SOC101Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Experience 7, Hidden Curriculum, Resocialization
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Self: sense of own identity -> understand who we are in relation to others -> react to what we learn. Socialization: vital link between individuals and society (lifelong process) Tools must be internalized through socialization -> transmit knowledge. Unique personal histories -> share in larger society -> participate. Primary socialization: learning process in childhood -> entry to society. Secondary socialization: after people have gone under primary. Learn, reason, solve problems -> development of brain -> physiological apparatus to interpret. Studies: feral children = grow up alone in wilderness/raised by wild animals. Children raised in isolation -> need for interaction. Infants demand immediate gratification -> form self image when demands = denied -> existence = independent (balance needs w/ realities) Psychological mechanism develops -> balances pleasure - seeking and restraining components of self. Looking-glass self: gestures and reactions of others = mirror where we see ourselves. Self-image = product of involvement in groups and communication with others.
