Ch 4 Socialization

Question 0

*Is socialization affected by our class, ethnicity, and da,ily structure?

Answer 0

Yes

Question 1

What is socialization?

Answer 1

Life long process of social interaction, from which we acquire our identity and helps you become capable in society

Question 2

*Are humans born with human characteristics?

Answer 2

No

Question 3

*What is biological determinism?

Answer 3

Built in biological traits (mating, survival)

Question 4

*Do humans and animals need social interaction to develop normally?

Answer 4

Yes

Question 5

In what ways does social experience create and structure our human existence?

Answer 5

We act certain ways because we have been taught that it’s desirable, social relationships=basic identity, and perception

Question 6

How is gender identity created through gender socialization?

Answer 6

Parents, Media, sports, peer groups, and school

Question 7

Why might the changing of socialization messages though resocialization be a powerful instrument of change?

Answer 7

To maintain social control and eradicate ‘inappropriate’ behaviour and attitudes

Question 8

What are the 7 stages of human socialization?

Answer 8

Childhood, adolescence, relationship formation, parenting, middle age, retirement and old age

Question 9

What are the limits of socialization?

Answer 9

May become a blanket explanation
People don’t need to follow social forces
We make individual choices

Question 10

*Who emphasized the importance of family interaction, and that sense of self is derived from perception of others?

Answer 10

Cooley

Question 11

If we think others see us a certain way, and it effects our self identity, what theorists ideas do we identify with?

Answer 11

Cooley’s

Question 12

*Identify the 3 stages of development, and who developed this theory?

Answer 12

George mead

Imitation, play stage, and game stage

Question 13

*What characterizes the imitation stage?

Answer 13

Children under 3, mimicking others, no role taking

Question 14

*What characterizes the play stage?

Answer 14

Children aged 3-6 taking on roles, significant others only eg. Playing house

Question 15

*What characterizes the games stage?

Answer 15

Children aged 7-15 that play organized games and take on the role of multiple others

Question 16

*What is the generalized other?

Answer 16

Awareness of expectations of society

Question 17

*What is Marlene Mackie known for?

Answer 17

3 stages to learn gender roles

Question 18

*What are the 3 stages to learn gender roles?

Answer 18

Seeing boys and girls being treated differently
Taking on motherly or fatherly roles
Society shows you have to follow implicit rules of gender

Question 19

*Who believed that power relationships are reproduced and women accept?

Answer 19

Pierre Bourdieu

Question 20

*What is the dramaturgical approach that Erving Goffman believes in?

Answer 20

There’s a front and backstage
Frontage is where you preform
Backstage is where you rehearse who you want to be

Question 21

*Why was Freud rejected by most feminists?

Answer 21

Patriarchal biases
Refusal to understand child sex abuse
Inborn instinct rather than social factors

Question 22

*What is the difference between primary and secondary social groups?

Answer 22

Primary groups are less specialized, emotionally tight and face to face. Eg. Families
Secondary social groups are more specialized, less personal, and more formal. Eg. Doctors, teachers

Question 23

*What is the difference between in groups and out groups?

Answer 23

In groups we feel loyal to. Eg. Race (for kkk)

Out groups we feel antagonistic about

Question 24

*What is a reference group?

Answer 24

A group In Which we base our self-concept on, or use as a standard to evaluate ourselves

Question 25

What is resocialization?

Answer 25

Learning new norms, values, and attitudes

Question 26

*What is group conformity?

Answer 26

Encourages us to conform to behaviours we wouldn’t be comfortable with normally

Question 27

*What agent of socialization is first?

Answer 27

Family

Question 28

*What did Melvin Kohn have to say about social class and family socialization?

Answer 28

That If parents work is regimented, their parenting style will foster regiments

Question 29

Is marriage a type of resocialization?

Answer 29

Yes

Question 30

*What is anticipatory socialization?

Answer 30

Skills learned for future roles, eg school to get a good job

Question 31

Who is related to the looking glass self?

Answer 31

Cooley

Question 32

What is a habitus?

Answer 32

Automatic habits from birth, a predisposition to act a certain way, like their parents class

Question 33

What is the hidden curriculum in schools? (Latent function)

Answer 33

Polite graduates, well dressed, and on time students