SOCI 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Hidden Curriculum, Symbolic Interactionism, Social Reproduction

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 201
• Professor: Valerie Ann Haines

Document Summary

Textbook definition (p. 110): the lifelong social experience by which people develop their human potential and learn culture: socialization links individuals and society through culture. Through socialization that people learn elements of a particular culture and accept this culture as part of oneself. Suggests that socialization links individuals and society through structure. Socialization allows for the process of social reproduction: Process by which societies have structural continuity over time. Lifelong: not only children are socialization and that socialization goes on throughout the life course. Develop their human potential: without socialization people would be u(cid:374)a(cid:271)le to parti(cid:272)ipate i(cid:374) so(cid:272)iet(cid:455) a(cid:374)d that (cid:449)e (cid:272)a(cid:374) stud(cid:455) (cid:862)u(cid:374)so(cid:272)ialized(cid:863) children (gives an understanding of what socialization really does) Co(cid:374)te(cid:454)tualizi(cid:374)g mead(cid:859)s theor(cid:455): mead is a symbolic interactionist, symbolic interactionism: Stresses that interaction between humans takes place through symbols and interpretation of meaning. And treats the self as a core concern.