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Navigating Socialization: The Impact of Growing Up in a Diverse Society

Explore the intricate process of socialization, where individuals learn societal norms and values shaping their identity and behaviors. Discover various theories such as Psychoanalytic, Object Relations, Social Learning, and Symbolic Interaction, influencing how we perceive ourselves. Unveil the stages of cognitive development according to Piaget and the significance of the Looking-glass Self concept. Investigate the role of key agents like Family, Media, Peers, Religion, Sports, and Schools in molding individuals across the life cycle - from childhood to adulthood and old age.

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Navigating Socialization: The Impact of Growing Up in a Diverse Society

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  1. Chapter 4, Socialization • The Socialization Process • Theories of Socialization • Agents of Socialization • Growing up in a Diverse Society • Socializing Across the Life Cycle • Resocialization

  2. The Socialization Process • The process by which humans learn the expectations of society. • Different for each individual depending on race, gender, class, attractiveness, personality.

  3. Consequences of Socialization • Establishes self-concepts. • Creates the capacity for role taking. • Creates the tendency for people to act in socially acceptable ways. • Makes people bearers of culture.

  4. Theories of Socialization • Psychoanalytic Theory - the self is driven by unconscious drives and forces that interact with the expectations of society. • Object Relations Theory - the development of the self is the result of individuation and attachment in relationship to parenting figures.

  5. Theories of Socialization • Social Learning Theory - identity is a learned response to social stimuli. • Symbolic Interaction Theory -people construct the self as they interact with the environment and give meaning to their experience.  

  6. Piaget: Social Learning Theory • Children go through stages of cognitive development : sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational. • Altering the social environment can change behavior.

  7. The Looking-glass Self • How we think we appear to others. • How we think others judge us. • How the first two makes us feel - proud, embarrassed or something else.

  8. Mead: Taking the Role of the Other • Imitation stage - children imitate the behavior of those around them. • Play stage - children take on the role of significant others. • Game stage - children internalize an abstract understanding of how society sees them.

  9. Family Media Peers Religion Sports Schools Agents of Socialization

  10. Socialization Across the Life Cycle • Childhood - establishes one’s initial identity and values. • Adolescence - formation of a consistent identity. • Adulthood and Old Age - learning new roles and expectations in adult life.

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