Module 4 (Man's Integration to the Society) Flashcards
lifelong social experience by which people develop their human potential and learn culture
socialization
process by which an individual is oriented and taught by his/her society’s norms
socialization
form of interaction by which people acquire personality and learn the way of life of their society
socialization
goals of socialization
teaches impulse control and develop a conscience, teaches individuals how to prepare and perform certain social rules, cultivates shared sources of meaning and value
forms of socialization
enculturation and acculturation
process by which people learn the requirements of their surrounding culture and acquire the values and behaviors appropriate in that culture
enculturation
diffusion of one’s culture or another
enculturation
cultural modification of an individua, group, or people by adapting to or borrowing traits from another culture
acculturation
results of socialization, enculturation, and acculturation
self and identity, status and roles, norms and values
“the social mind”; sociological concept – develops through social interactions where individuals learn to assume roles and meet the increasing level (George Herbert Mead)
the concept of self
helonic concept of identity (self is both a whole and a part); self in the context of personal pertains to the wholeness of an individual’s identity and being a part of the whole reflects on the roles that it plays within the context of the society
model of consciousness: the i and me perspective
one’s self-concept was derived from a “social mirror” in which we can observe how others react to us, thus engaging us how to think and feel (Charles Horton Cooley)
the looking glass self concept
development of an individual’s distinct personality; this process defines individuals to others and themselves and individuals gain identity by social affiliations
identity formation
examples of identity
self-concept, cultural identity, national identity, religious identity, ethnic identity
any position that an individual can occupy in society, a label that implies that certain roles must be performed
status
individual’s position in the society, which carries with it a set of defined rights and obligations
status
types of status
ascribed status and achieved status
given at birth or assigned later in life
ascribed status
acquired willfully and consciously through effort, talent, decisions, and accomplishments
achieved status
set of expectation from people who occupy a particular status
role
behavior of an individual within a social space in accordance to his status
role performance