SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Social Exchange Theory, Hidden Curriculum, Erving Goffman
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Oct 2nd lecture 4 socialization and social interaction caron. Socialization: is lifelong process by which people . Learn their culture including norms, values, and roles (role is behavior expected of a person occupying a particular position in society) Become aware of themselves as they interact with others. Unleash one"s potential; i. e. , becoming fully human. The self: a sense of individual identity that allows us to understand who we are in relation to others and to differentiate ourselves from them. Formation of a sense of self begins in childhood and continues in adolescence. Crystallization of self-identity during adolescence is just one episode in lifelong process of socialization. Freud only social interaction allows the self to emerge. Mead i (individual impulses, self as subject) and me (generalized other, self as object) Gender socialization is process through which individuals learn to become feminine and masculine according to expectations current in their society.