This document provides an overview of Unit 3 in a sociology course, which examines how society shapes the individual. The unit covers theories of personality development, socialization agents, adolescence and dating, social control and deviance, work, and adult development stages. Students are expected to understand and apply concepts related to these topics, such as nature versus nurture, socialization theories, dating patterns, deviance perspectives, changes in the workforce, and Levinson's adult development stages.
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Symbolism – its significance and role in human swarna dey
A symbol conveys information only insofar as it has meaning to a specific community, the connection between a symbol and its referent is not intrinsic to the symbol itself but rather is a function of agreed upon use, custom, or convention.
Culture of human society is based on symbols. “Culture is a system of meaning and relations are trafficking in symbols.” (David Schnider & Clifford Geertz ) Flags, traffic lights, diplomas, and mathematical notation are all, in their various ways, symbols. So foundational is symbolism to humans that without it communication would be impossible. The most symbolic aspect of culture is language, but symbolism also plays a role in religion, politics, art, and literature as well as in kinship, commerce, and science. Symbolism is basic to the construction and conveyance of gender, ethnic, and national identities. It is the primary way by which humans create meaning, classify knowledge, express emotion, and regulate society.
Symbol:
The English word symbol derives etymologically from the Greek súmbolon, meaning “tally,” “contract,” or “ticket,” which referred originally to a token that was broken in two so that each half could be used to confirm the identity of the other. The word stems from the Greek roots syn - (“together”) and ballein (“to throw”) and thus has the approximate connotation of “to throw together.”
Symbols are cultural representations of reality. Every culture has its own set of symbols associated with different experiences and perceptions. Thus, as a representation, a symbol's meaning is neither instinctive nor automatic. The culture's members must interpret and over time reinterpret the symbol.
Symbols occur in different forms: verbal or nonverbal, written or unwritten. They can be anything that conveys a meaning, such as words on the page, drawings, pictures, and gestures. Clothing, homes, cars, and other consumer items are symbols that imply a certain level of social status.
Definition of symbols:
Symbols could be defined as “objects, acts, relationship or linguistic formations that stand for a multiplicity of meaning” This definition indicates that there are different symbolic forms and that it is possible for one symbolic form to be given several interpretations and these interpretations could be given at different levels, depending on the level of the interpreter’s consciousness and intelligence .Here are some of the definitions of symbol by renowned anthropologists and researchers ¬-
Disclaimer:
All of the pictures and pieces of information on this site are the property of their respective owners. I do not hold any copyright in regards to these pictures and information. These pictures have been collected from different public sources including various websites, considered to be in the public domain. If anyone has any objection to display of any picture, image or information, it may be brought to my notice by sending an email (contact me) & the disputed media will be removed immediately, after verification of the claim.
Symbolism – its significance and role in human swarna dey
A symbol conveys information only insofar as it has meaning to a specific community, the connection between a symbol and its referent is not intrinsic to the symbol itself but rather is a function of agreed upon use, custom, or convention.
Culture of human society is based on symbols. “Culture is a system of meaning and relations are trafficking in symbols.” (David Schnider & Clifford Geertz ) Flags, traffic lights, diplomas, and mathematical notation are all, in their various ways, symbols. So foundational is symbolism to humans that without it communication would be impossible. The most symbolic aspect of culture is language, but symbolism also plays a role in religion, politics, art, and literature as well as in kinship, commerce, and science. Symbolism is basic to the construction and conveyance of gender, ethnic, and national identities. It is the primary way by which humans create meaning, classify knowledge, express emotion, and regulate society.
Symbol:
The English word symbol derives etymologically from the Greek súmbolon, meaning “tally,” “contract,” or “ticket,” which referred originally to a token that was broken in two so that each half could be used to confirm the identity of the other. The word stems from the Greek roots syn - (“together”) and ballein (“to throw”) and thus has the approximate connotation of “to throw together.”
