SOCPSY 1Z03 Lecture 4: SOCPSY 1Z03 September 25

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Social Psychology
• Course: SOCPSY 1Z03
• Professor: Sarah Clancy

Document Summary

The process by which individuals acquire thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. Appropriate to their positions in society: can be formal or informal. Developmental: biological; dependent on physical and psychological maturation and not social factors; interaction is dependent on the stage of maturity. Social structural: persisting patterns of behaviour and interaction between people or social positions; the influence of social structure on individuals (e. g. roles); socialization is a product of group life. Social learning: focuses on external causes of our thoughts, feelings and emotions; primarily a process of children learning the standard meanings of the groups, information and hot it is reinforced is important.