SOCY 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Georg Simmel, Ethnomethodology, Network One

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCY 100
• Professor: Alex Parkhouse

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Socy100 textbook notes chapter 4- socialization and interaction. Primary agents usually have to compete with secondary agents. Highly influential during adolescence and early adulthood: gender. (cid:862)t(cid:396)a(cid:374)s(cid:373)issio(cid:374) of (cid:374)o(cid:396)(cid:373)s a(cid:374)d (cid:448)alues a(cid:271)out (cid:449)hat (cid:271)o(cid:455)s a(cid:374)d gi(cid:396)ls (cid:272)a(cid:374) a(cid:374)d should do(cid:863) Begins before birth and is reinforced through childhood: media, consumer culture. Increased socialization so children can engage in consumption. Amazon, ebay are socializing agents: adult socialization. Increasing amounts of job changes causes resocialization. Resocialization- unlearning old behaviors, values, and norms in order to learn new ones. (cid:862)(cid:272)losed, all-encompassing place of residence and work set off from the rest of society that meets all of the (cid:374)eeds of those e(cid:374)(cid:272)losed i(cid:374) it(cid:863) Formal resocialization- rules and procedures that must be followed. Informal socialization- gradually occurs through interactions with others of different roles in the total institutions. Specialized school like medical or graduate school socializes their students to be doctors and other professionals.