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D esocialization and Resocialization . Unit 3: Socialization. Socialization After Childhood. Remember: Whenever change occurs in your life, you will learn new behaviors and skills Learning is important to socialization! - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Desocialization and Resocialization Unit 3: Socialization
Socialization After Childhood Remember: Whenever change occurs in your life,
you will learn new behaviors and skills
Learning is important to socialization!
Symbolic Interactionism describes four processes associated with socialization after childhood: Desocialization Resocialization Anticipatory Socialization Reference Groups
Desocialization Desocialization: the process by which
people give up old norms, values, attitudes, and behaviors
Total institutions: places where residents are separated from the rest of society Mental hospitals Cults Prisons
Desocialization In total institutions, people are not free to
manage their own lives controlled and manipulated by those in charge
The end result is to permanently change the residents of these institutions
This is accomplished in several ways: Replacing personal items with standard-issue
items Serial numbers no names Loss of privacy
Resocialization Once the self-concept has been broken
down through desocialization, resocialization can begin
Resocialization: the process in which people adopt new norms, values, attitudes, and behaviors
Resocialization Those in charge of the institution (using a
system of rewards and punishments) attempt to give residents new self-concepts
Rewards: extra food, special privileges, periods of privacy
Punishments: shaming, loss of special privileges, physical punishment, physical isolation
Anticipatory Socialization Anticipatory socialization: the process of
preparing (in advance) for new norms, values, attitudes, and behaviors
It involves voluntary change
Usually occurs in people who are moving from one stage of their life to another
Examples?
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