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 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 > This is my STATUS SET!

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 Rights Obligations

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 Mechanization Urbanization Technology

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. . .