SOCIALIZING THE INDIVIDUAL SOCIOLOGY CHAPTER 4 SOCIALIZING THE INDIVIDUAL

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SOCIOBIOLOGY SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF THE BIOLOGICAL BASIS OF SOCIAL BEHAVIOR EMPHASIS NATURE VIEW POINT (BEHAVIOR IS IN OUR GENETIC CODE)

INSTINCT UNCHANGING BIOLOGICALLY INHERITED BEHAVIOR PATTERN

HEREDITY TRANSMISSION OF GENETIC CHARACTERISTICS FROM PARENTS TO CHILDREN

NURTURE BEHAVIOR IS THE RESULT OF ENVIRONMENT AND LEARNING PAVLOV

PERSONALITY SUM TOTAL OF BEHAVIORS, ATTITUDES BELIEFS, AND VALUES THAT ARE CHARACTERISTIC OF AN INDIVIDUAL CAN BE INFLUENCED BY BIRTH ORDER OR WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE SIBLINGS AND THEIR GENDER. CULTURAL ENVIRONMENTS DETERMINE THE BASIC TYPES OF PERSONALITIES THAT WILL BE FOUND IN A SOCIETY.

PERSONALITY, CONT. SUBCULTURAL DIFFERENCES CAN INFLUENCE PERSONALITY (EX. NEIGHBORHOOD, CITY) DETERMINES HOW AN INDIVIDUAL INETERACTS WITH OTHER PEOPLE IN HIS/HER SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT DETERMINES HOW AN INDIVIDUAL ADJUSTS TO HIS/HER ENVIRONMENT AND REACTS IN SPECIFIC SITUATIONS

PERSONALITY, CONT. CONTINUES TO DEVELOP THROUGHOUT AN INDIVIDUAL’S LIFETIME DEVELOPS AT VARYING RATES FROM INDIVIDUAL TO INDIVIDUAL.

INSTITUTIONALIZATION AND SOCIALIZATION CAN CREATE FERAL CHILDREN: WILD OR UNTAMED CHILDREN WITH FEW HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS OTHER THAN APPEARANCE CHILDREN CAN HAVE SLOWER DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR MENTAL, PHYSICAL, AND EMOTIONAL SKILLS

APTITUDE CAPACITY TO LEARN A PARTICULAR SKILL OR ACQUIRE A PARTICULAR BODY OF KNOWLEDGE EX. TALENT FOR PLAYING A SPORT

SECTION 2

SOCIALIZATION INTERACTIVE PROCESS WE LEARN BASIC SKILLS, VALUES, BELIEFS, AND BEHAVIOR PATTERNS CULTURE

TABULA RASA JOHN LOCKE INDIVIDUALS ARE BORN WITHOUT PERSONALITY WE ACQUIRE OUR PERSONALITY AS A RESULT OF SOCIAL EXPERIENCES

LOOKING-GLASS SELF COOLEY THREE-STEP PROCESS 1. WE IMAGINE HOW WE APPEAR TO OTHERS 2. BASED ON THEIR REACTION, WE TRY TO DETERMINE IF OTHERS VIEW US AS WE VIEW OURSELVES 3. WE USE OUR PERCEPTIONS OF HOW OTHERS JUDGE US TO DEVELOP FEELINGS ABOUT OURSELVES PARENTS MOST INFLUENTIAL IN SOCIALIZATION OF CHILD

ROLE-TAKING MEAD: ROLE-TAKING: TAKING OR PRETENDING TO TAKE THE ROLE OF OTHERS INTERNALIZE THE EXPECTATIONS OF THOSE CLOSEST TO US SIGNIFICANT OTHERS: PARENTS, SIBLINGS, RELATIVE, OTHERS WHO DIRECTLY INFLUENCE OUR SOCIALIZATION. WE INTERNALIZE THE EXPECTATIONS OF THESE PEOPLE. AS WE GROW OLDER THESE PEOPLE BECOME LESS IMPORTANT IN SHAPING OUR SELF.

ROLE-TAKING CONT. 2. EXPECTATIONS AND ATTITUDES OF SOCIETY TAKE ON IMPORTANCE GENERALIZED OTHER: INTERNALIZED ATTITUDES EXPECTATIONS AND VIEWPOINT OF SOCIETY THROUGH ROLE-TAKING SELF: THE CONSCIOUS AWARENESS OF POSSESSING A DISTINCT IDENTITY THAT SEPARATES YOUR AND YOUR ENVIRONMENT FROM OTHER MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

SELF: TWO PARTS I: UNSOCIALIZED, SPONTANEOUS, SELF-INTERESTED PART OF PERSONALITY ME: AWARE OF THE EXPECTATIONS OF SOCIETY: THE SOCIALIZED SELF MEAD’S DEVELOPMENT OF SELF P. 97

DRAMATURGY GOFFMAN SOCIAL INTERACTION IS A DRAMA BEING PERFORMED ON A STAGE WE WANT TO PLAY OUR ROLES WELL AND JUDGE OTHERS’ PERFOMANCES: IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT

SECTION 3

AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION THE SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS, AND INSTITUTIONS THAT ENABLE SOCIALIZATION TO TAKE PLACE IN THE U.S THE PRIMARY AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION ARE FAMILY, PEER GROUP, SCHOOL, MASS MEDIA FAMILY IS MOST IMPORTANT

PEER GROUP PRIMARY GROUP DIFFERENT FROM FAMILY ABOUT THE SAME AGE SIMILAR SOCIAL CHARACTGERSTICS

RESOCIALIZATION BREAK WITH PAST EXPERIENCES AND THE LEARNING OF NEW VALUES AND NORMS

TOTAL INSTITUTION PEOPLE ARE ISOLATED FROM THE REST OF SOCIETY FOR A SPECIFIC PERIOD OF TIME AND SUBJECT TO TIGHT CONTROL MAIN GOAL IS TO CHANGE AND INDIVIDUAL’S SOCIAL BEHAVIOR EX: PRISON, BOOT CAMP, MONASTERIES, PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS