SOCI 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Stepfamily, Social Class, Erving Goffman

• School: York University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 1010
• Professor: Fred Diamond

Document Summary

Socialization: focus: theories of childhood socialization, agents of socialization, socialization through the life course, dilemmas of childhood and adolescent socialization, resocialization and total institutions. Socialization: two types: primary socialization: occurs in childhood - Lays foundation that influences self-concept and involvement in social life: secondary socialization: learning that occurs after people have undergone primary socialization - ongoing. Our first images of self come from significant others (e. g. , parents) and the primary group (e. g. , the family) Situations we define as real become real in their consequences. Our experience involves continuous conversation between the me and the i . Play stage: ability to adopt roles of significant others. Conception of how people in general will respond in a situation. Socialization processes operate through a variety of social institutions: Families - most important agent of primary socialization: process of mastering the basic skills required to function in society during childhood. Psychological health of parents (e. g. , neglect, abuse, or abandonment of child)