SY101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Sigmund Freud, Mass Media, Ethnocentrism

• School: WLU
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SY101
• Professor: Dana Sawchuk

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Biology, sociobiology, or socialization: nature vs. nurture, human nature are biological, or genetic. They act a certain way because of their biological makeup. If (cid:272)ertai(cid:374) ra(cid:272)es or ge(cid:374)ders are (cid:862)ge(cid:374)eti(cid:272)ally i(cid:374)ferior,(cid:863) the(cid:374) their so(cid:272)ial su(cid:271)ordi(cid:374)atio(cid:374) is si(cid:373)ply (cid:862)(cid:374)atural. (cid:863: biological determinism: the belief of much of our behaviour reflects in-built biological traits such as the need to reproduce. Marlene mackie: explains how we learn our gender roles, imitation/preparatory stage: prepares child for gender role taking, play stage: children take on roles of specific people. Girls play being teachers or mom, and boys play hockey: game stage: knowledge of game and roles, but a girl can play baseball in the role of a guy, a(cid:374)d u(cid:374)dersta(cid:374)ds the o(cid:448)erall (cid:862)ga(cid:373)e. (cid:863) Cultural capital: refers to the ideas, tastes, preferences and symbols that may be acquired through socialization and that my be deployed in social action to establish ones social position.