Ch 3. Social Experience Flashcards
Socialization
The lifelong social experience by which people develop their human potential and learn culture
Primary Socialization
Family, close friends
Secondary Socialization
Work, School
Social Isolation Example
Story of Genie
Without socialization it is impossible to develop personality
Agency vs Determinism
Do we shape culture (agency) or does culture shape us (determinism)?
Sigmund Freud Human Personality
Id: pleasure seeking human drives
Superego: demands of society values/norms
Ego: effort to balance id and superego
Personality
A person’s fairly consistent patterns of acting, thinking, feeling
Horton Cooley
Looking-glass self. We see ourselves as imagine others see us.
Four agents of socialization
- Family
- Schools
- Peer Group
- Mass and Social Media
Anticipatory Socialization
Learning that helps a person achieve a desired position
Gerontocracy
A form of social organization in which elders have the most wealth. Power and prestige; occurs in preindustrial society
Ageism
Prejudice and discrimination against the elderly
Total Institutions
Staff members supervise all aspects of life. Ex. Orphanages, prisons, boarding schools
Resocialization
Radically changing an inmate’s personality by carefully controlling the environment.
Jean Piaget
- Sensorimotor stage (knowing through senses)
- Pre operational stage (languages/symbols)
- Concrete operational stage (understand causal connections)
- Formal operational stage (Abstract and critical thought)
