SOCI 3630 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Peer Pressure, Total Institution, Critical Role
29 Jan 2014
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The general processes of acquiring culture are referred to as socialization. These are the processes through which we learn to become members of a. Through socialization, we learn the language and various aspects of the society or a community. culture we are born into Socialization takes place in all societies, industrial, agrarian, simple, complex. It is a learning process that begins shortly after birth. Socialization is learning process that involves developments or changes in the individuals sense of self. Primary socialization is the socialization that occurs during childhood. Determinism refers to the degree to which a persons behavior, attitutudes, and other personal characteristics are determines or caused by a specific factor. The greater part of who we are is determined by our roughly 26,000 genes. For example, if we are good at sports or math it is because we are somehow genetically predisposed to be so Behaviorism: any behavior can be taught and learned.
