SOCIALIZATION Socialization is learning how to participate in

SOCIALIZATION Socialization is learning how to participate in group life In other words, learning how to act around other people NORMS—normal, expected behavior

SOCIALIZATION Humans need contact with others to help ensure proper development To learn affection, intimacy, and warmth Babies denied close contact (neglect) have problems developing emotional ties with others Touching, holding, communicating are essential for normal human develoment

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Anna Isabelle Genie is a modern-day "wild child" who, until discovery at the age of 13, had lived in a state of severe sensory and social deprivation. Strapped to a potty-chair in her home in Temple City, Los Angeles, California, Genie wasn't taught to speak, and was denied normal human interaction

1989 Picture Today she is said to Be alive in an adult Care home in CA. She would be 57.

FUNCTIONALIST PERSPECTIVE ON SOCIALIZATION Groups work together to form a stable society Groups socialize children by teaching same basic norms, values, and beliefs

CONFLICT PERSPECTIVE ON SOCIALIZATION Socialization is a way of maintaining status quo (keeping power in the hands of the powerful) Socialization maintains the social, political, and economic advantages of the higher social classes

SYMBOLIC INTERACTION PERSPECTIVE ON SOCIALIZATION Human nature is a product of society SELF-CONCEPT is your image of yourself as having an identity separate from other people Pay attention to others reactions LOOKING-GLASS SELF is an image of yourself based on what you believe others think of you

LOOKING-GLASS SELF First, how do we think others see us? Next, imagine the reaction of others Finally, judge ourselves according to the way WE THINK others judge us Some people’s opinions are more important than others: Significant others are peoples reactions who are most important

LOOKING-GLASS SELF & SOCIALIZATION Role taking—taking the view of another person Imitation stage: children imitate behaviors without understanding why Play stage: children act in ways they think other people would Game stage: Anticipate or guess the actions of others based on society’s “rules” or norms

AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION Who teaches us to participate in groups? Family School Peers Media

AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION Family Think and speak Internalize norms, beliefs, and values Form basic attitudes Develop ability for intimate & personal relationships Acquire self-image

SOCIALIZATION IN SCHOOLS Hidden curriculum is the informal aspects that children are taught at school in preparation for LIFE Discipline, order, cooperation, conformity

PEERS AND SOCIALIZATION Peers are people of about the same age and maybe have common interests Play groups, clique, after school activity, sports Provide a sense of belonging free from authority figures Children learn to be different from their parents Self-sufficiency and self-direction

THE MASS MEDIA & SOCIALIZATION Mass media—communication designed to reach the public Television, radio, newspapers, magazines, movies, books, internet, tapes, discs, etc. Children imitate, even adults imitate Violence & media p. 125

Before: What do you think During: Advertainment means? Facts you find Have you seen examples? interesting/didn’t know When/where? After: Are you ok with product placement? Does advertainment enchance your viewing experience? How does this impact you?

PROCESSES OF SOCIALIZATION There are 4 processes associated with socialization after childhood Desocialization Resocialization Anticipatory socialization Reference groups

DESOCIALIZATION Total institutions are places where people are separated from the rest of society Mental hospitals, prisons, cults, etc Desocialization is the process by which people give up old norms, values, attitudes For example: people are sent to prison to CHANGE THEIR BEHAVIOR (norms)

DESOCIALIZATION How do you desocialize someone? Replace personal items with standard-issues items so everyone is the same (uniform) Deprives them of personal items that are used to present themselves as individuals Serial numbers instead of names or reassigned names

RESOCIALIZATION Resocialization is the process of adopting new norms, values, attitudes and behaviors Occurs after desocialzation Sometimes “rewarded” for conforming to society’s norms

ANTICIPATORY SOCIALIZATION Voluntary process of preparing to accept new norms, values, attitudes, and behaviors Sometimes occurs when people are moving from one stage of their life to another Teenagers to adults

REFERENCE GROUP Reference group is a group whose norms and values are used to guide behavior Group with whom you identify Ex. Seniors in college might wear sweatpants and jeans to class but as graduation approaches they might start dressing for their career and be more serious