SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Breaching Experiment, Social Group, Ascribed Status
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Socialization: is lifelong process by which people . Learn their culture including norms, values, and roles (role is behaviour 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 formation of the self. Social psychology: relationship between individuality and social context. 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. Sigmund freud: infants demand immediate gratification but begin to form a self image when their demands are denied. Charles horton cooley: introduced he idea of looking glass self- others are a reflection of ourselves. Further the first image of the self we receive is from significant others.
