Socialization And Enculturation Flashcards
A lifelong social experience
Socialization
The process by which people learn the requirements on their surrounding culture
Enculturation
Three goals of socialization
It teaches impulse control and help individuals develop a conscience
It teaches individuals how to prepare for and perform certain social roles
It cultivates shared sources and meaning and value
Sociological concept
Self
Isolated from human contact
Feral child
He is regarded as one of the founders of social psychology
George herbert mead
Social self
Me
Response to the me
I
Four stages process of self development
Imitation play game the generalized other
The child takes different roles he she observes and adult society and plays them out to the gain understanding
Play
The child must take the role of everyone else involved in the game
Game
The individual understand what kind of behavior is expected or appropriate in different social settings
The generalized other
Mead’s three stages
Imitation stage play stage game
First two years imitates gestures and sounds
Imitation stage
Child assumes that role of other role playing of the party
Play stage