SOCIOLOGY

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SOCIOLOGY

• As adapted from Sociology, The Core by Michael
  Hughes

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Chapter 3Socialization

• Socialization
• Foundations for Socialization
• The Self and Socialization
• Socialization Across the Life Course

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• Socialization-
• a process of social interaction by which a
  person acquires the knowledge, attitudes, values,
  and behaviors essential for effective
  participation in society

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Foundations for Socialization

• Nurture or Nature?
• Theories of Socialization
• Macrolevel
• Functionalism
• Conflict
• Microlevel
• Social learning theory
• Cognitive development theory
• Symbolic interactionism

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Theories of Socialization

• Social Learning Theory
• Conditioning
• Reinforcement and Punishment
• Observational learning

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Theories of Socialization

• Cognitive Development Theory
• Socialization is in step with cognitive
  development
• Symbolic Interactionism
• Sociological perspective
• Reflexive behavior
• Individuals participate in their own
  socialization

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Agents of Socialization

• Family
• Peer Groups
• Schools
• Mass media

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Social Communication

• Communication-
• the process by which people transmit
  information, ideas, attitudes, and mental states
  to one another
• Verbal
• Non-verbal
• Body language
• Paralanguage
• Proxemics
• Touch
• Artifacts

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Definition of the Situation

• The interpretation or meaning that we give to our
  immediate circumstances
• Thomas Theorem

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Self and Socialization

• Charles Horton Cooleys
• The Looking Glass Self
• Self-image vs. self-conception
• Self-esteem and personal efficacy

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Self and Socialization

• George Herbert Meads
• The Generalized Other
• We act toward ourselves as we act towards others
• Three stages of attaining selfhood
• Play
• Game
• Generalized other

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Self and Socialization

• Erving Goffmans
• Impression Management
• Concealment and strategic revelation
• Dramaturgical approach

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Socialization Across the Life Course

• Childhood
• Adolescence
• Young Adulthood
• Middle Adulthood
• Later Adulthood
• Death