U3 Socialization - vocab

socialization

learning the values, beliefs, norms of our society

socialization example

learning how to act in society or in the classroom

resocialization

replacing previously learned norms and values with new ones with a transition in life - adding

resocialization examples (3)

divorce, having a serious illness, moving schools

total institutions

isolate people to strip them of their norms and values and replace them with new ones - "desocialization"

total institutions examples (4)

prision, cult, nursing homes, military

rites of passage

rituals marking passage from one status to another

rites of passage examples (4)

birth, graduations, weddings, funerals

life cycle*

describes all stages of development from birth to death

feral children

children who have lived in social isolation - lack socialization

agents of socialization

provide structure for socialization

agents of socialization examples (5)

family, school, peers, media, religion

The self

our experience of distinct, real personal identity different from all other people

Theories of the self (4)

Freud's psychoanalytic, Cooley's looking glass self, Mead's role of the other, Goffman's dramaturgy

freud's psychoanalytic theory

ourself derived from conscious composed of id, ego, and subconscious - balances needs

id (2)

basic inborn drives - source of instinctive psychic energy, seeks pleasure

ego

realistic aspect of mind - balances other forces to be realistic

superego

conscience - represents internalized demands of society - "morality principle"

cooley's looking glass self

interacting with others and forming impressions of how they percive us - develops own feelings

looking glass self

sense of self developed through perception of others - evaluation and apprasial of us

Mead's role of the other

children take on roles to learn how to act/expectations

significant other

roles/expectations taken on based on the importrant people in our lives

generalized other

roles/expectations based on broader context of society - our actions around others

I

less socailized personality - values creativity, taking action, being spontaneous

me

more socailized/conforming part of self - more reliant on others

goffman's dramatury theory

social life = performances - setting determines our actions around people where they are

backstage

places where we prepare and rehearse for our performances around other people

frontstage

places where we play particlar roles for audience based upon the situation

Masculinity

Culture's idea - what it means to be a man - active, direct, stoic

Femininity

Culture's idea - what it means to be a woman - passive, beautiful

Social learning

Process - learning behaviors and meanings through social interaction

Gender roles

Expectations for men and women - how to act, what jobs to fulfill

Feminist theory

Examines inequalities in gender related issues, seeks to end gender stratification

Patriarchy

Society - men have more power than women