socialization understanding behaviour in society
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Socialization
Understanding behaviour in Society
Socialization
Process when someone learns the attitudes, values, and behaviour that are valuable and necessary for society
Starts in childhood, taught by caregivers
Influenced by parents, friends, school, work, media, gender, religion
Teaches people to behave differently in different situations
Social behaviour
Observable responses to external and internal stimuli
Interaction among members of a group
Observing how others behave provide you with clues as to how you should behave
What Influences Behaviour?
Family
Gender
Culture
Media
Social influence The effect other people
have on a person’s thoughts and actions
Can effect people directly or indirectly
Example: your decision to date someone in based on what you think will be your reactions from family or friends or avoiding dating a specific type of person because of the real or imagined family pressure
Gender
How we behave is determined by the role given by the society in which we live in
Internalization is the process by which male and females embrace or accept these gender roles and part of their identity
Qualities such as strength, power, wealth, sensitivity, nurturing, etc.
Gender is a social construct or created by society
Gender influences the way your see view yourself, how you view the world, how you behave in the world
Third Gender- Intersex
Someone who was born with both male and female sexual characteristics and organs.
People who do not define themselves as completely male or completely female either because biologically they are both, or because their identity differs from their assigned biological sex.
Culture
Each culture has characteristics and traditions which make it unique
May include simple or elaborate symbols and values, rituals, practices
History and law influences a country, society, culture
People are influence by culture, and can be influenced by more than one culture
Multiculturalism influences us in numerous ways
Media
Media influences social behaviour – “bang, bang”
Facebook improves relationships ???- people benefit from social media networks
Conveys social norms, expectations, ideals, values- Acceptable
Socialization
Think and act like me
Acceptable and unacceptable behaviour
Socialization is the process by which individuals:
o Learn behavioural patterns
o Skills
o Values
o Self-esteem/confidence
o Identity
Categories of Socialization
Primary Socialization
The process of learning the basic skills needed to survive in society
Hygiene, eating with utensils, language, dress
Secondary Socialization
The process of learning how to behave appropriately in group situations
Schools, churches, sports
Anticipatory Socialization
“The process of learning how to plan the way to behave in new situations.”
“Using prior to knowledge to assess new social settings.”
Examples: clothing, language, behaviour for events-weddings
Resocialization
“The process by which an individual learns to transform old, sometimes unacceptable behaviour into new, socially acceptable behaviour.”
Behavioural Modification theory
Criminals, military
Abnormal Socialization
“Ideally 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 and become productive, well ad-justed members of society.”
“Children who are abuse, neglected or abandoned at early ages suffer devastating psychological and social disturbance as these years are crucial to learning and social behaviour.”