SOCI-100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Aea, Bourgeoisie, Melting Pot
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Functionalist perspective: socialization essential to meet the goals of consensus, stability and, and equilibrium in society. Family: as a social institution - may have greatest influence on socialization. Family teaches children how to relate to other people, express intimacy, and resolve conflict, and how to become self-regulating in their behavior. First agent of socialization: role in self-esteem and interpersonal trust. Conflict view family as a site of disagreement. Interactionist view bidirectional influence (child and parent influence each other) Socialization affected by: social class of parents, parenting style, preparedness of parents for parenting role, Psychological health of parents, family type (mixed, divorce) School: schools teach children values, norms and customs of the larger society. Schools traditionally socialized children into conventional gender roles. (cid:862)offi(cid:272)ially(cid:863) tea(cid:272)h a(cid:272)ade(cid:373)i(cid:272) (cid:272)u(cid:396)(cid:396)i(cid:272)ulu(cid:373) but also teach cultural values and norms (the (cid:862)hidde(cid:374) curriculu(cid:373)(cid:863)): follow directions, obey authority, meet deadlines. Brint and colleagues (2001) studied socialization messages in schools.
