Personal Learnings from the Subject and How Can I Use This in My Everyday Life
PERSONAL LEARNINGS FROM THE SUBJECT AND HOW CAN I USE THIS IN MY EVERYDAY LIFE
During the first meeting, Prof. Esteban thought us about what does SOCILOGY means. Sociology is the scientific study of human social life, groups and societies. It is a social science which originated from the word Socio(socius) and Logy(logos), which means study. It is an ever-changing concept, includes human interaction, a scientific study of human behaviour that has the tendency to predict or explain.
“People should develop the ability to understand their own lives in terms of larger social forces.” This is called sociological imagination, a concept given by C. Wright Mills. Sociological imagination is the strategies that can help you sort out the multiple circumstances that could be responsible for your social experiences, your life choices, and your life chances. Therefore, think sociologically, which implies to cultivating the sociological imagination. Prof Esteban explains that it is like a gold fish out of the aquarium, has the ability of an individual to detach himself from the environment to know whether he is a problem or the solution to a problem.
As I read further in the module given as a reference, I learned..
SOCIALIZATION AND THE LIFE COURSE
Life course is a biological process. In this process there is a personal change from infancy through old age and death brought about as a result of the interaction between biographical events and social events. The series of major events, the stages of our lives from birth to death, may be called life course. Movement through life course is marked by a succession of stages by age. Analysts have tried to depict the typical stages through which we pass, but they have not been able to agree on standard division of the life course. As such life course is biological process, which has been divided into four distinct stages: childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old age. Life course stages present characteristic
During the first meeting, Prof. Esteban thought us about what does SOCILOGY means. Sociology is the scientific study of human social life, groups and societies. It is a social science which originated from the word Socio(socius) and Logy(logos), which means study. It is an ever-changing concept, includes human interaction, a scientific study of human behaviour that has the tendency to predict or explain.
“People should develop the ability to understand their own lives in terms of larger social forces.” This is called sociological imagination, a concept given by C. Wright Mills. Sociological imagination is the strategies that can help you sort out the multiple circumstances that could be responsible for your social experiences, your life choices, and your life chances. Therefore, think sociologically, which implies to cultivating the sociological imagination. Prof Esteban explains that it is like a gold fish out of the aquarium, has the ability of an individual to detach himself from the environment to know whether he is a problem or the solution to a problem.
As I read further in the module given as a reference, I learned..
SOCIALIZATION AND THE LIFE COURSE
Life course is a biological process. In this process there is a personal change from infancy through old age and death brought about as a result of the interaction between biographical events and social events. The series of major events, the stages of our lives from birth to death, may be called life course. Movement through life course is marked by a succession of stages by age. Analysts have tried to depict the typical stages through which we pass, but they have not been able to agree on standard division of the life course. As such life course is biological process, which has been divided into four distinct stages: childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old age. Life course stages present characteristic