Response Paper 1

Our first assignment was to read chapter's 1 & 2 of the text book Sociology: a brief introduction. After reading the chapters, we had to write a response paper based on the information presented; in what ways do you anticipate this course and study of sociology to contribute to your education and or relate to your career goals?


....this was my response....

Social science is the broad study of society and the individuals within.  I intend to major in Psychology which is the study of the human mind; personality and behavior.  Sociology is the more in depth study of society; culture, relations, etc.  It would be an asset to be able to learn more about society because it would go hand in hand with psychology solving questions like, "what influences a person or why are they influenced".  What I want from taking this class is not to just gain knowledge but to gain wisdom; I would like to understand how people live in different prospective rather than my own.

Society is what shapes individuals because society is what surrounds a person since birth into their adolescent years.  From the culture of their family to where they reside, a person is influenced by what they see or hear.  Having more knowledge of the types of societies of the world helps create a better understanding towards other human beings.  The ability to understand groups of people would be essential to helping one understand the way that they would think.  Once you understand how a certain group of people think, you would be able to compare and contrast how they react towards certain situations as another group would.  Ever think about why children always ask "why", they ask this question because of their curiosity that fuels them to find an understanding to everything.  That feeling as a child follows me till this day; I always want to know "why".

Psychology took my interest during my senior year of high school, I became infatuated with how the human mind works and why.  The reason I even took that class was because of the Sociology class that I took within my junior year of high school, which was the first time of my life where I produced so many questions to why people were a certain way.  The interest of how we work as a whole or just how we work individually is why I want to gain more and more knowledge.  As a psychology major, I need to create a foundation as to "why" societies are the way that they are.  Having that knowledge I would be able to understand them not just as a group but individually, giving a whole new prospective to how I would perceive one's mind.