Homepage

My name is Alex and I'm a student at the University of Idaho. I am a Psychology major with an emphasis in Treatment of Chemical Addictions.

"No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy."
Herbert Spencer


I believe sociological research and theories can be beneficial in understanding and dealing with social problems around the world. One theory being a Structural-Functionalist Perspective, that society is made up of parts that have to work together as whole in order to keep a sort of equilibrium. There are two parts to this theory that try and explain the social problems that occur around us. One side being that social problems are happening due to a breakdown of different parts of society, like family, education, economy and so on. Another part describes how social norms and the disruption of social norms are causing social problems, like how drinking underage goes against social norms but then is portrayed on television as something cool. To me, sociological research does a lot in trying to explain the different parts that come about with social problems and it tries to find the root of the problem so instead of dealing with the symptoms of the problem, you deal with the problem itself.