SOSC 1375 Lecture 7: socialization

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1375
• Professor: mansoor

Document Summary

Socialization, which begins at birth, continues throughout the life course; at each stage the individual must adjust to a new set of social expectations. Life course patterns vary by social location such as history, gender, race-ethnicity, and social class, as well as individual experiences such as health and age at marriage. Resocialization is the process of learning new norms, values, attitudes and behaviors. Most resocialization is voluntary, but some is involuntary. Rene spitz explored the development (or lack of development) of institutionalized children. In the 1945 study involving human babies, spitz"s followed the social development of babies who, for various reasons, were removed from their mothers early in life. Some children were placed with foster families while others were raised in institutions (e. g. , a nursing home). The nursing home babies had no family-like environment. Care was provided by nurses who worked eight hour shifts. The babies raised in the nursing home environment suffered seriously.