CAS SO 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Total Institution, Role Conflict, Role Theory
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Socialization and the social construction of reality that we in society learn our roles that we end up playing. Sociology: science that doesn"t promote particular values (just implicates the theories) Symbolic interactionism microsociology (vs. macrosociology: ex. Becker on marijuana users: basic tenets: o people act towards things based on the meaning of those things. Knew the meaning of walking into a classroom knew where it was o the meaning of things are the products of human interaction. Knew how the classroom works because of prior interactions o meanings are modified through an interpretive process. We"ve changed how to deal with classroom settings based on interactions. Socialization the process through which individuals internalize the values, beliefs, and norms of a society and learn to function as its members. Genie the girl in the video: 1. Ex. mother tells us not to pee in public, we internalize this so that we don"t pee in public because we have internalized the generalize other.