SOC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Norm (Social), Peer Pressure, Miss Representation
21 Oct 2015
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What are the major theoretical perspectives on socialization: psychological approaches (will not be on the exam, piaget. Cognitive theory of development: stages humans progress through as the self develops include, sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational, social interaction key to development. You get to meet people different from yourself and your family (gaining independence). You learn there are other sources of authority (principal, and teachers). Most people in peer groups want to fit in with their group, and sometimes conform to what the peer group wants (peer pressure). Peers become more important in adolescence: peer group and gender socialization, males are more likely to spend time in groups of males, while females are more likely to interact with a single other female. This reflects differences in emotional intimacy (with females being more emotionally intimate than males. : mass media and technology, media innovations: radio, motion pictures, television, downloadable music, the.
