SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Symbolic Interactionism, Self-Concept, Impression Management
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People learn to become members of a society. From birth we aren"t ready to be social being, all the skills are learned. Also develop an individual identity, a self - concept. Learn that roles interact with race, class, and gender. Contribute through work to the economic support of self, and family, form and sustain close relationships. Process of internalizing socially approved norms and behavioural expectations. Attention to how the inequities of socialization mask the issue of the structural barriers faced by women. Individuals actively participate in their own socialization. Groups or social contexts in which signi cant socialization occurs: family. In families, children learn how to relate to other people, express intimate and resolve con ict. The family largely determines a person"s social position for the rest of their lives. At some point, children begin to question the outlook of their parents: school. Site for socialization of children and adolescents. There are explicit rules and implicit rules.
