Socialization Flashcards
What is Self Concept?
Our understanding of who we are based on our personal trains, physical characteristics, ancestry, and biographies
What is Socialization?
Socialization is the process by which individuals internalizes the values, beliefs, and norms of a given society and learn to functions as a member of that society
What are the limits of Socialization?
Socialization cannot explain everything about a person’s development and personalisty
What is Gender Socialization?
Usually begins before birth; Gender is a set of performances, “masculinity” and “femininity”, making room for non-binary notions
What is Role?
- Comprehensive pattern of behaviors that is socially recognized as “appropriate”
- The behavior expected from an individual who occupies a social status (position)
Ex. Mother = not role = status
Primary Socialization
child learns the attitudes, values, and actions appropriate to individuals as members of a particular culture.