SOC100H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Hidden Curriculum, Symbolic Interactionism, Child Neglect
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The view that social interaction unleashes human abilities is supported by studies showing that children raised in isolation do not develop normal social skills. Although the socializing influence of the family decreased in the twentieth century, the influence of schools, peer groups, and the mass media increased. People"s identities change faster, more often, and more completely than they did just a couple of decades ago; the self has become more plastic. Declining parental supervision and guidance, increasing assumption of adult responsibilities by youth, and declining participation in extracurricular activities are transforming the character of childhood and adolescence today. Without socialization, people rarely develop normally and have low intelligence. The crystallization of self-identity during adolescence is just one episode in a lifelong. Socialization is the process by which people learn their culture. They do so by (1) entering into and disengaging from a succession of roles and (2) becoming aware of themselves as they interact with others.
