SOC100H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Hidden Curriculum, Sigmund Freud, Symbolic Interactionism
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Ability to learn culture and become human is only a potential, to be actualized, socialization must unleash the potential. Socialization is the process by which people learn their culture, by: entering into and disengaging from a succession of roles, becoming aware of themselves as they interact with others. Role is the behaviour expected of a person occupying a certain position in society. Without childhood socialization, most of our human potential remains undeveloped. Crystallization of self identity happens during adolescence; really start to figure out who you are. (robert byrm, playing tony in west side story) Sigmund freud proposed the first social scientific way the self emerges: infants demand immediate gratification, and start to develop a self once they are denied. Social position influences socialization: carrol gilligan"s study on girls vs boys, girls tend to develop a lower self esteem, civilization differences. Agents of socialization: family: most important agent of primary socialization (acquiring basic skills to function in society during childhood).
