REACTING TO A SOCIAL

EVENT OR PHENOMENON
 WHAT IS SOCIAL EVENT OR
PHENOMENON
• Social phenomena include all behavior that influences or is
influenced by organisms sufficiently alive to respond to one
another.
• Such knowledge and experiences are referred to as social
phenomena, which are the individual, external, social
constructions that influence our lives and development, and are
constantly evolving as we age.
• One of the most important aspects of social
phenomena is that it involves one person's
observable behavior influencing another person.
• Social phenomena are an incredibly important
aspect of everyone's lives.
 WHAT ARE THE BEST EXAMPLES OF SOCIAL PHENOMENA?

• Social crime like PROSTITUTION

• RACISM is a social phenomenon because it is an
ideology that people have constructed that directly
affects another group, forcing them to change their
behaviors.
• Marriage is also a social phenomenon because it is an
observable act for which people have created and
applied meaning, which alters the concept of love and
relationships as that meaning evolves.
• Weddings are an example of a social phenomenon because it is an
act that changes the opinions or behaviors of others
THE FOLLOWING EXAMPLES, SHOULD GIVE YOU SOME
INSIGHT INTO HOW SOCIAL PHENOMENON WORKS AND WHY IT
INFLUENCES OUR LIVES SO SIGNIFICANTLY.

• Behavioral Social Phenomena

For example, imagine if you were walking down a city street and
were suddenly mugged by a stranger. Once the initial shock of the
experience had worn off, think of the ways that it could alter your
own behavior from that point forward. You would probably
become much more cautious in similar situations, perhaps more
fearful of strangers, and so on.
In the context of social phenomena, crime and other acts of
violence are incredibly influential when it comes to shaping our
behavior or opinions on certain subjects. In the example we just
used, one person's behavior, a criminal act towards you, has
affected your sense of physical and emotional safety, and changed
the way that they will behave and think from that point forward.
HISTORICAL SOCIAL PHENOMENA

• It is tend to be a little more complicated and less easy to identify. In the simplest sense, a
historical social phenomenon refers to the ways in which previous actions or events
influence the lives of and behaviors of a particular person or group.
The civil rights movement is an example of historical
social phenomena because it is influenced by the
oppressive actions and racism of the past