Do Now: What is socialization?

The process whereby people learn attitudes, values, and actions appropriate to individuals as a member of a particular culture.

Socialization Occurs through interactions between humans within a group. Socialization effects the development of a society. The individuals within a society develop their personality through their experiences within the group. Personality- is a person’s typical patterns of attitudes, needs, characteristics, and behavior.

Nature vs. Nurture Isolation; Example the movie Nell. A girl name Isabell is found in the woods alone. She was isolated from society her whole life. Her only contact was her deaf and mute mother. She was found and assimilated back into society over time. Nurture; Harry Harlow experiment on monkeys. Placed baby monkeys that were raised in isolation and placed them in a cage with a fake mother made of wire that provided milk. The other was made out of cloth without any milk. Majority of the monkeys went to the one mother for milk but spent most of its time with the mother that was made out of cloth.

Do Now: Regarding the debate we had yesterday (Nature v. Nurture) which do you think has the largest impact on the development of the person overall? Explain.

Heredity A study was conducted on pairs of twins and the similarities that they possess. They found similar traits in their tendencies towards leadership or dominance roles, but significant differences in their need for intimacy, comfort, and assistance. A study was performed on two identical twins that were raised on two different continents.

Twins study Oskar was raised by a strict Catholic grandmother in Czechoslovakia and later joined the Hitler movement. Jack lived in Trinidad and was raised by his Jewish father. He served in the Israeli army.

Twin study Both wore wire rimmed glasses and had mustaches. Liked spicy foods, sweet liqueurs, were absent minded, fell asleep in front on the T.V. regularly, thought it was funny when people sneezed in public, flushed the toilet before using it, wear rubber bands on their wrists, read magazines back to front, dipped their buttered toast in their coffee for breakfast. Does this prove that heredity plays a part in our socialization as individuals? Why? Why not?

Do Now: “SELF” The “self” represents the sum of people’s conscious perception of their own identity as distinct from others is society. What is your conscience perception of yourself? Do you ever wonder how others perceive you?

Goffman/Saving face Goffman’s approach to the “self” is the dramaturgical approach. You behave as if your were an actor on stage. Saving face (face work)- maintaining the proper image. People tend to put themselves down before others can. You try to build up your self positive reactions from others. You are continually trying to sell yourself in a positive way and if you fail you try to recognize those failures before others do.

Cooley-Looking glass-self Cooley believed that our self is the product of our social interactions with other people. 1.)How we imagine how we present ourselves to others. 2.)How others evaluate us. 3.)Some sort of feeling about ourselves. Example: 1. I think I am a confident, intelligent, sociable person. 2. My peers see me as an insecure, average student, and very shy person. 3. I now second guess my outlook on how I present myself to the public.

Mead’s stages of the “self” Preparatory stage- children imitate people around them. They use gestures and objects to form the basis of their communication. Play stage- the child begins to imitate the “actions” of others. They begin to role play other individuals. They mentally assume the role they are imitating. Game stage- children begin to take several tasks on at the same time. They begin to realize their role and the relationship to others around them.

Piaget’s cognitive theory of development. Sensorimotor- a young child uses their senses to make discoveries. Ex: Young babies place everything in their mouths. Preoperational- children begin to use words and symbols to distinguish objects. Ex: Young toddlers use one or two word phrases when they communicate. The phrase, “Milk” is defined as, “I would like some milk.” Concrete- children begin to engage in more abstract thinking. Ex: A lump of clay shaped into a snake is still a lump of clay just in another form. Formal operational- adolescents are capable of sophisticated abstract thought and can deal with ideas and values in a logical manner.

Question How would functionalist and conflict theorists differ in their analysis of socialization by the mass media? examples. Use your textbook for additional information and examples.