How has my family socialized me?

1. How has my family socialized me? Journal #14

2. Socialization & the Self Chapter 4 Section 2

3. The Functionalist and Conflict Perspectives on Socialization • Review: What is Functionalism? • It stresses the ways in which groups work together to create a stable society. • Conflict Perspective? • Views socialization as a way of perpetuating the status quo. • Symbolic Interactionism? • Developed by Charles Horton Cooley and George Herbert Mead. • Argued that human nature is a product of society and not biological.

4. How does symbolic interactionism help us understand socialization? • Through a number of key concepts: • Self-concept • Looking-glass • Significant others • Role taking • Generalized other. • Self-concept – an image of yourself as having an identity separate from other people. Self-Concept

5. Self-Concept • As a teen you are in the developmental stage of your self-concept and sometimes being different isn’t diserable. To help you understand your own self-concept we will do the following exercise. • In your journal write down the next journal number and follow the instructions: • Describe yourself in one paragraph. • Do not use any physical features. • Focus on values, attitudes, beliefs, and personalities. • You do not HAVE to share with the class.

6. How does symbolic interactionism help us understand socialization? • Looking-glass self – an image of yourself based on what you believe others think of you. • According to Cooley, this is a three stage process: • First, we imagine how we appear to others. • Next, we imagine the reaction of others to our (imagined) appearance. • Finally, we evaluate ourselves according to how we imagine others have judged us. • Example of process: • You have a new teacher you want to impress so you prepare hard for the next days class. In class you make a comment during class discussion. • Stage 1: You have an image of how you performed on the question. • Stage 2: After finishing you think your teacher is disappointed in your answer. • Stage 3: Because you think your teacher is disappointed, you feel bad about yourself.

7. Looking-Glass Theory • Can this theory be distorted? • Examples? • Do we use some people as mirrors more than others? • According to Mead we do, and these people are called our significant others. • Significant others – those people whose reactions are most important to your self-concept. • Examples for significant others for me: • Parents, co-workers, boss, friends, girlfriend

8. Significant Others Journal 16?? I want you to write a couple of paragraphs telling me who the significant others in your life are. In these paragraphs include why these individuals are important and how they help shape your self-concept. You write about significant others from your past or present.

9. 4.2 Continued • Review: What is the difference between self-concept and looking-glass? • Think about when you get ready in the morning and you look in a mirror, who are you getting ready for? • Who are significant others? • Journal #17 • If not for rules or expectations, would you dress differently than you do? How and why? • TED video, be ready to discuss after.

10. Role Taking • Role taking – assuming the viewpoint of another person and using that viewpoint to shape self-concept. • This allows us to take the viewpoint of another person and then respond to ourselves from that imagined viewpoint. • Example: You want to ask your parents to get a new phone. By looking at it from their viewpoint, you will be able to see their objections and justify why you “need” a new phone.

11. How does the ability of role taking develop? • Mead described this ability as happening in a three step process (all vocab words): • Imitation stage • Play stage • Game stage • Imitation Stage – children imitate behaviors without understanding. • 1-2 year olds • This can be physical or verbal behaviors learned from a significant other.

12. Play and Game Stages • Play stage – children act in ways they imagine other people would. • 3-4 year olds • Examples would be pretending to be a Mom, Dad, police man, astronaut. • Game Stage – children anticipate the actions of others based on social rules. • Example: playing sports

13. Acting out of principle • Generalized other: integrated conception of the norms, values, and beliefs of one’s community or society. • Example: Being an honest person – you don’t do it always to please significant others but because it seems wrong not to do so.

14. What is the self? • “Me” – the part of the self formed through socialization. • What we do that is predictable and follows social norms. • “I” – the part of the self that accounts for unlearned spontaneous acts. • May occur when angry • Yelling or being violent • The “I” usually asks the “me” if something is acceptable or not.

15. Chapter 4 Section 2 Assessment Pg. 119 Questions #1-4 Due five mins before the end of the period.