SOC 030 Lecture Notes - Informal Social Control
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Socialization process: observation, watching the media, watching other people. Imitation: kids want to do what their parents and brothers and sisters are doing. Genie the wild child (girl that was locked in a room for 13 years) Instruction: big boys, big girls, words, separating, gossipy girls, beastly boys, directing, comments, rewards / punishments. Internalization (gender identity: when you know how each gender presents itself, the sense of what you are, and what that means, socialize others, after you learn the rules, teach everyone else the rules. Our understanding of ourselves as male or female. By the time children turn 3, they can determine which gender is which. Boy"s gender expression is more rigidly controlled than girls. Parents tend to emphasize traditional gender expectations for their children, though they may feel conflicted about doing it.
