U3 socialization - review

stages of life cycle (6)

childhood, adolesence, transitional adulthood, middle years adulthood, old age

childhood (3)

going to school for first time, acting appropriatelly, learning to read/ write

adolescence (2)

mental health - anxiety, depression, social pressures - peer pressure, bullying

transitional adulthood (3)

independence, finding jobs/career, relationships

middle years adulthood (2)

children moving out - lonely, paying tuition

old age (2)

slower cognitive ability, poor health

How does social isolation affect us?

loss of social skills, empathy, worse speech -stressed, lonely

how does the story of genie illustrate feral child phenomenon?

importance on human interaction - learn communication, basic social function, relationships

what did Harry Harlow Study?

social contact and attachment - rhesus monkeys

what did Harlow discover - social contact/monkeys?

comfort over nourishment, no social interaction - psychological and social deficits

family (AoS)

primary agent - teach cultural norms, values, social skills - how to interact

schools (AoS)

regular curriculum - math, science, reading

hidden curiculum - how to act/interact with peers and environment

peer groups (AoS)

social groups - share similar interests, age, background social status

mass media (AoS)

various technology/institutions - share info, culture, entertainment to large diverse audiences

religion (AoS)

learning and internalizing beliefs, values, behaviors of a specific faith

Freud's psychoanalytic theory (sos)

sense of self - conscience (id, ego, subconsicous) balances own needs

cooley's the looking glass sef (sos)

sense of self shaped from how others percieve us

mead's role of the other (sos)

how we see ourselves by taking on roles of other people

goffman's dramaturgy (sos)

sense of self = public persona frontstage and private self backstage

social learning on understanding of femininity and asculinity

defines masc and fem traits from observations of others in those roles

family (gender socialization)

models/reinforces gender socialization with gendered activities and roles

peers (gender socialization)

encouragement: act like gender or face ridicule

school (gender socialization)

presence or lack of topics/classes taught in relation to gender

mass media (gender socialization)

portrays people in gender roles - influences perception on gender roles

gender role's relation to inequality

reinforces limiting stereotypes - unequal divisons of labor, wages, oppertunities

feminist theory - view of society/patriarchy

seeks to end inequality in gender related issues, shifts away from patriarchy

functional analysis (gender socialization)

preserve social stability: "gender roles beneficial for family/society"

conflict theory (gender socialization)

struggles between men and women - men more power, women struggling for power

symbolic interactionalism (gender socialization)

continuous process to develop sense of self - gender ID - colors, clothing, mannerisms,

folkways and mores (socialization)

cultural norms taught by socialization agents determine what is folkway or more