(D.) Becoming A Member of Society

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D.

Becoming a member of
society
Enculturation/Socialization

 Infants do not posses culture at birth


 Enculturation for anthropologist
 Socialization for sociologist
 Socialization – the social processes through
which children develop an awareness of social
norms and values and achieve a distinct sense of
self.

 Internalization- means taking one’s social


norms, roles, and values into one’s own mind.
Society was seen as the primary factor
responsible for how individuals learned to think
and behave.
Agents of socialization - groups or social contexts
in which significant processes of socialization
occur.
 Family, peer, mass media Primary
socialization-infancy

Social roles – socially defined expectations that a


person in given social positions will follow.

Social identity – the characteristics that other


people attribute to an individual. ( student,
mother, Asian,ect.)
SELF IDENTITY –set us apart as distinct individuals.
The process of self development through
which we formulate a unique sense of ourselves
and our relationships to the world around us. This
notion draws heavily on symbolic
interactions

IDENTITY- relates to the understandings


people hold about who they are and
what is meaningful to them.
SOCIAL identity- refers to the characteristics that
other people attribute to an individual in the
course of socialization each of us develops
sense of identity and the capacity for
independent thought and action

SELF Identity- set us apart as distinct individuals.


The process of self development through
which we formulate a unique sense of ourselves
and our relationships to the world around us.
This notion draws heavily on symbolic
interactions
NORMS - Rules of conduct that specify
appropriate behavior in a given range of social
situations. Its either prescribes a given type of
behavior or forbids.

Values-Ideals held by individuals or groups about is


desirable, proper and good, and bad. What
individual value is strongly influenced by the
specific culture in which they happen to live.
Status and Role
  In a social system, status is the rank a person holds in a
social hierarchy. It is this status that defines the behavior of
others towards the person.

There are two types of status’ namely ascribed and achieved


status.

Role - is obviously the duties and responsibilities attached with


the position while status is the prestige or the lack of it
attached with that position.
 References; Books
 Kottak, Conrad Phillip; Anthropology The Exploration of Human Diversity
 10th ed.; McGraw-HillCompanies, Inc., USA
  
 Kottak, Conrad Phillip, Anthropology The Exploration of Human
Diversity 7 ed.
th

 McGraw-HillCompanies, Inc., USA


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 Giddens,Anthony; Duneir, M.L.;Appelbaum, R.A.
 Introduction to Sociology 6th edition; W.W. Norton &
company,Inc.New York,N.Y.
  
 Vega, Violeta A. Ph.D. et al.
 Social Dimensions of Education ,Lorimar Publishing ,Inc. Q. C.
Manila
  
 Lanuza, Gerry M. & Raymundo S. S.
 Understanding Culture, Society and Politics, Rex
Bookstore,Manila,Philippines
Internet;
   WWW.Youtube.com.
 
Social Institutions in Encyclopedia of Quality of Life Research
https://www.soz.univie.ac.at/.../
Social_Institutions_in_Encyclopedia_of_Quality_of_Life..
 
Rider University
https://www.rider.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-education-science
s/liberal-arts-programs/sociology/why-study-sociology
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociology_of_culture
 
http://www.sociologyguide.com/gender/index.php
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociology_of_culture
T.K. Venkatasubramanian Department of History Delhi University
MEANING, PERSPECTIVES AND APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF CULTURE

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