Symbols are cultural representations of reality. Every culture has its own set of symbols associated with different experiences and perceptions. Thus, as a representation, a symbol's meaning is neither instinctive nor automatic. The culture's members must interpret and over time reinterpret the symbol.
Symbols occur in different forms: verbal or nonverbal, written or unwritten. They can be anything that conveys a meaning, such as words on the page, drawings, pictures, and gestures. Clothing, homes, cars, and other consumer items are symbols that imply a certain level of social status.
Definition of symbols:
Symbols could be defined as “objects, acts, relationship or linguistic formations that stand for a multiplicity of meaning” This definition indicates that there are different symbolic forms and that it is possible for one symbolic form to be given several interpretations and these interpretations could be given at different levels, depending on the level of the interpreter’s consciousness and intelligence .Here are some of the definitions of symbol by renowned anthropologists and researchers ¬-
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3. • Apply self-knowledge to explain what constitutes personality,
and interpret both concepts of nature and nurture with regard to
the development of personality.
• Compare and contrast Locke, Cooley, and Mead’s theories of
personality.
• Use self-knowledge to discuss dating patterns from traditional
times to modern day contemporary times.
• Explain why adolescence is not universal.
• Explain Levinson’s Developmental Stages of Adulthood and
how adult behavior changes from early adulthood through later
adulthood.
• Explain how the labor force has changed in the United States
since World War II.
• Use self-knowledge to apply challenges facing the aging adult.
• Explain deviance using the three perspectives of sociology;
interactionist, conflict, and functionalist perspectives.
You will need to be able to “Do” the following:
4. • The dichotomy of nature versus nurture applies to personality
development.
• Locke’s Tabula Rasa, Cooley’s Looking Glass Theory, and Mead’s Role-
Taking, Erving Goffman’s Impression Management are four major theories
that explain the social self.
• The most important agents of socialization are family, peers, school, and
the mass media.
• Adolescence is not universal.
• Dating for romance is a novel idea, and why courtship is no longer
practiced.
• The functions that dating fulfills.
• There are a myriad of social problems facing contemporary teenagers.
• There are many stages to Levinson’s Developmental Stages of Adulthood.
• The nature of work in the United States has changed due to
composition, labor force, unemployment, and occupations.
• The characteristics of life during late adulthood.
• How deviance affects society.
You will need to be able to “Understand” the
following:
5. Unit 2 Outline
• Personality & the Social Self – Lesson 1 2 3
• Agents of Socialization – Lesson 4
• Adolescence & Dating – Lesson 5
• Social Control & Deviance – Lesson 6
• Work – Lesson 7
• Adult Society – Lesson 8 9
• Exam – 11
Unit EQ: How are culture and society related to human
interaction?
6. Personality and the Social Self
Vocabulary
• Nature
• Nurture
• Tabula Rasa
• Looking-glass self
EQ:
1)How is the development of an individual affected by
nature and nurture?
2) How do the theories of Locke, Cooley, and Mead
explain the sense of self?
• Role-taking
• Impression management
• dramaturgy
8. Locke: Tabula Rasa
• What do you remember about John Locke?
• Each newborn is a tabula rasa (clean slate)
• Anything could be written. Human could be molded
into anything.
• We acquire our personalities from social experiences.
• Psychologist John Watson would later make similar
claims.
9. Cooley: The Looking Glass Self
• Cooley co-founded the interactionist
perspective and developed the idea of
primary groups.
• This theory puts a great deal of
responsibility on primary group interaction
beginning in childhood.
• 3 Step Process to our sense of self
1. We imagine how we appear to others
2. Based on others reaction to us, we
determine whether others view us as
we view ourselves
3. We use our perceptions of how others
see us to develop feelings about
ourselves.
10. Mead: Role-Taking
• Cofounder of interactionist perspective
• Looking-Glass is only the beginning (internalizing
expectations)
• We need to not just see ourselves as others see us, but
eventually take on (or pretend to) roles.
