Module 5: Socialization and Interaction

Question 1

Resocialization+ex (2)

ex

Answer 1

• breaking down and rebuilding of a person’s behaviours, values, norms, and beliefs
• Ex: Training soldier to kill

Question 2

Dave Grossman

Answer 2

• argued that the spike in rates of assault and homicide from after World War II in both the United States and Canada are the result of widespread desensitization of young people to violence through media, particularly violent TV and video games.

Question 3

Socialization

Answer 3

Question 4

Twin studies

Answer 4

• conducted on identical and fraternal twins to determine the influence of genetics on things like behaviours, personality, life outcomes, disorders, and so on.
• determine the extent to which their environment shapes their behaviours

Question 5

Charles Horton Cooley

Answer 5

proposed the concept of the looking-glass self, that our sense of self is rooted in how we think others see us

Question 6

the looking-glass self

Answer 6

• our sense of self is not constructed in isolation, nor does it depend only on how we think about ourselves. Rather, our sense of self is informed by how we understand how others treat and respond to us.

Question 7

The looking-glass self follows three distinct steps

Answer 7

• The imagination of our appearance to the other person
• The imagination of [the other person’s] judgement of that appearance
• Some sort of self-feeling, such as pride or mortification

Question 8

agents of socialization

Answer 8

Question 9

primary socialization

Answer 9

Question 10

For most people, primary socialization occurs within their family. For example:

Answer 10

Think of basic behaviours, like what do our families expect of us at a meal. Children learn how to behave when they eat and they learn culturally appropriate ways of eating—using a fork, their hands, or chopsticks—through the feedback and training parents provide. Such fundamental lessons are part of the norms and behaviours that society expects from its members

Question 11

secondary socialization+ examples

Answer 11

Question 12

At some point, usually around the pre-teen years, young people become increasingly more influenced by agents of —-

Answer 12

secondary socialization

Question 13

Families are the agents of —-

Answer 13

primary socialization

Question 14

Social genetic effects+ex (2)

Answer 14

• That is, the genes of others in our social environment may affect our behaviour, even if we are not genetically predisposed to that behaviour.
• Ex: regardless of whether or not a student had any close friends who smoked, meaning that simply being in a class with a higher average PGS for smoking made a person more likely to start smoking.