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Chapter 4

Chapter 4. Socialization. Proper Manners For Dating. A man should not sit down at the table in a restaurant until the woman is seated. A man should always pull out a woman’s chair for her and see that she is served first.

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Chapter 4

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  1. Chapter 4 Socialization

  2. Proper Manners For Dating A man should not sit down at the table in a restaurant until the woman is seated. A man should always pull out a woman’s chair for her and see that she is served first. A man should never let a woman carry anything heavy; she should only carry a small package and her coat. A man should help a woman put on and take off her coat. A man always leads when dancing. A man should always open a door for a woman and let her pass in front of him.

  3. How do we know socialization is important? Harry Harlow’s famous experiment

  4. Does the same apply to human beings?

  5. Anna and Isabelle Case Studies on Isolated Children

  6. Socialization and the Self • All three theoretical perspectives agree that socialization • is needed if cultural and social values are to be learned • Functionalist Perspective • Conflict Perspective • Symbolic Interactionism

  7. functionalist perspective family school

  8. conflict perspective Don’t upset the existing social class structure!

  9. Symbolic Interactionism and Socialization • Developed in the early part of the twentieth century by • Charles Horton Cooley and George Herbert Mead • The self-concept • The looking-glass self • Significant others • Role-taking (the imitation stage, the play stage, and the game stage) • The generalized other

  10. Where does the self-concept come from? • Self-concept: the image you have of yourself as having an identity • separate from other people

  11. Where does the self-concept come from? • Looking-glass self: an image of yourself based on what you think others think of you

  12. Cooley’s Looking-Glass Self 3 Step Process: We imagine how we appear to others We imagine the reaction of others to our (imagined) appearance We evaluate ourselves according to how we imagine others have judged us

  13. Mead pointed out that some people are more important than others to us • Significant others: those people whose reactions are most important to your self-concept

  14. What is role taking? • Role taking: assuming the viewpoint of another person and using that • viewpoint to shape the self-concept

  15. How do we learn the ability for role taking? • According to George Mead, it’s a 3 step process Imitation stage: around the age 1 or 2

  16. 2. Play stage: Around 3 or 4 years

  17. 3. Game stage

  18. When do we start to internalize how to behave in social situations? • Generalized other: integrated conception of the norms, values, and beliefs of • one’s community or society

  19. Mead – What is the self? • According to George Mead the “self” is made up of two parts: the “me” and the “I” • the “I” is myself as I am…the “me” is myself as others see me

  20. Agents of Socialization:

  21. The Family and Socialization • First exposure to the world and the primary agent of socialization • Sharing

  22. Socialization in Schools • Hidden curriculum:the informal and unofficial aspects of culture that • children are taught in school

  23. Peer Group Socialization • In family and school kids are subordinate to adults, in peer group they • engage in give and take relationships

  24. Mass Media and Socialization

  25. The Three Stooges Call of Duty: Black Ops Cool Dad

  26. Mass Media and Socialization Our perceptions of he ideal body types seem to be largely a product of media socialization. Discuss how television, magazines, CDs, and video games reinforce these images. Give examples from your experiences of how the media has socialized Americans to admire certain figure and body types.

  27. Desocialization • Total institutions:people separated from the rest of society and • controlled by officials in charge • Desocialization: the process of giving up old norms, values, and behaviors

  28. Resocialization • Resocialization: the process of adopting new norms, values, attitudes, and behaviors

  29. Anticipatory Socialization • Anticipatory Socialization:the voluntary process of preparing to accept • new norms, values, attitudes and behaviors

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