SOC101Y1 Lecture : SOC Lecture – October 2nd.docx
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Socialization is a lifelong process by which people . Learn their culture including norms, values, and roles (role behavior is expected of a person occupying a particular position in society) Become aware of themselves as they interact with others. 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 into adolescence. Crystallization of self-identity during adolescence is just one episode in a 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 subject) Process through which individuals learn to become feminine and masculine according to the expectations current in their society. Gilligan demonstrated sociological factors help explain differences in sense of self that boys and girls usually develop.
