SOC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: George Herbert Mead, Feral Child, Role Conflict
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Socialization: term sociologists use to describe the process by which people learn their culture. Makes it possible for us to fully function as human beings. Social structure: system of socioeconomic stratification (class structure) or other patterned relations between large social groups. Social inequality: existence of unequal opportunities and rewards for different social positions or statuses within a group or society. Looking-glass self: children gain an impression of how people perceive them as the children interact with them (children see themselves as interact with people as if looking in a mirror) Charles horton cooley: individuals use perceptions that others have to develop judgments/feelings about self. Taking the role of another: what children do when they play that helps them acquire an understanding of their self. Imitation stage (w/o understanding purpose) play stage (pretending to be others) games stage (team sports) George herbert mead: main emphasis on children playing, which saw as central understanding of how people should interact.
