SOCPSY 2M03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Gender Neutrality

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Social Psychology
• Course: SOCPSY 2M03
• Professor: Glen Steeves

Document Summary

Socpsy 2m03 | multidisciplinary of social psychology | c01 | kathleen steeves. Today"s outline: attendance and announcements, lecture: socialization" focus on childhood socialization, final assignment handout and overview. The generalized other, gender socialization, agents of socialization, looking-glass self, interactions, mead"s 3 stages, re-socialization, primary and secondary socialization, anticipatory and border work. The goal is to produce individuals who can operate within a speci c culture. Childhood socialization: mead adds onto the work of cooley to address culture and how norms and values are internalized and understood within a child. No sense of self or meaning behind their actions. Mimicking actions of family and close family friends. No full awareness of society: play stage. Start role-playing and taking the role of the other. You can only take on one role at a time. Anticipatory socialization: practice a role that you might want to have eventually in society and provides you with thought and feeling about yourself: game stage.