SocializationSocialization

Socialization

Now, imagine you were switched at birth with another baby in the maternity ward and went home with the ‘wrong’ family and were raised by them.

How might you be different?

Describe yourself Name

Physical attributes

Ethnicity

Likes/Dislikes

Strengths

Values

Hobbies

Personal history

What is social behaviour?

The interaction among members of the same group responding to external and internal stimuli

For example, if you were dining out in a restaurant Internal stimuli would be the behaviours you

have learnt from your family, friends, etc.

External stimuli would be the diners around you, the observed behaviours of how they act in a restaurant

What influences behaviour?

Social influence: the effect of other people on a person’s thoughts and actions

Can be indirect or direct Direct: Joining friends at a thai restaurant

when you want to eat McDonald’s

Indirect: Not eating at McDonald’s because you think your friends wouldn’t like it if you did

Socialization Socialization – lifelong process through

which we learn all the knowledge, skills and attitudes we need to survive and prosper

Key process in the development of the individual

Necessary for the continuation of society

Affects virtually every aspect of our lives Basic skills, socially accepted goals, roles and

behaviours

Categories of Socialization

Primary socialization: the process of learning the basic skills needed to survive in society

Secondary socialization: the process of learning how to behave appropriately in group situations

Anticipatory socialization: the process of learning how to plan the way to behave in new situations

Components of Socialization

Primary Socialization

Secondary Socialization

Anticipatory Socialization

We learn:LanguageHow to eatTo practice hygieneGender rolesTo deal with emotions

Lean how to function in groups (schools)

How to follow the behaviours society expects of us while acting in group situations

Develop the ability to think ahead and act according

Categories of Socialization cont.

Resocialization: Deliberate attempt by society to replace aspects of an individual’s socialization with new learnings

In prisons, society tries to change inmates’ learned behaviour to more appropriate, law-abiding ones

Abnormal Socialization

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 self-esteem and become productive, well-adjusted members of society

Some children may be neglected or outright abandoned, affecting their socialization

Child Abuse In cases of child abuse, children do not learn

normal and healthy behaviours

Physical Abuse

Involves assault or inflicting of physical harm

Sexual AbuseOccurs when an a child is touched

sexually or inappropriately

Emotional Abuse

May include repeatedly

criticizing child or subjecting child to unhappy or

disturbing environment

NeglectThe failure to provide physical or emotional

necessities of life

Feral Children Ferals are chilren deserted at a young age and

raised by animals

Sociologists who have studies feral children discovered that they appropriate the behaviours of the species that raised them and can perfectly imitate their gestures and sounds

By studying feral children, sociologists concluded that children need to learn social skills at a young age

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93HymGXC_wM

Isolated Children

Isolates are children raised in near isolation within human households.

Most famous case is a girl named Genie who was found in the 1970s when she was 13 years old, she couldn’t speak, and could barely walk or eat. Despite intensive rehabilitation Genie was never able to make a full recovery

In July 2005 a case emerged in Florida of a 3 year old girl. She still does not speak but is learning to listen and understand simple commands