SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Hidden Curriculum, Conflict Theories, Crystallization
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Is a lifelong process by which people : change over time. Learn their culture- norms, values, roles (behavior expected to a person occupying a particular position in society) Become aware of themselves as they interact with others. 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. Sociological factors help explain differences in sense of self that boys and girls usually develop. Families most important agent of primary socialization (mastering basic skills required to function in society during childhood) Conflict theorists suggest schools impart hidden curriculum that teaches students what will be expected of them in larger society once they graduate: helps sustain overall structure of society, with its privileges and disadvantages.
