Chapter+Three

=Chapter 3: Socialization=
 * **Announcement: You will have a quiz on Chapter 2 (all of the content as this is made by the publisher) on Thursday, February 19 (Block B), and on Friday, February 20 (Block F)** ||

I am often reminded that we are products of our upbringing. Sure, we are individuals, but so much of what we think, do, or even value has been shaped by our socialization. According to your text, "socialization [is] the process by which people learn the characteristics of their group - the knowledge, the skills, attitudes, values, and actions thought [to be] appropriate for them[selves]". (Henslen p. 68) This chapter focuses on our growth from infancy to our latter years of life to reveal what are our agents of socialization and exactly how those agents act upon us.

First, read //"Cultural Diversity around the World: Do You See What I See?"// Before this, though, answer this question: Which of the following three things go together? A.) A monkey. B.) A panda. C.) A banana. Your answer might tell a sociologist that either you see things in categories, or you see things in relationships. That is, typically people that see things in categories would have put the monkey with the panda: they're both animals. Those who put the monkey with the banana see relationships. Those who put the panda with the banana don't know much, and probably are missing the boat on more than just this survey question. As an opener for this chapter I want each one of you to make up __three__ questions for a survey, **You Know You Are Korean When.... **Of course normally these are statements. For example, "You know you are Canadian when you start wearing short pants and there is still snow on the ground". But for your survey question, this would be re-written to be, "Do you wear short pants when there is still snow on the ground in spring?" Please upload your questions on the above page titled You Know You Are Korean When...** || Homework for February 17 (Block B) February 18 (Block F)
 * < **Opening Activity: Do you perceive the world as an East Asian or as a Westerner?**

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 * __Case Study on //Resocialization//: Boot Camp Korea__**
 * First, read pp. 85-86 (especially "Boot Camp as a Total Institution". Remember that boot camps are places where one is to learn new norms, values, attitudes, and behaviors. (Henslin, p. 85). Also read the article in the New York Times about Korean boot camp for internet gaming addicts (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/18/technology/18rehab.html). Finally, please watch the brief video on the BBC News about another sort of boot camp in Korea. When you are finished reading your text, the article and watching the movie complete the chart which requires you to interpret the phenomenon of internet gaming and Korea's response to it. This homework assignment is due your next class [[file:Internet Gaming CampChapter3Socialization.doc]]

=Agents of Socialization=

In addition to the family and class other agents of change include our neighborhood ("You're so ghetto."), religion, day care, school, peers, sports that we play mass media and finally our place of work. Each one of these agents of socialization impacts on our self-concept which, as you already have learned, is always evolving. To begin, read pp. 78-85 on the topic of "Agents of Socialization". Then begin the assignment for this section. Your assignment: Your grading rubric (this is the one I am using, so if it appears different than the information given on the assignment, this is the default) **
 * We are all products of our up-bringing. Our first agent of socialization, that is people or groups that affect our self-concept, attitudes, behaviors and other orientations towards life (Henslin, p. 78), is our family. It is here that our gender identity is reinforced via such things as the //stroller effect// (see p. 78). As well it is here where our socialization is very much shaped by our social class (see p.80): middle class and working class (a difficult term to define) raise their children differently. (For more information on this see Melvin Kohn).

Lecture notes, please use this as a guide to the lecture. Type what you want to remember. **
 * **Announcement:Quiz on Chapter 3. Block B - Thursday, Feb. 26. Block F - Friday, Feb. 27. N.B. For all JUNIORS/SENIORS going on the field trip on Friday: You must do your quiz on Thursday, February 27.** ||