A Sociological Perspective On Open Minded Inquiry Into...

From a sociological perspective, my interactions are deciding who I am. With this in mind, currently, I am a sociology student transcribing an essay answering the questions: Who am I? How do I fit in the world around us? What influences my decisions, behaviors, and attitudes? What does the future hold for me? This paper will address all of the questions mentioned above in an attempt to develop an attitude of open-minded inquiry into diverse human social behavior. From the moment of conception, society begins a lifelong process of categorizing humans into predetermined groups of societal norms, and anything that deviates from this usual standard is regarded as abnormal. With this in mind, I was categorized upon conception as a high-risk pregnancy. Upon birth societal influences assigned me my gender-female, my race-Negro, black or African-American, and then deemed my newborn classification as closer to normal than abnormal. 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