UCSP... Flashcards
● transformed into a more knowledgeable and
cooperative member of the society
● a lifelong process that starts at birth and ends
at death.
● Can acquire a sense of who they are and
where they belong
ENCULTURATION/SOCIALIZATION
refers to individual differences and
characteristic patterns of thinking , feeling and
behaving.
Personality
- Is how someone sees themselves
- is what others mostly remember of him/her
Identity
- refers to the biological/ genetic
predispositions that impact one’s human
traits.
Nature
- Describes the influence of learning and other
“environmental” factors on these traits.
Nurture
- Proposed by Charles Horton Cooley
- states that a person’s sense of self is derived
from the perception of others as we perceive
ourselves on how other people think of us.
Looking Glass Self Theory
- Proposed by George Herbert Mead
- The development of social awareness is
traced to our early social interaction. We learn
more ways of drawing out desired behavior
from others.
Role-taking Theory
AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION
Family
School
Peers / peer group
Mass Media
Workplace
has a major impact on us. Each one lays down
our basic sense of self, forming our initial
motivations, values, and belief
Family
a primary agent of socialization. Schools were
able to contribute to self-development by
exposing us to people who are not our
relatives, thus exposing us to new attitudes,
values, and ways of looking at the world.
School
can ease the transition from adolescence to
adult responsibilities for it offers young people
an identity that supports some independence
Peers / peer group
in the form of television, has become the
primary source of information about the world,
thus enabling us to view a wide range of role
models and occupations.
Mass Media
allows us to learn to behave properly within an
occupation, at the same time, indicates that
one has passed out adolescence stage
Workplace
the act of exhibiting the same as the behavior
of most other people in a society, group, etc.
Conformity
the recognized violation of cultural norms.
Deviance
Forms of Deviance
- Innovation
- Ritualism
- Retreatism
- Rebellion
rejecting the use of socially accepted means
to achieve success.
Innovation
rejecting the importance of success goals but
continue to toil as conscientious and diligent
workers.
Ritualism
Withdrawal from society and does not care
about success.
Retreatism
Attempts to change the goals and means of
society.
Rebellion
refers to the set of means to ensure that
people generally behave in expected and
approved ways.
SOCIAL CONTROL
refers to the socialization process that
developed within the individual as we do
things when we know it is the right thing to
do.
Internal Social Control
refers to social sanctions or the system of
rewards and punishments designated to
encourage desired behavior.
External Social Control
- can’t be taken away
- Catholic Social Teaching states that each
person has value, is worthy of great respect,
and must be free from slavery, manipulation,
and exploitation. - the basis of fundamental human rights.
- It is at the heart of human identity
Human Dignity
- inherent to all human beings
- It is not a privilege. It is something that can be
taken away at someone’s whim - Born out of the atrocities and enormous loss of
life during World War II
Human Rights
- served as the moral justification of most social
systems—and of all tyrannies—in history. - an undefined and undefinable concept.
The Common Good
TRUE or FALSE: It is tacitly assumed, in such cases, that “the
common good” means “the good of the
majority” as against the minority or the
individual.
TRUE
- conduct themselves informally, interact
spontaneously, sympathetically to one another,
and enjoy each other’s company. It engages on
a personal level of intimate relationship and
strong bonds of association, and emotional
attachment. - Family, Couple, Church
Primary group
- members conduct themselves according to
role expectation and treat each other with
acknowledgement to status and degree of
acquaintance. It engages in transactional
relationships for pursuit, facilitation, and
attainment of goals. - Co-workers Officemates,
Sports Teammates, Committee
Secondary Group
- intentionally formed and planned for carrying
out specific purposes. - Student Organizations,
Professional Associations, Religious Orders,
etc
Formal group
- formed unplanned and spontaneously
established out of random association and
interaction - Peer Group, Dating Group,
Study Group, etc.
Informal group
- Membership is open for everyone.
- Clubs, Public Forums, etc
Open Group
- is exclusive to a selected number of persons
either by quota or qualifications. - School exclusive for Girls,
Political Party, etc.
Closed group
- formed for the purpose of protecting and
promoting the trade, interests, and well-being
of its members. - Guilds, Art Clubs, Labor
Unions, etc.
Interest Groups
- from the private sector of society that are
formed to influence the public’s views. - Militant Group. Advocacy
group, etc.
Pressure groups
- constitute a pool of workers labor force, or
performers following a chain of command for
the purpose of completing a task. - Production Team, Sports Team, Orchestra, etc
Task Group
introduced the concept of
in-group and out-group.
William G. Summer
- members have a sense of loyalty, camaraderie,
and solidarity. Non-members are considered
“outsiders”, “the others”, or “strangers.
In-group
- one is perceived to be apart from the others.
They are often perceived as odd and indifferent
Out-group
- relatively less dominant in terms of its size,
status, or degree of influence. - Ethnic Groups
Minority groups
- one is not necessarily a member but they
serve a comparative basis for self-evaluation. - Goths, Rockers, Socialites,
etc
Reference Groups
