Midterms Flashcards
A continuing process whereby an individual acquires a personal identity and learns the norms, values, behavior and social skills appropriate to his and her personal position.
Socialization
It teaches how to behave and act within our society.
Socialization
A continuous life process.
Socialization
(SOCIALIZATION POINTS OF VIEW)
Refers to the society acting upon the child.
OBJECTIVE socialization
(SOCIALIZATION POINTS OF VIEW)
A process by which society transmits its culture from one generation to the next and adapts the individual to the accepted and approved ways of organized social life.
SUBJECTIVE socialization
(FUNCTIONS OF SOCIALIZATION)
For development of our sense of identity and belongingness.
Personality Development
(FUNCTIONS OF SOCIALIZATION)
For development of social skills such as
communication, interpersonal, and occupational.
Skills Development and Training
(FUNCTIONS OF SOCIALIZATION)
Where individuals are influenced or engulfed by the prevailing values of social groups and society.
Values Formation
(FUNCTIONS OF SOCIALIZATION)
Where the socialization process allows us to fit-in an organized way of life by being accustomed including cultural setting.
Social Integration and Adjustment
(FUNCTIONS OF SOCIALIZATION)
For integration to society binds individuals to the control mechanisms set forth by society’s norms with regard to acceptable social relationships and social behavior.
Social Control and Stability
5 Functions of Socialization
- Personality Development
- Skills Development and Training
- Values Formation
- Social Integration and Adjustment
- Social Control and Stability
SOCIALIZATION IS VITAL TO:
- Culture
- Personality
- Sex Role differentiation
IMPORTANCE OF SOCIALIZATION
(for human development to grow and function socially)
Culture - Internalized
Individual - imbibes it / influence others
6 Agents of Socialization
Family - School - Church - Peer Group - Work Place - Mass Media
Guides every individual in understanding what is happening in the society.
Agents of Socialization
Is formed to control individual behavior in a given society.
Social Norms
Includes society’s standard of morality, good, manners, integrity, and legality.
Norms
2 Socialization Points of View
Objective Socialization
Subjective Socialization
3 Forms of Norms/Social Norms
Folkways
Mores
Laws
(FORMS OF SOCIAL NORMS)
- Customary patterns that specify what is socially correct and proper in everyday life
- Repetitive or the typical habits and patterns of expected behavior followed within a group of community
FOLKWAYS
(FORMS OF SOCIAL NORMS)
- Define what is morally right and wrong
- Folkways with ethical and moral significance which are strongly held and emphasized
MORES
(FORMS OF SOCIAL NORMS)
- Norms that are enforced formally by a special political organization.
- Component of culture that regulates and controls the peoples behavior and conduct.
LAWS
Defined VALUES as “ the good”, ideas about the kind of ends that people should pursue throughout their lives and the many activities that they are engaged in.
Peter Worsley
Are relative depending on its context.
Values
Patriotism, respect for human dignity, rationality, sacrifice, individuality, equality, democracy, and etc.
These are EXAMPLES of what kind of VALUES?
Fundamental Values
5 Value Orientation of Societies according to ROBIN WILLIAM
Achievement and Success
Activity and Work
Moral Orientation
Humanitarianism
Efficiency and Practicality
4 Value Orientation of Societies according to JAIME BULATAO, S.J.
Emotional Closeness and Security
Authority Value
Economic and Social Betterment
Patience, Suffering, and Endurance
It refers to the position an individual occupies in society and implies an array of rights and duties.
Social Status
2 Types of Social Status
Ascribed Status
Achieved Status
Type of Social Status that is:
Assigned by birth,
Little personal choice on sex and age,
and expectations of behavior.
Ascribed Status
Type of Social Status that is:
- Acquired by choice, merit or effort
- Possible through special abilities and talents, performance or opportunities
- a choice in occupation, marriage and religious organization.
Achieved Status
According to ______ in “The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life”, everyone is playing a role in their respective societies.
Erwin Goffman
It is choosing an action that a majority favors or that is socially acceptable.
Conformity
It is choosing an action that is NOT socially acceptable or that a majority does NOT favor.
