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Socialization Cultural process of learning to participate in group life

Socialization Cultural process of learning to participate in group life. Socialization. Socialization. Socialization – Cultural process of learning to participate in group life

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Socialization Cultural process of learning to participate in group life

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  1. Socialization Cultural process of learning to participate in group life

  2. Socialization

  3. Socialization • Socialization– Cultural process of learning to participate in group life • Individual – An ongoing process where individuals acquire a personal identity and learn the norms, values, behavior, attitudes, beliefs, language, knowledge, and social skills appropriate to conform to their social position

  4. Socialization • A combination of both self imposed and externally imposed rules combined with the expectations of others. • Examples include a new job, team, school, church, community, etc. • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-RvJQxqVQc

  5. Symbolic Interactionism • Self Concept – Image of yourself having an identity separate from others. • Looking Glass Self – The self-image an individual forms by imagining what others think of his or her behavior and appearance. What you believe others think of you. • Significant Others – Any person or persons with a strong influence on and our most important to an individual's self concept.

  6. Looking Glass Self

  7. Culture, Heredity, and Socialization

  8. Culture, Heredity, and Socialization • Nature vs. Nurture – What matters more, your genes or your environment? Are we born this way, or do we behave according to our life experiences? • Sociobiology – Joins together the ideas of modern genetics with Darwin’s theory of natural selection. It is the study of the biological basis of human behavior.

  9. Agents of Socialization • Family • Schools • (hidden curriculum) informal education • Peer Group • Mass Media and Social Media

  10. Process of Socialization • Total Institutions – Places in which people are separated from the rest of society and controlled by others. (Prisons, mental hospitals, boarding schools, monasteries, military training camps • Desocialization – Process of giving up old norms, values, and attitudes • Resocialization – A two-part process. An institution tries to erode the identities and independence. Then the process involves a systematic attempt to build a different personality or self. It is the adopting of new norms and values

  11. Realms and Realities • Ideal Culture – The ideas, norms, beliefs, and symbols that represent the way we would like to be viewed by others. The way we want things to be. • Real Culture – The ideas, norms, beliefs, and symbols that represent the way we are viewed by others. The way things really are.

  12. Ideal vs. Real • With a partner (already sitting next to you), come up with an example of ideal vs. real culture that is particularly relevant to you at this point in your life. Every pair is going to share

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