• Significant others: people closest to us (important early on)
• Generalized other: expectations of society (important later in
life)
• Through this role-taking they develop sense of self
• I – unsocialized, spontaneous, self-interested component
• Me – socialized self, aware of expectations
• Through life I becomes weaker and Me becomes stronger
11. Dramaturgy
• Social interaction is like a drama
• People (acting as the audience) judge each others
performances to determine a person’s character.
• Most people make an effort to play the role well and
manage impressions – impression management
12. Agents of Socialization
EQ: 1. How do the agents of socialization affect society?
Vocabulary
• Agents of socialization
• Peer group
• Mass media
• Resocializaiton
14. The Family
• Most important agent in most
societies
• Principal socializer of young children
• Differs from family to family
• Subgroups (race, class, religion)
affects
Deliberate Unintended
Overt teaching and
instruction in terms of
appropriate behavior.
Ex. Father teaches child the
importance of telling the
truth
Children learn through
observation. (often has a
greater affect)
Ex. Child observes his
father’s lack of politeness
to others.
15. The Peer Group
• It is a primary group composed of individuals of roughly
similar age and social characteristics.
• Particularly influential during pre-teen and teenage years
• To win acceptance people willingly adopt values and norms
• Values focus on subculture
16. The School
• Large amount of time spent there in childhood
• Contains deliberate and unintended messages
• Teaches academic content and skills
• Teaches socialization through extracurricular activities
• Unintentional messages through observation of adults
and influence of peer groups
17. The Mass Media
• Definition: Instruments of communication that reach large
audiences with no personal contact between those sending the
information and those receiving it. (Ex. books, film, TV, radio etc.)
• 98 % U.S. homes have a TV
• On average, American children spend 900 hrs. a year in school
and 1,100 watching TV.
• By 18 most have witnessed 200,000 fictional acts of violence
including 16,000 murders on TV.
• Historically lacked diversity
18. Resocialization
• Definition: Breaking with past experiences and learning new
values and norms.
• This often occurs through radically changing a person's personality
by carefully controlling the environment.
• Total institutions: a setting in which people are isolated from the
rest of the society for a period of time and under tight control
• Step 1: Erode individuality and independence
• Step 2: Systemic attempt to build a new personality or self
19. Adolescence and Dating
EQ:
1) How has the concept of adolescence developed as
a distinct stage of the life cycle?
2)What are some of the social functions of dating?
• Adolescence
• Anticipatory socialization
• Social Integration
• Dating
• Courtship
Vocabulary
20. Adolescence
• Definition: A defined period
between the normal onset of
puberty and the beginning of
adulthood.
• Characteristics
• Biological Growth/Development
• Undefined Status
• Increased Decision Making
• Increased Pressure
• The Search for Self
22. Rites of Passage
Definition: Rituals marking the
transitional phase between
childhood and full inclusion into a
tribe or social group.
Ex. Bar Mitzvah, Vanuatu Land Diving,
Graduation, Quinceañera, and
Walkabout
24. Search for Self
Anticipatory socialization:
learning the
rights, obligations, and
expectations of a role to
prepare for assuming that role
in the future.
Can come in the form of
• Part-time work
• Club membership
• Dating
25. Dating
• Meeting people as a romantic
engagement
• Did not emerge until after WWI
• Found in societies where people
choose their own partners
• Main purpose is entertainment or
“good time”
• May lead to marriage
Courtship
• Prior to the rise of dating this
was the primary form of
interaction
• Was not casual and roles were
strictly defined
• Rarely left alone
• Conducted under supervision
• Express purpose is marriage
26. Emergence of Dating
• Originally a primarily agricultural society required men to acquire
property prior to marriage. (This often involved land transfer from
family)
• Family property resulted in parents exercising considerable control
over partner choice.
• Industrial revolution changed this system and created more
economic freedom
• Coed public education resulted in large portions of time spent
together
• Cars and telephones (post WWI) gave added freedom
• Women entered workforce created more cross gender interaction
• Dating became a form of entertainment and status
• Partners were selected on good looks, nice clothes, and popularity
27. Dating Pattern: Traditional
• The man arranges the date
• Both sexes knew the expectations
• A weekly timetable existed for arraigning a
date.