Deviance
4 Types of Conformity
- Compliance or Group Acceptance
- Internalization or Genuine Acceptance of Group Norms
- Identification or Group Membership
- Ingratiational
a TYPE OF CONFORMITY where one adopts the induced behavior to gain specific rewards and approval to avoid punishment.
Compliance or Group Acceptance
a TYPE OF CONFORMITY where one adopts the behavior because of its congruency with his value system.
Internalization or Genuine Acceptance of Group Norms
a TYPE OF CONFORMITY where on conforms to the expectation of social role.
Identification or Group Membership
a TYPE OF CONFORMITY where one conforms to impress, to be “IN”.
Ingratiational
4 Functions of Deviance accd. to Ronald Smith and Frederick Preston.
- An outlet for diverse forms of expression
- Defines the limits of acceptable behavior
- May promote in-group solidarity
- Can serve as a barometer of Social strain
3 Sociological Theories of Deviance
- Functionalist Theory - Emile Durkheim
- Strain Theory - Robert Merton
- Control Theory - Travis Hirsch
This Sociological Theory of Deviance suggests that there is nothing abnormal in deviance.
Functionalist Theory
This Sociological Theory of Deviance suggests that in an unequal society, the tension or strain between socially approved goals in a individual’s ability to meet those goals through socially approved means will lead to deviance.
Strain Theory
A sociological theory of deviance suggesting that deviance:
Affirms cultural values and norms
Clarifies moral boundary
Promotes social unity
Encourages social change
Functionalist Theory
The 5 forms of deviance in the sociological theory of deviance of Robert Merton “STRAIN THEORY”
- Conformity
- Innovation
- Ritualism
- Retreatism
- Rebellion
A FORM OF DEVIANCE IN THE STRAIN THEORY
accepts cultural goal of success and legitimate means for achieving goals
Conformity
A FORM OF DEVIANCE IN THE STRAIN THEORY
accepts cultural goal of success BUT rejects socially accepted means of achieving it - illegitimate means.
Innovation
A FORM OF DEVIANCE IN THE STRAIN THEORY
rejects the importance of success.
Ritualism
A FORM OF DEVIANCE IN THE STRAIN THEORY
the withdrawal from society, caring neither about success nor about working.
Retreatism
A FORM OF DEVIANCE IN THE STRAIN THEORY
people reject and attempt to change both the goals and means approved by society.
Rebellion
This Sociological Theory of Deviance suggests that social institutions contribute to social order by controlling deviant tendencies in every individual.
Control Theory
This refers to the efforts of a group or society to regulate the behavior of its members in conformity with the established norms.
Social Control
The 2 types of sanction under the social control of deviance
Informal Sanction
Formal Sanction
This type of sanction is:
- Unofficial, casual pressures to conform
- Positive informal sanction with rewards
- Negative informal sanctions with penalties
Informal Sanction
This type of sanction is:
- Official, institutionalized
- Needed in large complex societies
- Under criminal justice system for social control
- Made in the form of arrest, trial and imprisonment
Formal Sanction
These are natural rights of all human beings whatever their nationality, religion, ethnicity, sex, language, and color.
Human Rights
True or False.
All are EQUALLY entitled to their own Human Rights without DISCRIMINATION.
TRUE
This is were all rights are fundamentally derived.
Human Dignity
True or False.
Human rights does NOT equates Human Dignity
FALSE
What are the 6 HUMAN RIGHTS or rights in a DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY?
- Natural Rights
- Constitutional Rights
- Statutory Rights
- Civil Rights
- Economic Rights
- Political Rights
This human right is inherent to man and given by GOD.
Natural Rights
This human right is from the fundamental charter of the country.
Constitutional Rights
This human right is provided by a lawmaking body.
Statutory Rights
This human right is specified under the Bill of Rights.
Civil Rights
This human right is the rights to property.
Economic Rights
This human right constitutes the rights enjoyed by being a member of a body.
Political Rights
The objective analysis of other cultures – understanding a culture’s beliefs and practices from that culture’s point of view.
Cultural Relativism
This concept does NOT impose judgement or assess the worth of other cultures based on one’s own culture.
Cultural Relativism
This concept, according to some critics, is an EXCUSE for the violation of Human Rights to continue.
Cultural Relativism
It is the emotional attitude that one’s own race, nation, or culture is superior to all others.
Ethnocentrism