Hey All,
My name is Alex. I'm a senior psychology and sociology major at the University of Idaho. I'm creating this blog for my SOC 313: Collective Behavior class. In this blog I'm going to cover some interesting topics about CB. I want to make this blog a sort of touch-and-go mecca of CB knowledge, so stay tuned for some awesome info!
While most of the posts are going to be my ideas, opinions, and what I've learned and deemed interesting, this is still a graded assignment and therefore there will be some extra things that might not exactly seem to fit or seem to much (bear with me!). For this introduction post I am supposed to tell you all a lil' about myself, sociology, and why I'm interested.
Sociology is the study of society and the things that make it tick (us!). As a psych student I tend to focus on the individual, but as a sociology student I tend to look at everyone as a whole. We look at institutions of family, religion, media, education, etc., instead of just the individual.
The reason I decided to study sociology in-depth was because it made sense to me and it's extremely interesting (especially for a future social worker!). So far my favorite topics of sociology I've studied have been Gender, Race, and Domestic Violence. In fact, I've written another blog entirely dedicated to DV (if your interested you can find it by clicking my profile pick in the side bar). However, I am really excited about covering CB!
Well, I think that covers my requirements for this post! Before I leave I wanna leave this quote that one of my favorite sociology professors always introduces her class with. It's a quote I have come to live by, that motivates me to keep going, and that puts my entire philosophy on sociology in a simple, eloquent phrase:
"Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it" -Gandhi
Talk to you all soon!
