SOC 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Crystallization, George Herbert Mead, Symbolic Interactionism
16 Aug 2020
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Epigenetic tags: chemical mechanism attached to genes that as a result of outside influences, activate or suppress specific genes. Different forms of thinking arise from different forms of civilizations. Secondary socialization: occurs outside of the family, in school and with friends. Socialization: the process by which people learn their culture. Entering into and disengaging from a succession of roles and 2. Becoming aware of themselves as they interact with others. Role: set of expected behaviours of a person occupying a particular position in society. Society"s main socializing agents: families, schools, peer groups, and the mass media. Self: a set of ideas and attitudes about who you are as an independent being. Id: pleasure seeking component of self. (the child) Superego: restraining component of the self. (the parent) Ego: mechanism that balances the id and superego. (the referee between the two) Looking-glass self: the way our feelings about who we are depend largely on how we se ourselves evaluated by others.
