Socialization Chapter 4 What is Socialization The

Socialization Chapter 4

What is Socialization? The process by which people learn the attitudes, values, and actions appropriate for individuals as members of a particular… culture. Agents of Socialization • Family • School • Peer Groups • Work Place • The State • Mass Media

Nature vs. Nurture • Studies of Identical Twins --Intelligence tests show similar scores when twins are reared apart in roughly similar social settings. --Intelligence tests show quite different scores when twins are reared apart in dramatically different social settings. --Social Scientists emphasize an interaction between biological and environmental factors (socialization)

What is Socialization? • The family is the primary agent of socialization. • Socialization by the family begins shortly after birth. • Socialization is typically, but not always, positive. • Video Clip: • Big Daddy

• Short Film Excerpt: Big Daddy • Parent/Guardians as important agents of socialization at a young age.

BARENAKED LADIES LYRICS "What A Good Boy" • • When I was born, they looked at me and said what a good boy, what a smart boy, what a strong boy. And when you were born, they looked at you and said, what a good girl, what a smart girl, what a pretty girl. We've got these chains that hang around our necks, people want to strangle us with them before we take our first breath. Afraid of change, afraid of staying the same, when temptation calls, we just look away. [Chorus] This name is the hairshirt I wear, and this hairshirt is woven from your brown hair. This song is the cross that I bear, bear it with me, bear with me, be with me tonight, I know that it isn't right, but be with me tonight. I go to school, I write exams, if I pass, if I fail, if I drop out, does anyone give a damn? And if they do, they'll soon forget 'cause it won't take much for me to show my life ain't over yet. I wake up scared, I wake up strange. I wake up wondering if anything in my life is ever going to change. I wake up scared, I wake up strange and everything around me stays the same. http: //www. azlyrics. com/lyrics/barenakedladies/whatagoodboy. html [Chorus] I couldn't tell you that I was wrong, chickened out, grabbed a pen and paper, sat down and I wrote this song. I couldn't tell you that you were right, so instead I looked in the mirror, watched TV, laid awake all night. We've got these chains, hang 'round our necks, people want to strangle us with them before we take our first breath. Afraid of change, afraid of staying the same when temptation calls. . . [Chorus] When I was born, they looked at me and said; What a good boy, what a smart boy, what a strong boy. And when you were born, they looked at you and said; what a good girl, what a smart girl, what a pretty girl, hey

• Billy I wonder what he'll think of me I guess he'll call me the "old man" I guess he'll think I can lick Ev'ry other feller's father Well, I can! I bet that he'll turn out to be The spittin' image of his dad But he'll have more common sense Than his puddin-headed father ever had I'll teach him to wrestle And dive through a wave When we go in the mornin's for our swim His mother can teach him The way to behave But she won't make a sissy out o' him Not him! Not my boy! Not Bill! Bill. . . My boy Bill I will see that he is named after me, I will. My boy, Bill! He'll be tall And tough as a tree, will Bill! Like a tree he'll grow With his head held high And his feet planted firm on the ground And you won't see nobody dare to try To boss or toss him around! No pot-bellied, baggy-eyed bully Will boss him around. I don't give a hang what he does As long as he does what he likes! He can sit on his tail Or work on a rail With a hammer, hammering spikes! He can ferry a boat on a river Or peddle a pack on his back Or work up and down The streets of a town With a whip and a horse and a hack. • He can haul a scow along a canal Run a cow around a corral Or maybe bark for a carousel Of course it takes talent to do that well. • Aha-ha-ha-ha! He might be a champ of the heavyweights, Or a feller that sells you glue, my boy bill Or President of the United States, http: //www. stlyrics. com/lyrics/car That'd be all right, too His mother would like that ousel/soliloquy. htm But he wouldn't be President if he didn't wanna be! Not Bill! My boy, Bill! He'll be tall And as tough as a tree, will Bill Like a tree he'll grow With his head held high And his feet planted firm on the ground And you won't see nobody dare to try To boss him or toss him around! No fat-bottomed, flabby-faced, Pot-bellied, baggy-eyed bully Will boss him around. And I'm hanged if he'll marry his boss' daughter A skinny-lipped virgin with blood like water Who'll give him a peck And call it a kiss And look in his eyes through a lorgnette. . . Hey, why am I talkin' on like this? My kid ain't even been born, yet! I can see him when he's seventeen or so, And startin' to go with a girl I can give him lots of pointers, very sound On the way to get 'round any girl I can tell him. . . Wait a minute! Could it be? What the hell! What if he is a girl? What would I do with her? What could I do for her? A bum with no money! You can have fun with a son But you gotta be a father to a girl She mightn't be so bad at that A kid with ribbons in her hair! A kind o' sweett and petite Little tin-type of her mother! What a pair! • My little girl Pink and white As peaches and cream is she My little girl Is half again as bright As girls are meant to be! Dozens of boys pursue her Many a likely lad does what he can to woo her From her faithful dad She has a few Pink and white young fellers of two or three But my little girl Gets hungry ev'ry night and she comes home to me! I-I got to get ready before she comes! I got to make certain that she Won't be dragged up in slums With a lot o' bums like me She's got to be sheltered In a fair hand dressed In the best that money can buy! I never knew how to get money, But, I'll try! I'll go out and make it or steal it Or take it or die!

