Socialization and enculturation
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This document discusses socialization and enculturation. It defines socialization as the lifelong process through which people acquire identities and skills by interacting with others in society. Socialization enables people to gradually learn the culture, values and behaviors of their society through influences like family and social groups. Enculturation is the process of being socialized into a specific culture by learning its symbols, norms, values and language from interactions with others.
Socialization and enculturation
- 2. LEARNING OBJECTIVES •DISCUSS SOCIALIZATION AND ENCULTURATION; •EXPLAIN HOW SOCIALIZATION AND ENCULTURATION DEVELOP ONE’S SELF.
- 3. “THE HUMAN MIND AT BIRTH IS NOTHING BUT A BLANK STATE, OR TABULA RASA” - JOHN LOCKE
- 5. SOCIALIZATION • LIFELONG PROCESS OF SOCIAL INTERACTION THROUGH WHICH PEOPLE ACQUIRE THEIR IDENTITIES AND NECESSARY SURVIVAL SKILLS IN A SOCIETY. • IT IS CONSIDERED AS THE CENTRAL PROCESS OF SOCIAL LIFE, AND IS ALSO A PROCESS OF MEMBER RECRUITMENT AND REPLACEMENT.
- 6. SOCIALIZATION • ENABLES THE PERSON TO GRADUALLY BECOME A SELF – AWARE AND KNOWLEDGEABLE HUMAN BEING, AND LEARN THE WAYS, VALUES, RULES, AND CULTURE OF HIS / HER SOCIETY. • GREATLY INFLUENCED BY THE CONTEXT OF HIS / HERS RESPECTIVE SOCIETY, AND THE SOCIAL GROUPS THAT HE / SHE INTERACTS.
- 7. SOCIALIZATION • POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION • ENABLES THE DEVELOPMENT OF CITIZEN TO FUNCTION EFFECTIVELY WITHIN A PARTICULAR POLITICAL SYSTEM.
- 8. SOCIALIZATION IS VIEWED IN THE CONTEXT OF….. • INTERNALIZATION • PROCESS OF ACCEPTING THE SOCIAL NORMS, ATTITUDES, ROLES, AND VALUES TRANSMITTED BY PEOPLE AND SOCIAL GROUPS WITHIN SOCIETY AS ONE’S OWN. SOCIETY IS THE PRIMARY FACTOR RESPONSIBLE FOR HOW INDIVIDUALS LEARN TO THINK AND BEHAVE.
- 10. SOCIAL CONTEXT • PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES OF A SOCIETY AND CONSIST OF ITS CULTURE, LANGUAGE, AND THE SOCIAL STRUCTURES THAT DEFINE SOCIAL CLASS, ETHNICITY, AND GENDER.
- 11. CONTENT AND PROCESS • CONTENT - IDEAS, BELIEFS, BEHAVIOR, AND OTHER INFORMATION THAT ARE PASSED ON BY MEMBERS OF SOCIETY TO THE INDIVIDUAL. • PROCESS - METHODS OF INTERACTION THAT ENABLES THE CONTENT TO BE GIVEN TO THE PERSON UNDERGOING SOCIALIZATION
- 12. RESULTS • OUTCOMES OF SOCIALIZATION, AND ARE EVIDENT WHEN INDIVIDUALS BEGIN TO PRACTICE THE BEHAVIORS, ATTITUDES, AND VALUES THAT SOCIETY CONSIDERS NECESSARY FOR THEM TO FUNCTION EFFECTIVELY AS ITS MEMBER
- 13. SIGNIFICANT RESULT OF SOCIALIZATION SELF IDENTITY • ESTABLISHMENT OF A UNIQUE SENSE OF IDENTITY AND AN AWARENESS OF HOW IT RELATES TO THEIR SOCIETY AND THE WORLD
- 14. ENCULTURATION
- 15. ENCULTURATION • PROCESS OF BEING SOCIALIZED INTO A SPECIFIC CULTURE. INDIVIDUALS LEARN CULTURAL SYMBOLS, NORMS, VALUES, AND LANGUAGE BY OBSERVING AND INTERACTING WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND THE REST OF SOCIETY.