1. Perspectives on Socialization
Explain why socialization is needed if cultural and societal values are to be learned
Analyze how people use others to learn about themselves

2. Functionalist Perspective
Groups work together to create society
Teach kids basics
Norms
Beliefs
Values

3. Conflict Perspective
People accept social status w/o challenging position
Maintains: advantage for rich
Social
Political
Economic

4. Symbolic Interactionism:
Cooley & Mead challenge belief human nature is biologically determined
5 Concepts
The Self-concept
Looking-glass self
Significant others
Role taking
The generalized other

5. Self-Concept: Cooley Image of yourself separate from others
Kids see how others react
Act bad for attention

6. Looking-glass self: Cooley
Image of yourself based on what others think
Use others as mirror
3 stage process
Imagine how we appear to others
Imagine reaction of others to our appearance
Evaluate ourselves on how others might judge

7. Significant others: Mead
People who’s judgments are most important
Youth Leaders
Parents
Teachers
Siblings
Peer Groups

8. Role Taking: Mead See ourselves through eyes of others
Internal conversations: thoughts and emotions
3 Stages
Imitation: 1-2 years old; imitates w/o understanding
Play: 3-4 years old; take on roles of others (parents)
Game: several roles simultaneously
Anticipate reaction of others based on social rules

9. The Generalized Other: Mead
Pleasing significant other; understanding principle
Integrated conception of norms, values and beliefs of society or community
The Self
ME vs. I; me conforms to society/ I is true self
I comes out during times of emotion, spontaneously

10. Process of Socialization
Family
School
Peer Group
Mass Media

11. Family Think & Speak Internalize norms, beliefs & values
Form basic attitudes
Develop intimate relationships
Acquire self image

12. School Impersonal Relationships Rewards & Punishments- performance
Hidden Curriculum
Discipline, conformity, order

13. Peer Group Based on age and interests
Conflict, competition, cooperation
Parents or Friends?

14. Mass Media TV, Radio, Newspaper, Internet Role Models- imitate
16 year old- 20,000 homicides

15. Critical Thinking Question
Is TV a force used to maintain the status quo or toward change?
Can the media keep racism alive or continue problems in society w/o need? Analyze the use of mass media and describe the affects both good and bad.

16. Process of Socialization
Desocialization & Resocialization

17. Symobolic Interactionism
After childhood:
Desocialization
Resocialization
Anticipatory Socialization
Reference Groups

18. Desocialization & Resocialization
Total Institutions
Separates from rest of society
Desocialization
Give up old norms, values, attitudes
Remove self-concept
Resocialization
New norms, values, attitudes
New self-concept

19. Anticipatory Socialization
Voluntary process of accepting new norms, values, attitudes
Move from one stage to another in life
Reference Groups