socialization Flashcards
social deprivation
what happens to humans when they are isolated and have no social communication.
- shows that people need interactions in order to be able to develop
- harlow studied on monkeys
socialization
process of learning culture
- teaches us how to behave properly and what to expect from others
anticipatory socialization
situations when a person gets prepared and acquires values and orientations required in advance of a new status
- mentally prepare ourselves for the future
resocialization
socialization is needed in a new situation where previous experiences cant help you anticipate
- relearning
- ex: earning how to be a university student
total institutions
- for resocialization
- goffman
- social settings isolated from the rest of society, such as mental hospitals, jails, military camps
habitius
- bourdieu
- habits acquired through everyday practices
self
trhough socialization we develop our self.
- distinct indentity that is changing
looking glass self
- cooley
- perseive ourselves through others eyes
- looking class has 3 elements
3 principles of the looking glass
- our perception of how we present ourselves to others
- our imagination of how others evaluate us
- based on these we develop a self-perception which is favorable or unfavorable
I vs Me
- mead
- i: impulsive, spontaneous
- me: reflects internalized societal attitudes and expectations
stages of development (mead)
- prepatory
- play
- game
prepatory stage
- children imitate the people around them
play stage
- 3 to 6
- children learn to use language and symbols and allow them to pretend to take on the roles of certain people
- want to repeatedly play the same games to learn
game stage
- children start to understand other social roles and positions
- develop the generalized other (aware of society)
W.I thomas - situation
people define the situation and act accordingly with the behaviors of society
