Influence Of Socialisation In Sociology

As explained before, humans tend to be more “moral” to people of their own community, but this takes a somewhat ill-fated turn if we analyze it in depth. Our communities have always been based on accepting people that look or act like us, but nowadays, many have adopted the moral system that is based on the acceptance of differences and tolerance to everyone. Villamizar mentioned a video, in which the experiments showed kids a picture of a white and a black kid, and asked them to chose the prettier one. The (white) kids consistently chose the white option (Villamizar). In a similar way, Yale’s baby lab’s experts discovered that kids have certain behaviors that do not seem to correspond with our moral system today: “Kids are intensely tribal: 3-month-olds like people of their own race more than others, experiments have shown, and 1-year-olds prefer native speakers to those of another tongue.” They state that through this experiments, “we’re seeing the underbelly of judgments we make as adults but try not to” (Tucker).

Randomly testing students for drugs in school would allow them to get help from teachers, counselors, and other adults. Many students stated that they would not be embarrassed if they were to be called down to take a random drug test. Randomly testing will help stop drug abuse in student athletes who wish to continue to participate in sports. “An experimental pilot study of student athletes involved in RSDT programs showed an associated reduction in drug use” (DuPont 841). Random drug testing will also make student athletes stop using drugs “if they’re really serious about playing” (Marciana np).

In the first and second trial, six students and a teacher participated in the experiment. The six students knew exactly about the purpose of the test and were asked to answer two right answers correctly and answer the remaining seven answers incorrectly. However, a teacher which was the subject of the experiment did not know that it was a psychology test about social conformity. The test was introduced as a Visual Perception Test in which the seven participants should state aloud which line (A, B or C) was most likely as the original/target line. The nine questions were projected in the screen in a form of slides presentation in which is prepared beforehand.

Khazan dives deep into one side of the psychology of children and the effects that discipline may have on children. In her text, No Spanking, No Time Out, No Problem, Khazan states that, “The way to get rid of a child’s negative behavior is not punishment.” (Khazan). This quote insinuates that the author works to tell people, specifically parents, that punishing children is not the way to get them to comply and behave. From here, Khazan uses evidence from a personal interview with child psychologist, Alan Kazdin. Kazdin has and provides a considerable amount of evidence from his own experiences and his own studies, making him a pretty reliable first-hand source.

In this scholarly research article, Branda conducted a study with children from different age groups, each individual was given a survey that asked whether or not a certain sport is intended more for girls or boys She stats the results of the study point out that most students follow Metheny’s model. The Metheny’s model discuss acceptable and unacceptable sports for each gender. Typical sports for girls and woman are ones that don’t involve bodily harm or the use of force against an object for example boxing, football, and pole vault. Metheny also goes on to say that social status plays a role as well such that collage woman BrendaA.Riemeris with the Department of Physical Education and Exercise Scienceat the California State University-Chico.

Children of both genders, can gain respect and help to end stereotypes when participating in a co-ed sport. There should be more opportunities for both boys and girls to join the same sports team. Both genders share the same competitiveness, but may show it in different ways. Joyce Benenson at Emmanuel College in Boston, Massachusetts and her colleagues separated 87 four-year-olds into same-sex groups of three. She then gave the group of toddlers either one, two, or three puppets to play with.

It is the family‘s responsibility to teach children cultural values and attitudes about themselves and others. Children learn continuously from the environment that adults create (Macionis & Gerber, 2011). Religion, language, legal systems, peer groups and media also have a great effect on the socialization process. Most of these aspects are also taught at schools. Schools are the places where children interact with other members of society which makes education and schooling the second most important agent of gender

Compare and contrast the family values and traditions of three different cultures. How do the values, communication and spirituality resemble or differ from yours? What impact might these values have on the definition of child abuse/neglect? (1-2 pages) The three different cultures I will be comparing and contrasting will be Native American, African American and Hispanic. These three cultures share some similarities in their traditional value such as child rearing, where the training of children are not only done by the parents, but the extended family and community members also contribute in the growth of the child, by encouraging, correcting and educating them in the proper way to behave in the society.

Symbolic Interaction defines the role that we present in our society and self. The society and our-self play a role in symbolic interaction theory because it defines who we are, how we interact with others, and how we are expected to act in front of others. In the two relationships symbolic interaction plays a role in their lives because they both need to be able to manage how they act and sometimes they tend have similar personalities. In marriages, the couples tend to have similar personalities because when they see their partner acting a certain way they try to imitate or it just a behavior that they learn from each other. Symbolic Interaction theory plays a role in Andrea’s life because he husband and her try to show an example to their children by being calm, try to solve their problems together, and show respect towards others.

The first of these four social bonds is attachment; the degree to which we care about the feelings of others and the psychological affection we have towards them. The most important of these Hirschi found, were parents and educational institutions, for an individual to form a strong attachment with each of these would increase their level of social control. We can see this is evident with the likes of psychopaths or those with anti-social personality disorders, these people are

Several studies have found that teachers will often place their focus on teaching to those kids who are most likely to pass the tests disadvantaging those students who need it just as much, if not more than the other students. Children who are the primary focus are called “’bubble kids’ because they are on the bubble of passing the test or moving up to the next performance level” (Madaux, Russel 27). One teacher in Texas explains her bubble kids as, “The ones who miss by one or two points-they just need a little extra help to pass so we concentrate our attention on that group. The bubbles are the ones who can make it” (Madaus, Russel 27). This demonstrates teachers have given up on underperforming kids which was definitely not the point of No Child Left Behind.

The novel detailed the importance of seeing people that look similar to oneself being portrayed in a positive light. Children grow up believing the stereotypes which movies pass on as truth. A study was conducted in a preschool that tested the correlation misrepresentation had with racial stereotyping. Children were shown images of African American males and Caucasian males. They were then asked to decide between the African American man and the Caucasian man who they believed was a criminal.

They were just doing what one was doing, or at least following what the teacher told them to do in this experiment. Elliot then experimented on a group of prisoners. She separated them the same way as she did with the third graders, but the only difference was that this time brown eyes were superior. The result was the same as seen in the third graders. Lessing also states, “ But we also find our thinking changing because we belong to a group”(Lessing 652) which basically proves Elliot’s experiment with the prisoners and third grade students who find themselves involved with the group and are afraid to share their opinions.