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Socialization continued: Standard: SSSocSC1: Students will explain the process of socialization. a. Identify and describes the roles and responsibilities of an individual in society. c. Identify and evaluate the stages of socialization; include childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and death/dying d. Analyze how individuals are socialized by gender and race/ethnicity. Essential Question: How might culture shape an individual’s personality? SOCIALIZATION Part II “Man is the only one that knows nothing, that can learn nothing without being taught. He can neither speak nor walk nor eat, and in short he can do nothing at the prompting of nature only, but weep” -Pliney the Elder Roman Scholar Reminder… “textbook” definition Socialization= Learning the roles, statuses, behaviors, and values necessary for participation in society. Do you see a crowd or a problem? Anthrophobia= fear of people in groups Nature vs. Nurture We have seen that while both are important, nurture (or social environment) is what makes people “human”. We have to learn how to be social, just like we have to learn everything else. We become members of the human community through these three things Language Social interaction.... getting to know Physical human contact… touch Certain Sociologists specialize in the study of how we socialize specifically… They are all concerned with how we develop a sense of self. Here are the big three. #1 Charles Horton Cooley Mr. Socialization Interactionist… think back to Chapter One… he is concerned with interaction…how one small personal event leads to another and forms our social reality “It is a success to be one”, in other words after society is “done with you” if you can keep your individuality you have succeeded. Most important contribution to sociology is one of the big concepts… THE LOOKING-GLASS SELF LOOKING GLASS SELF Explains how we develop our sense of self. LGS is an interactive process by which we develop an image of ourselves based on how we imagine we appear to others. Other people act as a social mirror in which we react to how others react to us. 1st we imagine our own appearance. “Wow, I look great… love the hair” 2nd we interpret how others react to us. “They are looking at my hair funny” 3rd we then use that reaction to judge ourselves…this is our self concept. “My hair must not look that great” In other words… do you worry about what others/ society thinks????? Remember… it sounds cliché, but “If you don’t like yourself, how can others appreciate you?” Be comfortable in your skin when you are around others!!! Examples of LGS… Anorexic who sees him/herself as overweight while society does not… Someone embarrassed to dance in public… A girl afraid to be seen without makeup… WHY DOES IT MATTER… Because they are all afraid of how society will “see” them… #2 John Locke Yes, the same as political John Locke…he was a sociologist too. He said everyone is a “Tabula Rasa”… clean slate on which anything can be written. He believed we are all born without a personality and society forms one for us through social experience. All nurture, no nature. Few people today take such an extreme view. #3 George Mead Added on to Cooley. Said seeing ourselves as others do is only the beginning…eventually we actually pretend to or do take on the role expected. According to Mead 1st we try to live up to the expectations of our parents and family (significant others) and play into that expected role 2nd as we grow older we try to live up to the expectations of society (generalized others) and play into that ex. role Under 3yrs of age we have “no self”…no role to play, but we discover it through play and games (girls get dolls, boys get trucks and tools) SOCIAL NETWORKS Web of relationships that is formed by the sum total of a person’s reactions with other people. What social networks do you have??? Read “Six Degrees of Separation” pg. 82 in book.