Mead: Theory of the Self and “What a Good Boy” http: //www. stlyrics. com/lyrics/carousel/so liloquy. htm --The self begins as a privileged, central position in a person’s world. --As a person matures, the self changes and begins to reflect greater concern about the reactions of others. --Significant Others: Individuals who are most important in the development of the self. --Role Taking: The process of mentally assuming the perspective of another. --Generalized Others: The attitudes, viewpoints, and expectations of society as a whole that a child takes into account.

What is Socialization? v. School • teach children the values and customs of the larger society. have traditionally socialized children into conventional gender roles : expectations of proper behavior, attitudes and activities by gender.

What is Socialization? Workplace Learning to behave appropriately within an occupational setting a fundamental within an occupational setting isis a fundamental aspect of human socialization.

What is Socialization? • The state has usurped many of the traditional family functions. • The state has re-instituted many rites of passage • The state has re-instituted at which of passage • The state has re-instituted many rites of are including stipulating the agesmany riteswepassage including stipulating the ages at which we are permitted to: drink drive vote drink drive drink marry retire work overtime

Agents of Socialization v. Peer Group http: //www. cyh. com/Health. Topics/Health. Topic. Details. Kids. aspx? p=335&np=286&id=1822 • As children grow older, peer groups increasingly assume the role of Mead’s significant others. • can ease the transition to adult responsibilities. • can encourage children to honor or violate cultural norms and values. • Can exert pressure to conform. http: //www. kidshealth. org/teen/your_mind/relationships/peer_pressure. html

• 1. Pretend that A (in Box 2) is the same length as the bar in Box 1. 1 • 2. Pretend that A (in Box 2) is the same length as the bar in Box 1. Solomon Asch • 3. Pretend that A (in Box 2) is the same length as the bar in Box 1. • 4. Answer hesitantly and cautiously. Source: Kornblum

1 • 1. Pretend that A (in Box 2) is the same length as the bar in Box 1. • 2. Pretend that A (in Box 2) is the same length as the bar in Box 1. 2 • 3. Pretend that A (in Box 2) is the same length as the bar in Box 1. • 4. Answer hesitantly and cautiously. Source: Kornblum

2 minute video clip 1 • 1/3 of all subjects went along with the group on a majority of trials • ¼ of the group remained independent of the group on all trials 2 • The rest (5/12) conformed on a few of the trials but not on the others. • All felt pressure to conform, ill at ease, upsetting experience. Power of group conformity (Emperor’s New Clothes) • (Ash 1965 Sabini 1995) Source: Kornblum

Peer Groups • Peer groups can be a source of harassment as well as support. • Handout Lefkowitz

The Self and Socialization v Sociological Approaches to the Self http: //shakespeare. palomar. edu/theatre. htm • Goffman: Presentation of the Self --Dramaturgical Approach: People resemble performers in action. --Impression Management: The individual slants the presentation of the self in order to create distinctive appearances and satisfy particular audiences. Video: Trading Places scene 4 vs 6 (notice different audiences/peer groups( 1: 30 each)

--Dramaturgical Approach: People resemble performers in action. Goffman: Presentation of the Self Valentine is aware of this and applies it. http: //www. fast-rewind. com/

--Impression Management: The individual slants the presentation of the self in order to create distinctive appearances and satisfy particular audiences. • Goffman: Presentation of the Self • Depending on the location, important to appear unthreatening? http: //dvd. ign. com/articles/372733 p 1. html? fromint=1

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As we will see with “Doing Gender” our identities are constant works in progress and so theoretically, can be changed under the right conditions/ socialization This has implications for social regulation. Video: Trading Places scene 2, 5 (30 sec, 1 min) http: //dvd. ign. com/articles/372733 p 1. html? fromint=1

Socialization and the Life Course Two types of socialization occur throughout the life course. 1. Resocialization: The process of discarding former behavior patterns and accepting new ones as part of a transition in one’s life. Video: Trading Places Scene 7 (2: 40) Notice also new workplace, peer group and resources

Socialization and the Life Course Two types of socialization occur throughout the life course. 2. Anticipatory Socialization: The processes of socialization in which a person “rehearses” for future occupations and social relationships. Video: Trading Places Scene 11 (3 min)

Can someone be reformed? Video: Trading Places scene 13 (1: 50) (15 5 -6 min) A Clockwork Orange http: //www. geocities. com/Athens/Academy/1974/

Prisoner Re-Entry Social and Policy Implications http: //www. secondchanceprogram. org/strive_prog. html http: //www. drug-rehabs. com/

Deviance/Social Control http: //www. cartoonbank. com/Cap. Contest/Caption. Contest. aspx? id=91

Deviance/Social Control "Yeah, yeah—and I invented the ticket. " Scott Gerschwer Redding, Conn. http: //www. cartoonbank. com/Cap. Contest/Caption. Contest. aspx? id=91