7: Enculturation and Socialization Flashcards
Refers to the lifelong social experience by which people develop their human potential and learn culture
Socialization
Process by which people learn the requirements of their surrounding culture and acquire the values and behaviors appropriate or necessary in that culture
Enculturation
Biological inheritance
Nature
Cultural inheritance
Nurture
The product of social processes
Self
A lifetime, womb-to-tomb process of adaptivity and interactions.
Socialization
It is the process of being taught through interactions
Socialization
The process of gradual acquisition of values and behavior appropriate in a culture
Enculturation
Difference of Socialization and Enculturation
Socialization refers more about the general aspect of learning through social interactions.
Enculturation focuses more about the acquisition of specific parts of a culture.
3 GOALS OF SOCIALIZATION:
- help develop conscience
- help in preparation and performing certain social roles
- cultivates shared sources of meaning and values
A sociological concept
Self
One of the founders of social psychology ang the Chicago sociological tradition
George Herbert Mead
Young individual who usually grew up unexposed to humans, but instead around animals thus adapting animalistic behavior and ways of interaction.
Feral Child
Theory characterizing the relationship of the mind and the social self.
Mead I and Me Theory
The social self
“me”
Response to the social self
“I”
The response of an individual, expressions based on the social self.
“I”
An organized set of attributes standing as the basis as to how one should react in certain situations
“me”
Attributes “me” reaction is according to:
age
place
who you are with
4 FOUR STAGE PROCESS OF SELF DEVELOPMENT
- Imitation
- Play
- Game
- “The Generalized Other”
Also known as the “remaking behavior” usually embodied by humans around 1-2 years old.
Imitation
Not totally considered as part of the process of self development as it essentially only copies
Imitation
When the child takes different roles one observes in the “adult” society, playing them out to gain understanding of the various social roles
Play
When the child must take the role of everyone else involved in the game
Game
When organizations begin and definite personalities start to emerge
Game
When the individual finally understands what kind of behavior is expected or appropriate in different social settings
The Generalized Other
It is the evaluation process of the 3 other stages in self development
The Generalized Other