Enculturation & Socialization Flashcards
it refers to a lifelong social experience by which people develop their human potential and learn culture
SOCIALIZATION
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
Three Goals of
Socialization
- It teaches impulse control and help individuals develop a conscience
- It teaches how to prepare for and perform certain social roles
- It cultivates shared sources of meaning and value
The ‘self’ is a sociological concept.
ME
he is regarded as one of the founders of social psychology and of what has come to be referred to as the Chicago sociological tradition
GEORGE HERBERT MEAD
4 stage process of Self Development
- IMITATION
- PLAY
- GAME
- The Generalized Other
the child takes different roles he/she observes in “adult” society
PLAY
plays them out to gain understanding of the different social roles
PLAY
the child learns to become both subject and object and begins to become able to build a self
PLAY
the child must take the role of everyone else involved in the game
GAME
organizations begins and definite personalities start to emerge
GAME
the individual understands what kind of behavior is expected or appropriate in different social settings
THE GENERALIZED OTHER
the sum of a being’s knowledge and understanding of his/herself
SELF-CONCEPT
is one’s feeling of identity or affiliation with a group or culture
CULTURAL IDENTITY
the identification with a certain ethnicity, usually on the basis of a presumed common genealogy or ancestry
ETHNIC IDENTITY
is an ethical and philosophical concept whereby all humans divided into groups called nation
NATIONAL IDENTITY