SOCI 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Feral Child, Texas State Highway Loop 1
15 Sep 2017
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Socialisation as a feedback loop: individuals learn to live together in an ordered way to produce society, society then influences how people"s character and behaviour develops. The importance of socialisation: feral children, genie feral child in california, 1970. Locked in a room by parents for first 10 years of life. Who does the socialisation work: agents of socialisation, family, education, peer groups, mass media. Level: blatant or subtle, examples boys shouldn"t cry blatant, disney movies liking sleeping beauty telling girls that meeting a boy will make them happier - subtle. Norms: rules that guide appropriate behaviour in a given situation, examples respect, being on time, giving up your seat on the bus to someone less abled, personal space. Roles: 2 components, a status/social position a person has, a set of norms attached to that status, examples mother, father, employee, boss, how do people learn new roles, socialisation.
