Socialization and the Self Unit 2 Culture and Socialization.
Socialization and Stratification “Learning” one’s gender, race, and class.
Transcript of Socialization and Stratification “Learning” one’s gender, race, and class.
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Race and EthnicityTypes of Socialization
Experiences
• Those focused on mainstream “White” culture
• Those focused on one’s minority status
• Those focused on one’s own ethnoracial cultural heritage
Social Class• Patterns of socialization vary
by class– Working Class: more likely to
emphasize conformity and respect for authority
– Middle/Upper Class: more likely to emphasize independence and curiosity
Definition of the Situation
• Thomas Theorem:– If individuals perceive a situation as real, it
is real in its consequences.
Default Assumptions
• What holds true in the simplest or most likely possible model of whatever situation is under discussion (i.e. what is usually the case).
Famous Women
• Harriet Tubman• Susan B. Anthony• Helen Keller• Margaret Sanger• Jane Addams• Sojourner Truth• Eleanor Roosevelt• Ida B. Wells• Anne Bradstreet• Carrie Chapman Catt
• Anne Hutchinson• Harriet Beecher Stowe• Elizabeth Cady
Stanton• Gloria Steinem• Betty Friedan• Mother Jones• Clara Barton• Amelia Earhart• Victory Woodhull• Molly Pitcher