Sociology 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Hidden Curriculum, Marxism, Moral Relativism
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The lifelong social experience by which individuals develop their human potential and learn patterns of their culture. A person"s fairly consistent patterns of thinking, feeling and acting. Focus on how people are made and made to shape. Formal: deliberate - clear idea of the product they want. A loving family produces a happy well-adjusted child (theoretically) Hours of viewing television average household, 7 hours per day almost half of their free time children average 5 hours per day television, videotapes, video games. A social group whose members have interests, social position and age in common. Developing sense of self that goes beyond the family. Peers often govern short-term goals while parents maintain influence over long-term plans. Kids spend all their time with their parents until they"re 12, after w their friends. Anticipatory socialization practice at working toward gaining desired positions. Wearing a suit everyday in law school to get the idea of what a lawyer feels like.