THE SOCIALISATION AND SOCIAL IDENTITY
CULTURE, ROLES, NORMS ,VALUES , BELIEFS, CUSTOMS,
IDEOLOGY, POWER AND STATUS AS ELEMENTS IN THE SOCIAL
CONSTRUCTION OF REALITY.
The process of learning and socialization.
A society is a simple concept- a society is said to be made up of people who share the
same culture. Different societies involve two types of space.
1. Physical space refers to a geographical or locational space border which marks
the end of a society and another begins. For example, Mauritius and Kenya have a
different type of society.
2. Mental spaces are people who have their own beliefs on their society and
differentiate it from others society.
Physical and mental space can be said to be a mental construction.
- BENEDICT ANDERSON[1983] describes societies ; imagined communities’ as a
population of individuals that, though they may never come into contact with the
majority of the group’s other members, they feel connected in their minds as a
shared community identity.
Societies are mentally constructed by:
Geographical borders with physical boundaries.
Common shared language and customs.
A system of government.
A society is seen as a social construction which means that an event or situation or
perception of what is crested or happened has been interpreted or made by the society.
For example, the gender division between male and female identities.
A culture is the way of life of people. A culture comports many elements:
Customs -established and accepted cultural practices and behaviours.
Roles ; expected behaviour that we should have relating to the position that we
have in the life of someone, for example, a friend.
Values ; a strong belief or ideas that someone has and are important to them.
norms ; socially acceptable way of behaving in a particular situation in different
roles.
Beliefs; accepted by many people and englobes a larger community.
, THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIALISATION IN INFLUENCING HUMAN
BEHAVIOUR, INCLUDING THE NURTURE VERSUS THE NATURE
DEBATE.
THE NATURE V/S NURTURE DEBATE.
Socialization is the process by which behavioural rules, norms and values are taught to
be able to be a member of the society. Socialisation breaks itself into two parts; primary
and secondary socialisation. Without these two types of socialisation the result is
inadequate socialisation which can therefore lead to feral children like the case of Genie.
Biological determinism is in favour of nature being more influential than nature and
sociological determinism is in favour of nurture being more influential than nature.
Biological determinism argues that nature is a more influential aspect of human
behaviour as people are programmed by their genetics through their basic drives like
sex, hunger and thirst. They elaborate that men are naturally more physically strong than
men and women have their mothering instinct by nature. Genetics suggests that these
instincts guide the everyday behaviour of male and females.
However, sociological determinism argues that it's what has been indoctrinated to the
child that has an influence on its behaviour, for instance, women are now joining the
army which shows that men are not only the ones who are in physical force, people are
now fasting.
FERAL CHILDREN
Feral children are children that have not received primary socialisation by humans.
Feral survive can be raised by animals or survive on their own
The case of genie which has been raised with little human contact and was
malnourished and abused.
Feral children are difficult to fit into society.
PRIMARY VERSUS SECONDARY SOCIALISATION.
SOCIAL CONTROL, CONFORMITY AND RESISTANCE.
The role of structure and agency shaping the relationship between the individual and the
society relating to interactionists and functionalists.
The main difference between structuralist and interactionist is that structuralist
argued that it's the society that controls the individuals and interactionist probe
that it's the the individuals that controls the society.
CULTURE, ROLES, NORMS ,VALUES , BELIEFS, CUSTOMS,
IDEOLOGY, POWER AND STATUS AS ELEMENTS IN THE SOCIAL
CONSTRUCTION OF REALITY.
The process of learning and socialization.
A society is a simple concept- a society is said to be made up of people who share the
same culture. Different societies involve two types of space.
1. Physical space refers to a geographical or locational space border which marks
the end of a society and another begins. For example, Mauritius and Kenya have a
different type of society.
2. Mental spaces are people who have their own beliefs on their society and
differentiate it from others society.
Physical and mental space can be said to be a mental construction.
- BENEDICT ANDERSON[1983] describes societies ; imagined communities’ as a
population of individuals that, though they may never come into contact with the
majority of the group’s other members, they feel connected in their minds as a
shared community identity.
Societies are mentally constructed by:
Geographical borders with physical boundaries.
Common shared language and customs.
A system of government.
A society is seen as a social construction which means that an event or situation or
perception of what is crested or happened has been interpreted or made by the society.
For example, the gender division between male and female identities.
A culture is the way of life of people. A culture comports many elements:
Customs -established and accepted cultural practices and behaviours.
Roles ; expected behaviour that we should have relating to the position that we
have in the life of someone, for example, a friend.
Values ; a strong belief or ideas that someone has and are important to them.
norms ; socially acceptable way of behaving in a particular situation in different
roles.
Beliefs; accepted by many people and englobes a larger community.
, THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIALISATION IN INFLUENCING HUMAN
BEHAVIOUR, INCLUDING THE NURTURE VERSUS THE NATURE
DEBATE.
THE NATURE V/S NURTURE DEBATE.
Socialization is the process by which behavioural rules, norms and values are taught to
be able to be a member of the society. Socialisation breaks itself into two parts; primary
and secondary socialisation. Without these two types of socialisation the result is
inadequate socialisation which can therefore lead to feral children like the case of Genie.
Biological determinism is in favour of nature being more influential than nature and
sociological determinism is in favour of nurture being more influential than nature.
Biological determinism argues that nature is a more influential aspect of human
behaviour as people are programmed by their genetics through their basic drives like
sex, hunger and thirst. They elaborate that men are naturally more physically strong than
men and women have their mothering instinct by nature. Genetics suggests that these
instincts guide the everyday behaviour of male and females.
However, sociological determinism argues that it's what has been indoctrinated to the
child that has an influence on its behaviour, for instance, women are now joining the
army which shows that men are not only the ones who are in physical force, people are
now fasting.
FERAL CHILDREN
Feral children are children that have not received primary socialisation by humans.
Feral survive can be raised by animals or survive on their own
The case of genie which has been raised with little human contact and was
malnourished and abused.
Feral children are difficult to fit into society.
PRIMARY VERSUS SECONDARY SOCIALISATION.
SOCIAL CONTROL, CONFORMITY AND RESISTANCE.
The role of structure and agency shaping the relationship between the individual and the
society relating to interactionists and functionalists.
The main difference between structuralist and interactionist is that structuralist
argued that it's the society that controls the individuals and interactionist probe
that it's the the individuals that controls the society.
