Socialization and Enculturation
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What is formal enculturation?

It refers to the process that begins during childhood by which individuals acquire the values, habits, and attitudes of a society through formal education.

What is primary socialization?

It happens immediately from birth and continues until adolescence, primarily influenced by family, school, and friends.

What happens during secondary socialization?

It continues throughout one's life as individuals encounter new situations, places, or groups of people.

Conformity refers to actions or behaviors that are in accordance with some specified standards or ______.

<p>authorities</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is compliance in the context of conformity?

<p>Shallowest level of conformity</p> Signup and view all the answers

Identification is also called group acceptance.

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What is internalization in the context of conformity?

<p>It is the deepest level of conformity that involves a long-term change in behavior.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does enculturation entail?

<p>It is the process by which an individual learns the traditional content of a culture and assimilates its practices and values.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Socialization

  • The process by which individuals acquire the values, habits, and attitudes of a society
  • Starts in childhood and continues throughout life
  • Examples: Family, school, and friends
  • Two types: primary and secondary

Primary Socialization

  • Happens immediately from birth until adolescence
  • Focuses on acquiring values, attitudes, and behaviors from family, school, and friends

Secondary Socialization

  • Occurs throughout one's life, especially as they encounter new situations, places, or groups of people
  • Involves learning new norms, customs, assumptions, and values

Goals of Socialization

  • Develop a conscience
  • Prepare individuals to perform social roles
  • Cultivate shared sources of meaning and value

Enculturation

  • The process by which an individual learns the traditional content of a culture and assimilates its practices and values
  • Two forms: formal and informal

Formal Enculturation

  • Happens in institutions like school
  • Involves formal education with a curriculum setting standards for knowledge, skills, and attitudes

Informal Enculturation

  • Happens within the context of family and close friends
  • Involves observing fellow citizens and reflecting on their characteristics and values

Conformity

  • Actions or behaviors that align with specified standards or authorities
  • Behaving like others do
  • Involves adjusting attitudes, manners, and behavior to fit in

Three Types of Conformity (Herbert Kelman)

  • Compliance: Shallowest level, complying to fit in, short-term change in behavior
  • Identification: Building lasting relationships with a group, changing behavior to be part of the group
  • Internalization: Deepest level, long-term change in behavior, genuine acceptance of values and behaviors

Deviance

  • Any behavior that violates social norms and expectations
  • Can be expressed through acts, behavior, or beliefs

Four Types of Deviance (Robert Merton)

  • Conformity: Accepting both the goals of society and the traditional ways of achieving them
  • Innovation: Accepting the goals of society but rejecting the traditional means of achieving them
  • Ritualism: Rejecting the goals of society but adhering to the means of achieving them
  • Retreatism: Rejecting both the goals of society and the traditional means of achieving them
  • Rebellion: Rejecting both the goals of society and the traditional means of achieving them, actively working to replace them

The Promotion of Inclusivity, Human Dignity, and Rights and the Common Good

  • Emphasizes creating a society that respects the rights and dignity of all individuals
  • Promotes equality and justice for everyone
  • Focuses on developing a shared responsibility for the well-being of society

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Explore the concepts of socialization and enculturation, focusing on the processes through which individuals acquire values and habits from their environment. This quiz covers primary and secondary socialization, as well as the goals and forms of enculturation. Test your understanding of how societal values shape our behavior from childhood to adulthood.

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