Sociology- Interaction
EXAM 3 STUDY GUIDE.
4.Structural Function Theory of Socialization :
* Socialization is one of the primary means by which culture including knowledge is passed from one generation to the next * Occurs not only in primary/secondary schools and professional schools, but even among counter cultures and subcultures engaging in illicit activity.
4.Conflict View of Socialization: Passing on advantage:
* Socialization is the means by which the rich and powerful pass on their advantages to their children * Passing on advantage through institutions beyond family * Socialization experiences tend to both justify and reproduce the status quo.
4.Social Channeling/Tracking:
* Social channeling is a process of socialization in which children of rich are prepared for and directed towards positions of privilege in society while children of the poor are prepared for and directed into low prestige positions of subservience * Tracking= separating pupils into groups by academic abilty * Schafer, Olexa and Polk (1970) study of tracking studied one middle class and one working class high school. * Both had college prep track and gen track * Blacks and students from blue collar fam less likely to be assigned to track. * Effects IQ, Past performance, Social class background. * Self-image - students stigmatized, embarrassed, disheartened, and lost faith in themselves. * “. . . you lose—something in you—just like it goes out of you. . . . I started losing faith in myself. . . .” * a student subculture that placed little value on academic performance and rewarded antagonistic and disruptive behavior * teachers expected less, attempted less challenging lessons, gave lower grades in the belief that those students did not deserve the same grades as the college-prep students. *
4. Mead’s four-stage development process for childhood socialization including concept of “generalized other”
4.Structural Function Theory of Socialization :
* Socialization is one of the primary means by which culture including knowledge is passed from one generation to the next * Occurs not only in primary/secondary schools and professional schools, but even among counter cultures and subcultures engaging in illicit activity.
4.Conflict View of Socialization: Passing on advantage:
* Socialization is the means by which the rich and powerful pass on their advantages to their children * Passing on advantage through institutions beyond family * Socialization experiences tend to both justify and reproduce the status quo.
4.Social Channeling/Tracking:
* Social channeling is a process of socialization in which children of rich are prepared for and directed towards positions of privilege in society while children of the poor are prepared for and directed into low prestige positions of subservience * Tracking= separating pupils into groups by academic abilty * Schafer, Olexa and Polk (1970) study of tracking studied one middle class and one working class high school. * Both had college prep track and gen track * Blacks and students from blue collar fam less likely to be assigned to track. * Effects IQ, Past performance, Social class background. * Self-image - students stigmatized, embarrassed, disheartened, and lost faith in themselves. * “. . . you lose—something in you—just like it goes out of you. . . . I started losing faith in myself. . . .” * a student subculture that placed little value on academic performance and rewarded antagonistic and disruptive behavior * teachers expected less, attempted less challenging lessons, gave lower grades in the belief that those students did not deserve the same grades as the college-prep students. *
4. Mead’s four-stage development process for childhood socialization including concept of “generalized other”