SOCI 1301 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Pierre Bourdieu, Jean Piaget, Differential Association
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Socialization is the process by which people learn the characteristics of their group. It is how we learn culture and norms so that we learn how to behave in society. Agents of socialization religion, family, peers, work, mass media, school. Parents are responsible for your primary socialization and provide you with what sociologist pierre. Part of your primary socialization is gender socialization. Parents dress you up in boy or girl colors. Parents provide gender appropriate toys and activities. Parent behaviors provide a blueprint for masculinity or femininity. Feral children children who have grown up isolated from human contact at a very young age. These children have been neglected which negatively impacts their cognitive abilities resulting in irreversible effects. Nurture the relationships and caring we receive. People"s self understanding of who they are is shaped by how others view them. Children develop their sense of self through role playing. Preparatory/imitation stage children learn through imitation of significant others.