INTRO TO
SOCIOLOGY
D R . J E N N H AY L E T T
QUIZ TODAY!!
O P E N S 9 : 2 0 A M TO DAY
C L O S E S 1 1 : 5 9 P M T H U R S DAY
SOCIALIZATION
• “The process by which individuals
internalize the values, beliefs, and norms of
a given society and learn to function as
members of that society.”
PRIMARY SOCIALIZATION
• Primary Socialization:
– “the initial process of learning the ways of a society or
group that occurs in infancy and childhood and is
transmitted through the primary groups to which we
belong”
• Primary Groups:
– “characterized by intimate, enduring, unspecialized
relationships among small groups who generally spend
a great deal of time together”
Source: http://www.sagepub.com/upm-data/39367_4.pdf
PRIMARY SOCIALIZATION:
PARENTS & GENDER SOCIALIZATION
• Boys vs. Girls
• Domestic Skills, Nurturance, and
Empathy
• Icons of Femininity
• Fear of Homosexuality
• Heterosexual Fathers
– Personal endorsement of
masculinity
• Heterosexual Mothers and Gay
Parents
– Accountability to others
Source: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/2a/2c/87/2a2c87dff6cfbe81e00e5de3cc99c9a8.jpg
SECONDARY SOCIALIZATION
• Secondary Socialization:
– “the learning process that takes place each time we
join a new secondary group.”
• Secondary Groups:
– “generally larger, more temporary, more impersonal,
and more specialized than primary groups. They tend
to be more specialized in that they focus on one or
two primary goals….”
Source: http://www.sagepub.com/upm-data/39367_4.pdf
TOTAL INSTITUTIONS
• Total Institution- “an institution in
which one is totally immersed and
that controls all the basics of dayto-day life.”
• Examples:
– Boarding schools
– Colleges
– Monasteries
– The army
– Prison
– Others?
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin_Dong-hyuk
ADULT SOCIALIZATION
• Resocialization- “the process by which one’s sense of social values,
beliefs, and norms are reengineered, often deliberately, through an
intense social process that may take place in a total institution.”
Source: http://i.ytimg.com/vi/PN_us-YBMZM/maxresdefault.jpg
RESOCIALIZATION:
THE CASE OF LAW SCHOOL
Stigma- “a process based on
the social construction of
identity. Persons who become
associated with a stigmatized
condition thus pass from a
‘normal’ to a ‘discredited’ social
status.”
Source: http://www.usnews.com/cmsmedia/1f/d3a4bb5675c302ba39cbed80c5cd2d/31082FE_DA_120725_law-school.jpg;
http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic889975.files/May%202nd/May%202nd%20additional%20reading/Kleinman-J%20Epidemiol%20Community%20Health-2009-Kleinman-418-9.pdf;
Source: http://www.unc.edu/courses/2008fall/sowo/804/957/Readings/socialcapital.pdf
WORKING-CLASS LAW
STUDENTS
• Feeling Out of Place
– “Hidden injury of class”
• Faking it
– Concealment
• Ambivalence
– Identity Ambivalence
– Identity Conflict
• Resolving Ambivalence
Source: http://blogs.law.stanford.edu/scjc/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/Class-with-Gov-Brown_2.jpg
QUESTIONS?
COMMENTS?