SOC101 Introduction to Sociology Assignment No 01 8th December 2014 Due date

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SOC101 Introduction to Sociology Assignment No 01 Solution & Discussion Fall 2014 Due Date: Dec 08, 2014

Due Date: 08-12-2014 Assignment marks: 20
Socialization and life course
Learning Objectives
After the completion of this assignment students will be able to:
• Understand the role of socialization in personality development of the individuals.
Background
The infant enters this world as a selfish little organism pre-occupied with its physical needs. It
soon becomes a human being, with a set of attitudes and values, likes and dislikes, goals and
purposes, patterns of response, and a deep abiding concept of the sort of person it is. Every
person gets through a process we call socialization----the learning process which turns a person
from an animal into a person with a human personality. But the personality is not the same in all
cultures and societies, it varies. Even in conformists’ societies, some individuality is found
within the personalities that provides a point of distinction and comparison for others.
Assignment Activity
As a student of Sociology you are expected to understand social beings in a better way. The
diverse impacts of social world on an individual’s personality are multidimensional. In this
regard, you are given a chance to evaluate the personality of your favorite leader around the
world. You are required to evaluate the life course of the personality in detail in order to identify
the distinctive points of socialization.
(1) Include following elements to give an overview of the selected personality: (10)
• Childhood
• Adolescence
• Adulthood
• Old age (If applicable)
(2) Identify the distinctive features from the whole socialization process which helped
the selected personality to be well known or reputed person. (05)
(3) Relate the Self-concept of particular personality with any one theory of personality
development. (05)Note: Only in the case of Assignment, 24 hours extra / grace period after the due date is
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• Every student will work individually and has to write in the form of an analytical
assignment.
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Q 3

Our prior socialization helps explain a gigantic chunk of who we are at present -- what we think and feel, where we plan to go in life. But we are not limited by the things given to us by our prior social learning experiences; we can take all our remaining days and steer our future social learning in directions that we value. The more that we know about the socialization process, the more effective we can be in directing our future learning in the ways that will help us most.

Because we were not able to select our parents, we were not able to control much of the first 10 or 20 years of our socialization. However, most people learn to influence their own socialization as they gain experience in life. It takes special skills to steer and direct our own socialization, and many of us pick up some of those skills naturally as we go through life. Having a course on socialization can help us understand which skills are most effective in guiding our socialization toward the goals we most value.

It is important to know that we all come into life with a variety of psychology systems that foster self-actualization and favor the development of our human potential. These are the biosocial mechanisms that underlie natural socialization. We can see and study natural socialization by examining the socialization of primates and other mammals. Once we under the natural biosocial processes, we can try to build strategies of self-actualization that are compatible with the natural biosocial mechanisms we are born with to make self-development as easy and rewarding as possible.

Soc shows how the natural self-actualization systems operate in everyday life so we can create as many good social experiences as possible. The study of behavior principles in everyday life is crucial to this, and that is why John and Janice Baldwin wrote a book with that name. If we understand the ways to create positive socialization experiences, we can take our human potential and develop the happy and creative sides of that potential. If we had too much negative socialization in the past and have learned to be too sad or inhibited, knowledge about positive socialization can help minimize some of the pain and allow us to build toward a more positive and creative future.

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Socialization is the process by which children and adults learn from others. We begin learning from others during the early days of life; and most people continue their social learning all through life (unless some mental or physical disability slows or stops the learning process). Sometimes the learning is fun, as when we learn a new sport, art or musical technique from a friend we like. At other times, social learning is painful, as when we learn not to drive too fast by receiving a large fine for speeding.

Natural socialization occurs when infants and youngsters explore, play and discover the social world around them. Planned socialization occurs when other people take actions designed to teach or train others -- from infancy on. Natural socialization is easily seen when looking at the young of almost any mammalian species (and some birds). Planned socialization is mostly a human phenomenon; and all through history, people have been making plans for teaching or training others. Both natural and planned socialization can have good and bad features: It is wise to learn the best features of both natural and planned socialization and weave them into our lives.

Positive socialization is the type of social learning that is based on pleasurable and exciting experiences. We tend to like the people who fill our social learning processes with positive motivation, loving care, and rewarding opportunities. Negative socialization occurs when others use punishment, harsh criticisms or anger to try to "teach us a lesson;" and often we come to dislike both negative socialization and the people who impose it on us.

There are all types of mixes of positive and negative socialization; and the more positive social learning experiences we have, the happier we tend to be -- especially if we learn useful information that helps us cope well with the challenges of life. A high ratio of negative to positive socialization can make a person unhappy, defeated or pessimistic about life. One of the goals of Soc 142 is to show people how to increase the ratio of positive to negative in the socialization they receive from others -- and that they give to others. [Some people will defend negative socialization, since painful training can prepare people to be ready to fight and die in battle, put themselves at great risk in order to save others, endure torture and hardship. This is true; but many people receive far more negative socialization than they need, and hopefully fewer and fewer people will need to be trained for battle, torture and hardship.]