SOC 1001 TESC Human Socialization Processes & the Psychosocial Development Discussion

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In this third week, we are discussing the human socialization process and how it influences our psychosocial development. After you have read the reading assignment and lecture for the week, please respond to all parts of the discussion by the due date assigned:

  • Compare and contrast George Herbert Mead’s and Charles Horton Cooley’s theories of human development. Why are these theories part of the symbolic interactionist paradigm?
  • List and describe the key agents of socialization. How did each agent shape and influence your life? Which of these agents has been the most important in your life?
  • Look in the South University Online library and the Internet for information on "Feral Children." Define feral children and explain why sociologists use feral children to support their arguments of the importance of socialization.

Due June 1, 2020

Using the textbook and the South University Online Library, write a 1000-word (minimum) paper. Refer to the APA resources found in the course home page, and thoroughly address each of the following questions:

Families have changed greatly over the past 60 years, and they continue to become more diverse.

  • Why is the family considered the most important agent of socialization?
  • What caused the dramatic changes to the American family? What are those changes?
  • Describe the differences in marriage and family life that are linked to class, race, gender, and personal choice.
  • Do you feel the trend toward diverse families is positive or negative?
  • If the trend changed toward traditional (pre-World War II) families, how would that affect women’s rights?

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CHANGES AND CAUSES OF CHANGE

Changes and Cause of Change within the Family Composition
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May 31, 2020

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CHANGES AND CAUSES OF CHANGE
Abstract
Within family socialization children learn how to communicate and behave according to
customs and cultural patterns; it is the transformation of a child to a functioning adult. Most
researchers utilize the term ‘family stability’ and fail to define the concept of ‘family’, but rather
instead focus on the legitimacy of married family living arrangements and as to whether or not
children were reared by both parents. Under that assumption, ‘family’ is defined as a stable
family system in which adults marry, live with their spouse and in which are born into and raised
in such families (Farley & Bianchi, 1977). Some would also argue that the decline of the family
structure is under siege as our society continues to undergo social change; stating that family
stability has been weakened due to the rise of divorces, growth of single parent households and
employment of mothers (Wolf, 1996).

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CHANGES AND CAUSES OF CHANGE
Introduction
The process of stratification is the method of allocating one to their current occupational
status based upon one's educational and socio-economic background. It is determined that one of
the root causes of the deterioration of the black community is due to the discord of the black
family unit. Fluctuations of disparities amongst black and white families were related to the
economic opportunities for black men, which in return caused high unemployment, households
headed by women and an increase of children being born out of wedlock. The acknowledgement
and recognition of patern...


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