SOCIOL 130 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Public Space, Typification, Georg Simmel
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Typification : a process of creating standard social construction based on standard assumptions. Socially constructed categories, that are used to makes sense of the other person. It"s reciprocal--back and forth between the two actors. This is in the reading, the social construction of reality on page 45. The reality of everyday life contains typefactory schemes in terms of which in terms of which others are apprehended and dealt with" in face-to-face encounters. Primary socialization: the acceptance and learning of a set of norms and values established through the process of socialization. Typically this is initiated by the family. (socialization is a process by which the individual is inducted into social reality). This is in the same reading as above. Every individual is born into an objective social structure within which he encounters the significant others who are in charge of his socialization. pg. 151.
