Socialization

SOCIALIZATION REFERS TO A LIFELONG SOCIAL EXPERIENCE BY WHICH PEOPLE DEVELOP THEIR HUMAN POTENTIAL AND LEARN CULTURE.

SOCIALIZATION A process in which we learn and internalize the attitudes, values, beliefs, and norms of our culture and develop a sense of self

It takes place in specific contexts. It is culturally specific. socialization It takes place in specific contexts. It is culturally specific. It refers to the deliberate shaping of the individual.

GENDER A social construct specifying the socially and culturally prescribed roles that men and women are to follow.

ENCULTURATION The process by which people learn the requirements of their surrounding culture and acquire the values and behaviors appropriate or necessary in that culture.

Parents/Family School Peers/Friends Church

Successful Enculturation results in competence in the following areas: Language Values Rituals

environment Genetic traits and characteristics What we learn from interacting with others environment

A Psychological Point of View PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT A Psychological Point of View

A dominant pattern of attitudes, feelings and behaviors PERSONALITY A dominant pattern of attitudes, feelings and behaviors 2. Sociologists call it a concept of self.

3 Important Components of Personality superego ego Id 3 Important Components of Personality According to Sigmund Freud

3 Important Components of Personality Basic needs, drives and desires that are present at birth; the animal nature of human beings Id 3 Important Components of Personality According to Sigmund Freud

3 Important Components of Personality The conscience which constrains the id superego 3 Important Components of Personality According to Sigmund Freud

ego 3 Important Components of Personality This mediates between the id and the superego and balances the two ego 3 Important Components of Personality According to Sigmund Freud

AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION FAMILY SCHOOL FRIENDS/PEERS MEDIA RELIGION/ CHURCH BUSINESS

SELF A person’s conscious recognition that he or she is a distinct individual who is part of a larger society.

The self as a product of social experience

TYPES OF FAMILIES ACCORDING TO STRUCTURE. MARRIAGE. LINE OF DESCENT. PLACE OF RESIDENCE. POWER OR AUTHORITY

TYPES OF FAMILY ACCORDING TO STRUCTURE CONJUGAL OR NUCLEAR – Husband, wife and children CONSAGUINE OR EXTENDED – married couple, their parents, relatives, aunts, uncles, cousins BLENDED OR RECONSTITUTED FAMILIES – parents have a child or children from previous marriages and they form a new family together

TYPES OF FAMILY ACCORDING TO TERMS OF MARRIAGE POLYANDRY – one woman is married to two or more men at the same time POLYGAMY – one man is married to two or more women at the same time

TYPES OF FAMILY ACCORDING TO line of descent PATRILINEAL – descent is recognized through the father’s line MATRILINEAL – descent is recognized through the mother’s line BILINEAL – descent is recognized through both the father’s or mother’s line

TYPES OF FAMILY ACCORDING TO place of residences PATRILOCAL – the newly married couple lives with the parents of the husband MATRILOCAL – the newly married couple lives with the parents of the wife NEOLOCAL – the newly married couple maintains a separate household BILOCAL – the newly married couple stay with the husband’s relatives and the wife’s kin alternately

TYPES OF FAMILY ACCORDING TO POWER OR AUTHORITY PATRIARCHAL – when the father is considered the head and plays a dominant role MATRIARCHAL – when the mother or the female is the head and makes the major decisions EQUALITARIAN (Egalitarian) – when both the father and the mother share in making decisions and are equal in authority

FUNCTIONS OF THE FAMILY Reproduction of the race and rearing of the young Cultural transmission or enculturation Socialization of the child Providing affection and a sense of security Providing the environment for personality development and the growth of self-concept in relation to others Providing social status