Module 4: Becoming a Member of Society

Question 1

Socialization

Answer 1

• lifelong process wherein people learn the values, norms and expectations to be integrated in society
• focused on the individual

Question 2

Enculturation

Answer 2

• process where one becomes part of his/her culture by learning it
• focused on the culture

Question 3

Acculturation

Answer 3

• process by which one learns/adopts another culture

Question 4

Norms

Answer 4

unwritten behaviors and rules governing society

Laws - formally written rules
Folkways - norms without moral values
Mores - norms that regulate ethical behavior
Taboo - forbidden acts

Question 5

Status

Answer 5

• designation individuals occupy

Question 6

Roles

Answer 6

• behaviors expected of individuals that fit their status in society

Question 7

Role Conflicg

Answer 7

• possibly of having conflicting statuses and roles

Question 8

Agents of Socialization

Answer 8

Family - cornerstone of human interaction for any individual, where the first habits and values individual gain and carry throughout life come from

Schools - impart knowledge and skills individuals need to be functioning members of society

Peers - people of a similar age to the individual who are a source of socioemotional support and shape their own preferences

Mass Media - responsible for shaping an individual’s tastes, preferences, beliefs, opinions and practices

Religion - influences the views, values and perspectives of an individual

Question 9

Goffman’s Dramaturgy

Answer 9

• social interaction is like a theatrical performance
• Backstage: space where thoughts and emotions are freely expressed
• Frontstage : what is visible to your audience/others; their impression of you

Question 10

Conformity and Deviance

Answer 10

Conformity: behaving by socially accepted conventions in or standards

Deviance: refers to behaviors that violate established norms and values

Question 11

Types of Deviance

Answer 11

Innovation - use of illegal means

Ritualism - rejection of society’s goals

Retreatism - rejection of society’s goals and means

Rebellion - acts that seek to actively change or replace society’s gols

Question 12

Human Rights

Answer 12

• universally recognized and fundamentally important for proper conduct of society; inherent and inalieable
• Positive Human Rights: claim against another person or state for good, service or treatment
• Negative Human Rights: restrains persons or governments by limiting their action against the holder of the right

Question 13

Types of Human Rights

Answer 13

Civil Political Rights

Socioeconomic Rights

Solidarity Rights