Socialization

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Socialization

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The process by which people learn to function in social life and become aware of themselves as they interact with others

Question 2

Self

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Consists of your ideas and attitudes about who you are as an independent being

Question 3

What is socialization the key to?

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Human development. Missed phases of life cannot be made up

Question 4

Freud thought that..

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The self is formed socially

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What did Cooley propose?

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The looking glass self

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Looking glass self

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We judge how others interact and react to us, and then we develop a set of feelings about who we are

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What did Mead propose?

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The concepts in self-development: the “I” - subjective/impulsive self that wants things
The “me” - emerges when people learn to communicate symbolically

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What are Mead’s Four Stages of Development?

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1. Imitation (of significant others, like babies copying what their parents are saying)
2. Pretending (let’s play house, school, doctor..)
3. Playing Complex Games (take the role of SEVERAL OTHERS CONCURRENTLY) e.g. board games, lego, sports
4. Developing a sense of cultural standards (image of the generalized other / application to self of the cultural standards)

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What context does childhood develop in?

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A special Sociohistorical context

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Age cohort

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People born in the same range of years

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Age roles

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Norms for people in different stages of life

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Generation

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age cohort that shares particular formative experiences

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Different generations in Canada

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1. Greatest Generation
2. Silent Generation (lucky generation)
3. Baby Boomers (Vietnam War, Trudeaumania, popular music)
4. Generation X (slow period of economic growth and the job market filled with baby boomers)
5. Millenials
6. Gen Z

Question 14

Social Environment

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Being surrounded and influenced by real or imagined others

Question 15

Adaptation

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Arranging individual actions to gain an environment’s cooperation.
As you encounter things in your social environment, you change your behaviour to get the best result you can

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What kind of process is Socialization?

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An Evolutionary process - action and reaction to one’s social environment

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What do functionalists emphasize about socialization?

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Emphasize how socialization helps to maintain orderly social relations

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What do conflict and feminist theorists typically stress?

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The discord based on class, gender, and other divisions

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What do symbolic interactionists highlight?

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Highlight the creativity of individuals in attaching meaning to their social surroundings

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What is the MOST IMPORTANT agent of primary socialization?

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Families

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Primary socialization

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Mastering the basic skills needed to function in society during childhood

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What is the important agent of secondary socialization?

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Schools

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Secondary socialization

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Socialization outside the family after childhood

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What is the Hidden Curriculum in schools?

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Teaching obedience to authority and conformity to cultural norms

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What aspects make up Symbolic interactionism?

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Thomas Theorem, Self-fulfilling prophecy, and Peer groups (status)

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Thomas Theorem

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Outcome of a situation depends on the person’s PERCEPTION of it, and not on the situation itself

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Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

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An expectation that helps bring about what it predicts

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Peer Groups

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People who are about the same age and status as the individual (secondary socialization)

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Status

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Recognized social position an individual can occupy

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What does the Mass Media expose to individuals, and what do we learn?

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Influences that shape our ideas, behaviours, expectations, values and attitudes
We learn GENDER ROLES

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Gender Roles

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Widely shared expectations about how males and females are supposed to act

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Resocialization

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Occurs when powerful socializing agents deliberately cause rapid change in people’s values, roles, and self-conception, sometimes against their will

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What can be a part of resocialization?

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Initiation Rite

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Initiation Rite

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Ritual that signifies the transition of the individual from one group to another and ensures his or her loyalty to the new group

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3 steps in the Initiation Rite

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1. Ritual Rejection (of your old life)
2. Ritual Death
3. Ritual Rebirth

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Rites of Passage

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Cultural ceremonies that mark the transition from one stage of life to another

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3 parts in Rites of Passage

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1. Separation
2. Transition
3. Incorporation

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Total Institutions

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Settings in which people are isolated from larger society and are under strict control and constant supervision of a specialized staff

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Anticipatory socialization

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Dress for the job you want and not the job you have

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What helps form Self Identity?

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The Internet / Digital Technologies