SOC-2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: George Herbert Mead, Concerted Cultivation, Hidden Curriculum

• School: Clemson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC-2010
• Professor: Shannon Mc Donough

Document Summary

Interaction of genes and social environment determines personality and behaviors: theories of socialization, looking glass self a. i. How do develop a sense of self and identity? a. ii. 1. Idea that our sense of self develops as a reflection of the way we think others see us a. iii. 2. Behavior is often altered based on how we feel others perceive us: george herbert mead b. i. Social self develops over course of childhood b. ii. Two parts of one"s personality or self (self is balance of both parts) b. ii. 1. Have different impact based on where we are in life span: family b. i. 1st major agent of socialization b. ii. social identity formed based on things like race, class, etc. b. iii. cultural differences in parenting styles b. iii. 1. b. iii. 2. collectivist v individualist. Us socializes children differently to become successful members of certain culture b. iii. 3. Middle class view children as project, sense of entitlement b. iii. 3. a. i.