ENCULTURATION AND SOCIALIZATION Flashcards
-Biological inheritance.
NATURE
-Cultural Inheritance.
NURTURE
-Refers to a lifelong social experience by which people develop their human potential and learn culture.
SOCIALIZATION
-Is the process by which people learn the requirements of their surrounding culture and acquire the values and behaviors appropriate or necessary in that culture.
ENCULTURATION
3 GOALS OF SOCIALIZATION
- Teaches impulse control and helps individuals develop a conscience.
- Teaches individuals how to prepare
for and perform certain social roles. - Cultivates shared sources of
meaning and values.
The “self” is a sociological concept
Mead and the devp of the social mind
one of the founders of social psychology and of what has come to be referred to as the Chicago sociological tradition
George Herbert Mead
Mead’s I and Me Theory
I: initial feelings, reaction
Me: how you express yourself according to age, place, and people
4 stage process of self devp.
Imitation
Play
Game
*Generalized other (eval. stage)
mimicking behaviors of those who are around you
Imitation
a child takes on different roles that can be observed in the adult society, gaining understanding of social roles
Play
child must take role of of everyone else
organization and definite personalities start to emerge
Game
individual understands what kind of behavior is expected in different social settings
“The Generalized Other”
Mead’s 3 Stage
Imitation - 1to2
Play
Game
(stage)
child assumes the role of others
Play stage
