Sociology 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Symbolic Interactionism, Role Theory, The Hidden Curriculum
17 Aug 2018
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Imitating significant others ex. babies sticking their tongue out 0-2. Pretending to be others e(cid:454). pla(cid:455)i(cid:374)g house, superhero"s. Simultaneously taking the role of several others ex. baseball. Taking the role of the generalized other: the generalized other is the disembodied group of people. Rice agriculture required: substantial cooperation, central organization, harmony and social order. Thinking stress mutual social obligation and consensus. Philosophy focus on how who systems cause processes and events. Less socially complex/more politically decentralized than ancient china with more personal freedom. Philosophies tended to be analytical processes and events were causes by discrete categories. Function, conflict, symbolic interaction, and gender: how agents of socialization work. Functionalists: socialization helps to maintain orderly social relation: where the dysfunction is happening and how to fix it. Conflict and feminist theorists: discord based on class, gender, and other divisions is inherent in socialization. Symbolic interactionists: individuals creatively attach meaning to their social surroundings (cooley or mead)