• Ask Wednesday for Saturday (Date Night)
• Accepting after this time equated to admitting
you weren’t the first choice.
• No date on Saturday may result in shame
• Dates revolved around formal or set activities
• Casual dating for a period may result in “going
steady”
• Indicated through tokens. (jackets, class
ring, ect.)
28. Dating Pattern: Contemporary
• No set stages of dating
• Both sexes initiate
dates
• Either sex pays
• Relationships are now
based on friendship or
the group
• More opportunity to
communicate through
technology
29. Functions of Dating
• Entertainment
• Socialization
• Psychological needs
such as
conversation, compa
nionship, and
understanding
• Status attainment
• Spouse selection
30. Social Control and Deviance
EQ:
1) How to social norms become internalized?
2) How does sociology explain deviance?
• Social control
• Positive sanction
• Negative sanction
• Formal sanction
• Informal sanction
• Deviance
• Stigma
Vocabulary
• Anomie
• Strain theory
• Control theory
• Cultural transmission
theory
• Labeling theory
31. Social Control
• Societies develop cultural values
that reflect norms. These norms are
enforced in two ways.
• Internalization: Norm becomes part
of an individual’s personality
• Ex. “Properly” sitting in a chair.
• Sanctions: Rewards/Punishments
that enforce conformity to norms
• Positive Sanctions - Rewards
• Negative Sanctions - Punishments
35. The Nature of Deviance
•Individuals must be caught
committing a deviant act and be
stigmatized by society.
•A stigma is a mark of social
disgrace that sets the deviant
apart from the rest of society.
•Sociologists usually refer to the
negative social reactions.
The Label of Deviance
•Some norms deal with fairly
insignificant behaviors.
•Because there are so many
norms, occasional violations are
unavoidable.
•Behaviors deemed deviant differ
across times, cultures, and
situations.
Violating Norms
Behavior that violates significant social norms is called
deviance.
36. Answer: Some behaviors are considered deviant in
some situations and not others, or in one society
and not another, or from time period to time
period.
Analyze
How does behavior that is considered deviant
change based on context?
Reading Check
37. Deviance has some uses in society
– Helps to clarify norms, unify the group, diffuse
tension, and promote social change
– Serves to define the boundaries of acceptable
behavior
– Punishment of deviance can prevent others from
same deviance
– Draws lines of society and “outsiders”
– Displays of minor deviance diffuse tensions
– Provides legitimate jobs such as lawyers and police
Social Functions of Deviance
38. Answer: It helps to clarify norms, unify the
group, diffuse tension, and promote social
change. It also creates jobs, defines the
boundaries of acceptable behavior, and
draws the line between conforming and
nonconforming members of society.
Summarize
How can deviance benefit society?
Reading Check
39. • A 1973 article explored the different views
that townspeople held of two teenage
gangs, one called the Saints and one called
the Roughnecks.
• Article claimed that even though both gangs
were violent, delinquent, and
disruptive, townspeople agreed that the
gang from the higher social class was not as
much trouble as the gang from the lower
social class.
• While objective observation concluded that
both gangs were equally destructive, the
differing views revealed much about the
social preconceptions that were at work in
Case Study: The Saints and the
Roughnecks
40. Functionalist Perspective: Deviance
• Strain theory: deviance is the natural outgrowth of the
values, norms, and structure of society
• Pressure on individuals to meet standards that they can’t meet
• Anomie: the norms of society are unclear or no longer apply
• Results in confusion over rules for behavior
41.
42. Why would a teenage boy
lock himself in his room and
hide from society?
