SOCI 100A Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Hidden Curriculum, Total Institution, Cultural Capital
13 Jun 2018
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Socialization – Nurture
Belief that our social environment and interaction is more influential in determining
behavior that is genetics.
Our view of what is right or wrong, good or bad is socially constructed (e.g., how body
size prefernces change over time).
Sociologists argue that the Agents of Socialization define our behavior.
1. Family
Considered the strongest socializing influences in a person’s life.
The family grants SES, reinforces gender stereotyping as well as cultural capital (e.g.,
values, beliefs, attitudes, competencies).
2. Peers
During adolescence (and to a lesser extent throughout life) peer groups are an
influential part of who we become.
Peer groups help young people prepare for adulthood (e.g., anticipatory
socialization).
3. Education
The influence of all the time and energy spent at school cannot be underestimated.
School is also your first involvement in a bureaucracy, the hidden curriculum and the
Pygmalion Effect.
4. Media
Estimates suggest, teens today spend 9 hours a day on social media – how might this
help define your world?
Does the media define what is attractive? (dove evolution commercial)
Does online pornography influence relationship?
But, to be fair, some question the usefulness of the nature/nurture debate in the first
place.
•As a sociologist the social environment has more important influence
on the development and creation of a person. (however, neither
nature or nuture is 100% correct or responsible for why people are
who they are).
Resocialization (do not reference this in the evolutionary psychology question.)
This is process of a complete transformation of a person’s personality.
Voluntary resocialization
Exists when a person enters a new status of their own free will (e.g., medical or
psychological treatment or religious conversion).
Involuntary Resocialization
Occurs against a person’s wishes and generally takes place within a total institution.
•A total institution isolates people from the rest of society for a set
period of time and come under the control of administrative staff
who run the institution (e.g., boot camps, prisons, and some mental
hospitals).
oAfter stripping individuals of their former identities
(mortifications of self) the institution attempts to rebuild a
more compliant person.
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Document Summary
Belief that our social environment and interaction is more influential in determining behavior that is genetics. Our view of what is right or wrong, good or bad is socially constructed (e. g. , how body size prefernces change over time). Sociologists argue that the agents of socialization define our behavior: family. Considered the strongest socializing influences in a person"s life. The family grants ses, reinforces gender stereotyping as well as cultural capital (e. g. , values, beliefs, attitudes, competencies): peers. During adolescence (and to a lesser extent throughout life) peer groups are an influential part of who we become. Peer groups help young people prepare for adulthood (e. g. , anticipatory socialization): education. The influence of all the time and energy spent at school cannot be underestimated. School is also your first involvement in a bureaucracy, the hidden curriculum and the. Does the media define what is attractive? (dove evolution commercial) Resocialization (do not reference this in the evolutionary psychology question. )
