SOC 1101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Feral Child, Gender Role, Social Isolation
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Socialization refers to the ways in which individuals attempt to align their own thoughts, feelings, and behaviour to fit into society or groups- the process in which individuals incorporate society into their senses of self. To interact with others, we must learn the social rules. The norms of a society/culture which tell us those behaviours are acceptable and which are unacceptable. Children deprived of human contact have limited intellectual capacities, have no or limited experience with love or human interaction, and do not grasp language. Sociologists believe that social reality is constructed by people every time they interact with others. Family, friends, school, work, relationships, and mass media. In adulthood, socialization is concerned with equipping the individual to function effectively in adult roles: The major roles we acquire as adults include spouse, parent, work roles, grandparent and retiree. *activities that provide people with knowledge about, skills for, and values of a role they have not assumed.