43. Conflict Perspective: Deviance
• Sees social life as a struggle between the ruling classes and
lower classes
• Says people commit deviant acts to gain or maintain power
• Ruling class deems any behavior that threatens its power as
deviant
44. Interactionist Theories: Deviance
• Control theory: states that deviance is normal and studies
why people conform; states that people conform when they
have strong ties to the community
• Cultural transmission theory: states that deviance is a learned
behavior; deviants are socialized into deviant behavior instead
of acceptable behavior; individuals will adopt the behavior
and goals of whomever they are in contact with
• Labeling theory: focuses on how people come to be labeled
“deviant;” suggests there are two types of deviance
• Primary deviance: occasional violation of norms; neither self nor
society labels person “deviant”
• Secondary deviance: deviance as a lifestyle; both self and society
label person “deviant”
45. Work
• EQ 1: How has nature of work and the labor force
changed?
• EQ 2: What factors contribute to job satisfaction?
• Work
• Labor force
• Unemployment
Vocabulary
48. The World of Work
• The world of work is a major component of adult life. In the
last 100 years, major changes have transformed the
organization of work and the composition of the labor force.
49. Work
• Work involves performing all of the tasks necessary to
produce goods and provide services that meet human
needs.
• The basis for the economy
• American workers often spend nearly 50 years in the
labor force, making the world of work one of the most
important components of adult life.
50. Labor Force
• All individuals age 16 and
older who are employed in
paid positions or who are
seeking paid employment.
• People who are not paid for
their labor are part of the
informal economy.
• In 2007, 66 percent of U.S.
population over age 16 was
in the labor force.
• Recent decades have seen
increase in number of
working women and
Hispanics.
51. ChangingNature
of Work • In 1900:
– 35 percent worked in agriculture
– 45 percent worked in
manufacturing
– 20 percent worked in
professions, management, office
work, and sales
• In 1950:
– Manufacturing dominated
• Today:
– 13 percent work in agriculture
and manufacturing
– 76 percent work in
professions, management, office
work, and sales
52. Unemployment
• Unemployment occurs when a person does not have a job but is
actively seeking employment
• Unemployment rate is the percentage of the civilian labor force
that is unemployed but actively seeking employment
• Underemployment - part-time workers who want full-time work
and overqualified workers
54. Impact of Globalization
New technology has changed the economy.
Many manufacturing jobs have been outsourced, or
sent to countries where labor is less expensive.
55. Job Satisfaction
Factors for dissatisfaction
• On-the-job stress
• Retirement and insurance
benefits
• Salary
• Recognition
• Chances for promotion
Factors for satisfaction
• Interesting nature of their
work
• Salary
• Working hours
• Workplace safety
• Relations with co-workers
Job and career changes
•Changing jobs and/or careers is a well-established pattern in the
United States
•Average worker changes companies nine times, careers five to
six times
56. Adult Society
EQ: According to Levinson, what is the general
pattern of adult development?
• Life structure
• Early adulthood
• Middle adulthood
• Late adulthood
Vocabulary
57.
58. Adult Male Development
Early Adulthood
• Ages 17 through 22
• Going to college or getting a
job
• Transition into the adult
world
• Expected to explore
opportunities as well as make
commitments
The Age 30 Transition
• Ages 28 through 32
• Crucial because lives often
change direction here
• Ends the novice
phase, when men prepare
to enter full adulthood
59. Settling Down
• Ages 33 through 39
• Major task is achieving success
• Try to establish themselves in
society, usually through
occupational advancement
• Commit to things that are
important to them
• Separation from mentors in
order to define own identity
The Midlife Transition
• Ages 40 through 44
• A bridge between early and
middle adulthood
• Major goal is to escape the
pressure of unattainable
dreams from youth
• Becoming a mentor can lessen
the stress associated with this
stage
• The degree of difficulty that an
individual experiences in a
period depends on his success
in mastering the previous
period.
60. Three Phases Specific to
Adult Female Development
1. Leaving the Family
2. Entering the Adult World
• Most become mothers in their 20s
• Dual roles of motherhood and
career cause added strain
• A break in employment for
childbearing can limit career
3. Re-entering the World of Work
• Occurs when children reach school
age
• Commitment to career at same
time husband is doubting his
career