Chapter 3 - Socialization
Sociology 101 with Nix-mccray at Community College of Baltimore County
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By: Joshua Olszewski
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Essentials of Sociology, A Down-to-Earth Approach (9th Edition) (MySocLab Series)
Created: 2011-03-01
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Social Environment
Contact with others
Feral (wild) Children
Left to learn how to behave through means of animals
Without language...
There can be no culture - no shared way of life. culture is key to what people become
Basic Human traits of intelligence and ability to establish close bonds..
Depend on early interaction w/ other humans
Harlows Monkey Research
Infant-mother bonding not result of feeding - intimate physical contact
Socialization
Process by which we learn ways of society
Self
you imagine who you are
Cooley and Looking-Glass self
Our sense of self develops from interaction w/ others
Part of how society makes us human
Looking Glass Self 3 elements...
1. we imagine how we appear to those around us
2. we interpret others' reactions
3. we develop self-concept
ongoing development
doesn't depend on accurate evaluations
George Herbert Mead - symbolic interactionist
Take the role of each other: learn to put ourselves in someone else's shoes
walk a million miles in my shoes - ex
Significant others
individuals who significantly influence our lives (parents or siblings)
Generalized Other
our perception of how people in general think of us three stages.
1. imitation - under age of 3 - imitating
2. play - ages 3-6 - pretend to play roles of specific people (costumes)
3. team games - when we enter school - multiple roles
I and Me
I - evaluated reactions of others.
Me - ourself and our mind, social products
Piaget and Development of Reasoning (jean
studied development of the mind
4 stages.
1. sensorimotor
0-2 - our understanding is limited to direct connect - arnt able to think
2. preoperational
2-7 - develop ability to use symbols - dont understand common concepts like size, speed no ability to take role of other
3. concrete operational
7-12 - reasoning abilities are concrete - able to take rolls of others - unable to talk about concepts - truth, honesty, justice
4. formal operational
after 12 - capable of abstract thinking
Global aspects (self reasoning)
basic structure underlies way we develop reasoning
Sigmund Freud
founded psychoanaylsis - technique for treating emotional problems through long-term exploration of subconcious mind
Personality consists of three elements
id, ego, superego
ID
child is born with this - drives cause us - self-gratifaction - operated throughout life - demands basic needs
Ego
balancing force bet. the id and demands of society
Superego
conscience, represents culture within us, moral component, provokes feelings
Sociological Evolution
born into group that transmits norms and values that restrain biological drives
Socialization into emotions (paul ekman)
emotions depend of socialization
6 basic - anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, surprise
in sum....
socialization essential for our development as human beings.
interaction with others, learn how to think, reason and feel
resulting in:
shaping of our behavior - thinking and emotions
Gender
attitudes and behaviors that are expected of us b/c we are male of female.
Gender socialization
gender map, nudged into different lanes in life
Goldberg & Lewis
Susan Goldberg & Michael Lewis
conducted that mothers subconsciously reward daughters for being passive and dependent - sons for being active and independent
Peer group
Individuals of roughly same age who are linked by common interests
Mass media
forms of communication directed to large audiences
gender roles
behaviors and attitudes considered appropriate for our sex.
Social inequality
giving privileges and obligations to one grop of people while denying them to another
Agents of Socialization
individuals and groups influence our orientations to life, self-concept, emotions, attitudes and behavior
Anticipatory socialization
learning how to play a role before entering it.
Total institution (Erving Goffman)
refers to place where people are cut off from rest of society
Degradation ceremony
person entering total institution - stripping away current identity and stamping new one
Resocialization
learning new norms, values, attitudes and behaviors to match their new situation in life.
Socialization through life course
childhood - birth to 12
adolescence - 13-17
transitional adulthood - 18-29
middle years - 30-65
older years - 65 and up
About this deck
By: Joshua Olszewski
Textbook: Essentials of Sociology, A Down-to-Earth Approach (9th Edition) (MySocLab Series)
Created: 2011-03-01
Size: 40 flashcards
Views: 640
Textbook:
Essentials of Sociology, A Down-to-Earth Approach (9th Edition) (MySocLab Series)Created: 2011-03-01
Size: 40 flashcards
Views: 640
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