Socialization, Roles, and Statuses
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CHAPTER 4 & 5 Socialization, Roles, and Statuses
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Socialization, Roles, and Statuses. Chapter 4 & 5. Socialization . The cultural process of learning to participate in a group Hard to see and define – babies and young children. Harry Harlow and Social Isolation. Video. Social Isolation – Anna and Isabelle. Read on page 113 – 114 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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CHAPTER 4 & 5
Socialization, Roles, and Statuses
Socialization
The cultural process of learning to participate in a group
Hard to see and define – babies and young children
Harry Harlow and Social Isolation
Video
Social Isolation – Anna and Isabelle
Read on page 113 – 114
Nature vs. Nurture
Symbolic Interactionism
Self-concept – an image of yourself as having an identity separate from other people
Looking-glass self – an image of yourself based on what you believe others think of you
1.2.3.
Activity
Distorted Images
“If we incorrectly believe that a teacher, or a date, or our parents dislike us, the consequences to us are just as real as if it were true.” pg 117
The dating game
George Herbert Mead
Significant others - those people whose reactions are most important to your self-concept
Name some significant others…
Role taking
Assuming the viewpoint of another person and using that viewpoint to shape the self-concept
Imitation stage Play stage Game stage
The Self
“me” – the part of the self formed through socialization
“I” – The part of the self that accounts for unlearned, spontaneous acts
You normally take the “me” into account before the “I”
Agents of Socialization
The Family
Peer Groups
Mass Media
The Hidden Curriculum – the informal and unofficial aspects of culture that children are taught in school
What are some things you can think of you learn in school that are not reading, writing, arithmetic?
Desocialization and Resocialization
Total institutions – places in which people are separated from the rest of the society and controlled by officials in charge
Desocialization and resocialization . . .
What are some examples of ^^^
Anticipatory Socialization
What you are doing for college right meow.
What I am doing right meow.
Social Structure
The underlying patterns of relationships in a group
Status
A position a person occupies within a social structure
I am a: Teacher Student Student-teacher Coach Brother Son Grandson
Status
Ascribed status – position is neither earned nor chosen, but assigned
Achieved status – a position that is earned or chosen
Video I am a:
Teacher Student Student-teacher Coach Brother Son Grandson
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This is my STATUS SET!
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Status
Master status – a position that strongly affects most other aspects of a person’s life
Your boss, me, your parents
Most cases of status take into account age, gender, race, and ethnicity
Stanford Prison Experiment
Read on page 144
Roles
An expected behavior associated with a particular status
RightsObligations
Role Performance & Social Interaction
The actual behavior of an individual in a role
The process of influencing each other as people relate
Role performance usually involves social interaction
Play
Sociologists often sometimes refers to our roles, status, and social interaction as a play.
Role conflict
Performance of one role in one status interferes with anther role in anther status
Role strain – condition in which the roles of a SINGLE status are inconsistent or conflicting
What are some roles that conflict for you? What are some straining roles you have?
Activity
Hunting and Gathering
Horticulture Society
Pastoral and Agricultural Society
Industrial Society
MechanizationUrbanizationTechnology
Industrial Society
This changed the family!! Along with the Oil Embargo of 1973, the internet, among many other things.
More peer oriented
Gemeinschaft
Preindustrial society based on tradition, kinship, and close social ties
“community”
Gesellschaft
Industrial society characterized by weak family ties, competition, and impersonal social relationships
This changed after the ID, Oil Embargo of 1973, among many other things.
Social Solidarity
The degree to which a society is unified
How unified do you think this society is?? Think on the lines of genuinely and technology.
Mechanical Solidarity
A type of social unity achieved by people doing the same type of work and holding similar values
Beliefs, norms, tradition, conformity
Coworkers, friends, family, parish (non-religious)
Organic Solidarity
A type of social unity in which members’ interdependence is based on specialized functions(utility) and statuses
I NEED a mechanic, McDonalds, shopping centers, etc. . .
