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Socialization. “The process by which people learn, and take into themselves, culture and social structure.”. Two Competing Views of Socialization. Sigmund Freud (1856-1939): Psychoanalysis Theory of how the self is formed (and deformed)
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Socialization “The process by which people learn, and take into themselves, culture and social structure.”
Two Competing Views of Socialization • Sigmund Freud (1856-1939): Psychoanalysis • Theory of how the self is formed (and deformed) • And a method for helping self come to terms with society • Three Elements of Self • Id • Instinctual drives; pleasure principle
Two Competing Views of Socialization • Superego: culture, internalized • Ego: "referee" between id and superego • Developmental Stages • Oral • Anal • "Phallic" • Criticisms • unrepresentative "sample" • cannot be generalized • vastly oversimplifies
Two Competing Views of Socialization • George Herbert Mead (1863-1931) • self emerges through a process of symbolic interaction • “action”: • "behavior directed by the meanings people attach to their behavior and to the situation” • Interaction: • "behavior among two or more persons guided by mutual understandings of meaning" • understandings occur through symbols
Two Competing Views of Socialization • Stages of Symbolic Interaction • play • Experimentation with a role • “Taking on the attitude of significant others” • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JmA2ClUvUY (Babies) • game • Purposeful activity among related roles • “Taking on the attitude of the generalized other.”