Enculturation And Socialization Flashcards
It refers to a lifelong social experience by which people develop their human potential and learn culture.
Socialization
It is the process by which people learn the requirements of their surrounding culture and aquire the values and behaviours appropriate or necessary in that culture.
Enculture
It is a sociological concept where it develops through social interactions
Self
He is an American philosopher and sociologist who discovers the theory of self.
George Herbert Mead
What are the four-stage process of the development of self
Mimiking,
Play,
Game,
“The generalized others”
It is the development of an individual’s distinct personality; which is regarded as a persisting entity in a particular stage of life by which a person is recognized or known.
Identity Formation
It is the sum of a being’s knowledge and understanding of his or herself.
Self - concept
It is the awareness of one’s self
self- conciousness
It is one’s feeling of identity or affiliation with a group or culture.
Culture Identity
It is the identification with a certain ethnicity, usually on the basis of a presumed common genealogy or ancestry.
Ethnicity Identity
It is an ethical and philosophical concept whereby all humans are divided into groups called ‘nations’.
National Identity
It is the set of beliefs and practices generally held by an individual involving adherence to codified beliefs and rituals and the study of ancestral or cultural traditions, writings, history, and mythology, as well as faith and mystic experience
Religious Identity
Is a rule that guides the behaviour of members of a society or group
Norm
He is a French sociologist who considered norms to be social facts, that is, things that exist in society independent of individuals and that shape our thoughts and behaviour.
Emile Durkheim
It refers to that which confirms to norms, is the act of abiding by these rules
Normal
It refers to what we percieve as normal, or what we think should be normal, regardless of whether it actually is.
Normative
Means starting what we should not do
Proscriptive
Means starting what we should do
Prescriptive
Refèr to norms that are widely observed and have great moral significance
Mores
Refers to norms for routine and casual interaction
Folkways
-Are important concepts in socialization because the behaviour of young members of society are controlled by assigning them certain status which they will enact.
-“we can deal with anyone, we need to know who the person is”
Status and Roles
-‘Position’ in a social system
-Refers to a social position that a person holds.
-Can be ascribed or achieved, given or accomplished, respectively
Status
It refers to all the statuses a person holds at a given time.
status set
It’s a social position recieves at birth or takes on involuntary later in life.
Ascribed status
It’s a social position a person takes on voluntarily that reflect personal identity and effort.
Achieved status
-Refers to the behavior expected of someone who holds a particular status
-A person who holds a status and perform a role
Role
Identifies a number of roles attached to a single status.
Role set
It’s a conflict among the roles connected to two or more statuses.
Role Strain
He is a sociologis who first articulated the idea of impression management.
Erving Goffman
Through impression management has bearing on the formation of a person’s self-identity.
Role Manipulation
Is a concept to be taken very seriously. It has the power and influence to create a favorable public opinion of a particular person. It can break or repair a damaged persona.
Impression Management
