Socialization and Reciprocal Determinism Flashcards
What is Socialization?
Where an individual learns to behave compatibly with social and cultural norms, and through them acquires a sense of identity
What is the aim of Doty, 2014
To show that social conditioning might be the reason for judging a smell as male or female
What was the procedure for Doty, 2014?
Male and female sweat was collected and given to male and female participants in sniff bottles, told to tell if smell was female or male.
What was the result of Doty, 2014
Half of participants got the male and female smells correct. All part. rated the strongest smelling male and weaker and neutral smells female.
What is the conclusion of Doty, 2014
Smell identification could easily have occurred from social conditioning. Socialization here is a factor that could contribute to our sense of male and female.
Who is Genie the Wild Child?
An abused and neglected child who spent first 13 years strapped to a potty chair, when discovered she was unable to walk, barely able to walk and was shown to have mental capacities of someone with an intellectual disability.
What happened when Genie lacked socialization?
It hindered her development emotionally, cognitively (socially and intellectually) and physically.
Enculturation
The acquisition of the necessary and appropriate norms and skills of one’s own culture of origin.
Who guides enculturation?
Peers and parents, this greatly contributes to personal identity.
Acculturation
Takes place when people change or adapt due to contact with another culture in order to fit in with that culture.
What is Assimilation?
Individual strives (or is forced) to adopt the attitudes and behaviors of the majority culture and exits the original culture in the process.
What is integration?
Where the individual fits in with the majority culture, but still maintains the original culture.
What is seperation?
Where the individual minimizes contact with the majority culture, but strives to maintain the original culture.
What is marginilization?
Where the individual is excluded from the majority culture and cannot maintain the original culture.
What is Acculturation Stress?
Psychological strain of striving to adapt to a different culture.
