SY101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: George Herbert Mead, Social Forces, Deinstitutionalisation

• School: WLU
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SY101
• Professor: Greg Bird

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Lecture 7 socialization: socialization, george herbert mead, different types of socialization, er(cid:448)i(cid:374)g goff(cid:373)a(cid:374)"s (cid:862)total i(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374)s(cid:863) Role: social expectations attached to different social positions (largely behavioural) Key question: nature vs. nurture: george hebert mead (1863 -1931) Socialization: objectificatio(cid:374) pro(cid:272)ess (cid:894)(cid:862)take the role of the other(cid:863)(cid:895) Learn roles by observing how others respond to us (e. g. gender roles) Important book: mind, self, and society (1934) (cid:862)me(cid:863) objective side of an individual (socialized) Social forces (norms, values, roles) that constrain individual behaviours (cid:862)i(cid:863)- subjective side of an individual (active) Creative side that distinguishes us from each other (not pure followers) Ge(cid:374)der roles: (cid:862)the set (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iours asso(cid:272)iated (cid:449)ith (cid:449)idel(cid:455) shared e(cid:454)pe(cid:272)tatio(cid:374)s a(cid:271)out ho(cid:449) (cid:373)ales a(cid:374)d fe(cid:373)ales are supposed to a(cid:272)t(cid:863) (cid:894)br(cid:455)(cid:373) & lie, 63(cid:895). Generalized other: person understands what is expected of them in given situations. I(cid:374)ter(cid:374)alized as the (cid:862)me(cid:863: different types of socialization. Sy101-d greg bird october 3rd 2016.