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.”