SY101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: George Herbert Mead, Social Forces, Deinstitutionalisation
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Socialization: the process by which we learn to become members of society, both by internalizing the norms and values of society, and also by learning to perform social roles (as worker, friend, citizen, and so forth (a dictionary of. Role: social expectations attached to different social positions (largely behavioural). Key question: nature vs. nurture: george herbert mead (1863 1931) Socialization: objecti cation process ( take the role of the other ) Learn roles by observing how others respond to us (e. g. gender roles) Me objective side of an individual (socialized) I subjective side of an individual (active) Social forces (norms, values, roles) that constrain individual behaviours. Creative side that distinguishes us from each other (not pure followers) Gender role: the set of behaviours associated with widely shared expectations about how males and females are supposed to act . Generalized other: person understands what is expected of them in given situations.
