SCI 240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Total Institution, Resocialization, Symbolic Interactionism

• School: University of Dayton
• Department: Integrated Natural Science
• Course: SCI 240
• Professor: Laura Allan

Document Summary

Chapter 4 (socialization): makeup class lecture notes (p. 3: cognitive developmental approach (j. piaget) Cognitive ability allows us to interpret our situation and make intellectual judgments (not conditioned by the environment all the time) Cognitive ability develops through four stages: sensorimoter stage (0-2): Learn through sensory contacts only: preoperational stage (2-7): Limited thinking ability; can understand simple concrete concepts only, not abstract; Cannot understand even the simple abstract concepts as: time, numbers, money, size, speed: concrete operational stage (7-11): Cannot understand: higher level abstract concepts, such as: peace, justice, equality, morality: formal operational stage (11 -): Complete understanding of abstract concepts; hypothetical, logical, moral reasoning ability. Socializing oneself to the roles one expect to take; role-taking . More frequent in modern societies than in traditional societies; Deliberate socialization process intended to change one"s values/lifestyles. Total institution: created to re-socialize people, cut off from outside world, strict rules/regulations e. g. : prisons, mental institutions, military boot camps, convents, monasteries.