UTC

Today, I will be reflecting on my knowledge of Sociology after the 3rd module, including my personal experiences. Unfortunately, I didn't fit the time frame, but I did want to add that the power elite holds too much power, and we can correlate that with history, with holders of power being the rich and the ones who are involved with politics. In my life, we can clearly see that the rich hold more power, and those who are involved with politics are able to have a bigger influence in how our government is run.

People, Place, and Space

cachen25_1 — 2024-06-29 07:10:03 UTC

In this audio, I reflect on what I learned in the 4th module, People, Place, and Space. Again, I wasn't able to get to everything in the module. However, I did want to still focus on how space creates communities, and we can see that through neighborhoods, parks, and schools where everyone you may be communicating with has similar interests and views on specific things.

Social Interaction and the Self

cachen25_1 — 2024-06-29 07:21:13 UTC

I wanted to bring my thoughts on the 5th module in this audio, more specifically I went in depth on what I thought about social interactions and what it does to us.

Sociological Research Method

cachen25_1 — 2024-07-20 06:33:17 UTC

In this post, I look back at the module and see what I have picked up and learned while also applying it to my newfound knowledge

Sociology - Gender

cachen25_1 — 2024-07-20 06:39:21 UTC

Today, I review what I have learned over the span of this module and compared it to see how it impacts my own life.

Sociology - Sexuality

cachen25_1 — 2024-07-20 06:44:40 UTC

In this audio, I am reviewing the knowledge I have gained from this module and how it has impacted my life and showed its colors.

Sociology - Race & Ethnicity

cachen25_1 — 2024-07-20 06:49:15 UTC

Today, I look over and replay what I have learned over the span of this module while attempting to connect it to my life.

Sociology - Social Class

cachen25_1 — 2024-07-20 06:52:45 UTC

In this final module, I look over and recap my learning while also connecting to forms of it I see in my life.

My Final Reflection

cachen25_1 — 2024-07-20 07:02:56 UTC

This is my final review of what happened throughout this course and to figure out my final learnings. I think that the two concepts that stood out to me the most were social structure and class because it is the two concepts that shape how I am seen in society and how my family is seen as well. In addition to this, I was very interested in social class because I did some more digging to figure out where my family was and although we may not be the richest in terms of bank account, my family actually holds a lot of stocks that increase our wealth and puts us near the top in resources and what we have compared to the rest of the people in our city. I think I had the most relating to sexuality in my life because I’ve seen LGBTQ now being a prevalent talking topic in our society and descriptions of what is the correct sexuality is constantly changing. With our society now seeing an increase in people having different sexualities than the norm, we can see that it is a big issue in our lives today and it largely impacts who we are as a person within the society. I can agree with the point that I originally viewed sociology as just common sense and that you can easily answer it’s problems but after all the readings and assignments we were given, I can definitely say that I have underestimated what it takes to be a sociologist and how it is so much similar to science in its research aspects. I wanted to say that I enjoyed this class because it opened me up to many different perspectives and helped me connect it to many things and belongings in my life.