SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Hidden Curriculum, Symbolic Interactionism, Twin Study

• School: UTM
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC100H5
• Professor: Nathan Innocente

Document Summary

Friday, september 18, 2015. Genetic link to behaviou, twin studies. Epigenetic tags: chemical mechanism attached to genes that, as a result of outside influences, activate or suppress specific genes. Studies show things like entrepreneurism is genetic. Our like a twin that goes to a different family, you"d follow them. 75% similarity in things like iq. The process by which people learn culture. Behaviour expected of a person occupying a particular position in society. Without interaction you can"t fully develop as a person. A sense of individual identity, in relation to others. Importance of early socialization and interaction. In terms of identity socialization is a key element. It continues to change into adulthood - individual identity. We learn, do, and create gender. Biological sex - it isn"t man/women - its normalized. Opposed to - masculinity and femininity it is learned. Nothing natural about how you dress (vary) We reify it and fabricate it - but there"s nothing real about it.