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Cultural Issues

Cultural Issues. Socialization is a process…. how people acquire their “culture” – behaviors, beliefs, and norms. Socialization Outcomes. Self-regulation – ability to comply with social norms 2. Role preparation – for roles in work, gender, institutions such as marriage, parenthood

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Cultural Issues

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  1. Cultural Issues

  2. Socialization is a process… how people acquire their “culture” – behaviors, beliefs, and norms. Socialization Outcomes • Self-regulation – ability to comply with social norms • 2. Role preparation – for roles in work, gender, institutions such as marriage, parenthood • 3. Cultivation of sources of meaning – “what’s important?” “What’s to be lived for?”

  3. Socialization Example: “The Law” (Burbank, 1988) • Adolescent socialization among Australian Aborigines involves ritual teaching of a set of cultural beliefs known as “The Law,” premised upon collectivistic beliefs: • Moral precepts for conducting interpersonal relationships, e.g., marriage • Explanation for how the world began • Instructions for rites of passage • “The Law” is a set of guidelines about relations between individuals, society, and divine forces • Globalization and historical events have dramatically affected the relationship between adolescents and “The Law” – (show “Rabbit-Proof Fence” clip)

  4. School Workplace Western Socialization: Sources Influence of friends, media, school, community, legal system increases Peers/Friends Community Cultural Belief System Family Media Legal System Influence of family diminishes in adolescence

  5. Cultural Values • What are some of your culture’s values? • Keep in mind: • -Cultures’ belief systems are not “pure types” • -There are individual differences in any culture • -Diversity also exists within individuals • We can’t assume homogeneity of experience within a “culture.” (Culture is not monolithic.) • i.e., Individualism vs. collectivism is too simplistic • Instead, adolescents live in “multiple worlds.” • Each world (e.g., family, peers, school) contains its own set of values and beliefs, expectations, actions, etc., which are familiar to insiders of that “world.”

  6. Discussion Think about your own socialization (e.g., within one or more of your “worlds”). (1) Describe some of the traditions and/or rituals in which you participated as a child and adolescent. (2) Did these rituals and/or traditions have an influence on who you have become? Describe.

  7. Example: dating Is dating something that is “ontogenic?” That is, do adolescents naturally begin dating when they reach a certain age? Discuss in terms of the analysis of dating as custom complex (a normative practice in a culture, and the cultural beliefs that underlie that practice). In small groups, generate other practices and decide whether they relate to a custom complex or if they are ontogenic in nature

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