ENCULTURATION AND

SOCIALIZATION
nature - genes & hereditary factors

physical appearance

personality characteristics

nurture - environmental variable

childhood experiences

how we were raised

social relationships

surrounding culture

socialization - refers to a lifelong social experience by which

people develop their human potential nad learn culture.

actual process

take place through agencies like family, school,

enculturation - the process by which people learn the

requirements of their surrounding culture and acquire the evalues
and behaviors appropriatee or necessary in that culture.

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 3 goals of socialization:

1. teaches impulse control and help individuals develop a

conscience.

2. cultivates shared sources of meaning and value.

3. teaches individuals how to prepare for and perform certain

social roles.

Mead and the Development of the Social Mind (SELF)

"self" is a sociological concept.

feral child - learn things based on their observation.

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 George Herbert Mead

"me" is the social self

the organizeed set of attitudes of others which an

individual assumes.

how others see you; others representation of you

"i" is the response to the "me"

the response of an individual to the attitudes of others

how you see yourself; your representation of yourself

4 stage process of self development:

1. imitation

2. play - the child takes different roles they observe in

"adult" society. and plays them out to gain understanding
of the different soial roles. the child learns to become
both subject and object and begins to become able to build
a self.

3. game - the child must take the role of everyone else

involved in the game. organization begins and
personalities definite emerge.

4. the generalized other - the individual understands what

kind of behavior is expected or appropriate in different
social settings.

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 identity formation

the development of an individual's distinct personality, which

is regarded as a persisting entity in a particular stage of
life by which a person is recognize or known.

breakout session:

3 impressions

3 things na di mo alam sa partner

partner: ZETA & AGUILAR

aguilar - matalino, mapagkakatiwalaan, medyo mataray

(mabait, reserved, matalino)

zeta - makulit, madaldal, madali pakisamahan

(makulit, friendly, matalino)

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