socialization. socialization now, imagine you were switched at birth with another baby in the...
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SocializationSocialization
Socialization
Now, imagine you were switched at birth with another baby in the maternity ward and went home with the ‘wrong’ family and were raised by them.
How might you be different?
Describe yourself Name
Physical attributes
Ethnicity
Likes/Dislikes
Strengths
Values
Hobbies
Personal history
What is social behaviour?
The interaction among members of the same group responding to external and internal stimuli
For example, if you were dining out in a restaurant Internal stimuli would be the behaviours you
have learnt from your family, friends, etc.
External stimuli would be the diners around you, the observed behaviours of how they act in a restaurant
What influences behaviour?
Social influence: the effect of other people on a person’s thoughts and actions
Can be indirect or direct Direct: Joining friends at a thai restaurant
when you want to eat McDonald’s
Indirect: Not eating at McDonald’s because you think your friends wouldn’t like it if you did
Socialization Socialization – lifelong process through
which we learn all the knowledge, skills and attitudes we need to survive and prosper
Key process in the development of the individual
Necessary for the continuation of society
Affects virtually every aspect of our lives Basic skills, socially accepted goals, roles and
behaviours
Categories of Socialization
Primary socialization: the process of learning the basic skills needed to survive in society
Secondary socialization: the process of learning how to behave appropriately in group situations
Anticipatory socialization: the process of learning how to plan the way to behave in new situations
Components of Socialization
Primary Socialization
Secondary Socialization
Anticipatory Socialization
We learn:LanguageHow to eatTo practice hygieneGender rolesTo deal with emotions
Lean how to function in groups (schools)
How to follow the behaviours society expects of us while acting in group situations
Develop the ability to think ahead and act according
Categories of Socialization cont.
Resocialization: Deliberate attempt by society to replace aspects of an individual’s socialization with new learnings
In prisons, society tries to change inmates’ learned behaviour to more appropriate, law-abiding ones
Abnormal Socialization
Children should be raised in a nurturing environment that promotes physical, emotional and intellectual development.
Children need attention, encouragement, and stimulation of a caregiver to develop healthy self-esteem and become productive, well-adjusted members of society
Some children may be neglected or outright abandoned, affecting their socialization
Child Abuse In cases of child abuse, children do not learn
normal and healthy behaviours
Physical Abuse
Involves assault or inflicting of physical harm
Sexual AbuseOccurs when an a child is touched
sexually or inappropriately
Emotional Abuse
May include repeatedly
criticizing child or subjecting child to unhappy or
disturbing environment
NeglectThe failure to provide physical or emotional
necessities of life
Feral Children Ferals are chilren deserted at a young age and
raised by animals
Sociologists who have studies feral children discovered that they appropriate the behaviours of the species that raised them and can perfectly imitate their gestures and sounds
By studying feral children, sociologists concluded that children need to learn social skills at a young age
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93HymGXC_wM
Isolated Children
Isolates are children raised in near isolation within human households.
Most famous case is a girl named Genie who was found in the 1970s when she was 13 years old, she couldn’t speak, and could barely walk or eat. Despite intensive rehabilitation Genie was never able to make a full recovery
In July 2005 a case emerged in Florida of a 3 year old girl. She still does not speak but is learning to listen and understand simple commands