SOC 1200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Hidden Curriculum

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1200
• Professor: Susan Miller

Document Summary

Socialization process by which people learn to become members of society (p. 143) Process starts at birth and continues throughout life. Most intense period is infancy and early childhood. Our sense of the world and of ourselves is the result of social interaction. Socialization has 4 steps in the social molding process: teach, 2. Internalize agents of socialization: the family, the school, peer groups, mass media the family: Families responsible for socialization during formative years. Learn values and attitudes, gender roles, social classes, and ethnic identities. Individuals spend a great deal of time in educational institutions (physical) Learn knowledge and skill but also social roles through interactions with other children and with teachers. Hidden curriculum includes the informal and unwritten rules that reinforce and maintain social conventions. Gender socialization reinforces roles that are appropriate for boys and girls. The importance of peers increases in adolescence. Teens imitate friends as they receive rewards for likeness.