The article, “ What should Students understand after taking introduction to Sociology”, talks about nine terms that explains what leaders expect students to understand after taking an introduction course in Sociology. In addition, it explains the pros and cons of the viewers point and a couple of Sociological theories that are relevant to this article. It also, explains how sociology is different from other natural sciences. The leaders have various points about what students should understand in this article but of which some are really important. They want the students to understand that when thinking about the social world, we, individuals should learn to go way beyond individual thinking in order to understand and be able to know why various …show more content…
. Additionally, it explains how various social forces affect people’s outcomes in the society. This is where deviance comes into the picture. In some countries, a change may lead to stability, reduction of social tension and productivity. Whereas in some other countries, it may lead to worse and more difficult problems like marginalization, one problem leading to another and abuse of power. This explains what structural functionalism theory is about. Although this theory is too broad and fails to address the problem of inequality of social class, race and gender. Symbolic Interaction also is explained is this article where the leaders say that student should understand that, society is based on what happens as people interact with each other. Two men holding hands is an example of how people view and interpret things. For some, they may feel that they are just friends but for some, they may think that they are gay. Furthermore, Symbolic interaction is also explained where leaders want students to be able to think critically thereby, taking into account of what others are thinking and feeling (Persell, Preiffer, Syed,