Socialization & Sociology & the Social
Lottery
Minds On
Social Groups
A social group refers to
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• They meet a variety of needs (example families
provide for many needs, schools provide for
others, & work others again).
• They provide us with knowledge, security, and help us to
establish our own identity.
Primary & Secondary Social Groups Who are the
Primary Groups people in your
• are small close groups such as ____________ and close friends.
primary groups?
• we are more often judged by ______________.
• they are more interested in us as a whole.
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• we usually use face to face communication.
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Secondary Groups What is an
• are ___________________ and formal than primary groups. example of a
• relationships may be more temporary. secondary group
• more often judged by _____________________.
you are in?
• are interested in a narrower aspect of the person
• often use more formal communication
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Do groups shape our behaviour?
• social groups have a powerful impact on our
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• groups influence behaviour by assigning members social _________ –
behaviours that individuals within a group are expected to perform
• example a parent’s role includes providing food for their child
• sometimes roles can conflict – example student/ employee /
daughter
• norms are the _______________________________________
how members should behave if they want to continue to
be part of the group
• sanctions are used to
____________________________________ behaviour in a
group – good sanctions are rewards (example pay
cheque) while negative sanctions are punishments
given by the group (example rejection, shunning,
reprimands etc.)
Socialization
Through social contact with parents, family,
community, school, the media and so on,
individuals learn to think and act in certain ways .
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Nature vs. Nurture Debate and Socialization
Nature
This theory states that an individual’s development and behaviour are products
of _________ _________________________ and not really impacted by social
interaction or social environment.
Nurture
This theory states that an individual’s development and behaviour are products
of socialization and social environment.
Range of Potential
According to _____________________, all humans are born with a ‘range of
potential’ that is _________________________ (nature) –but how far they
achieve along that range depends on the type of _______________ (nurture)
they grow up in.
Example…
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Bottom _____________|_x1__________________x2__|_____________________ Top
spectrum
______________________ may view sports as recreational only, may limit
activities , may not stress practice, may not have as healthy a diet and as
healthy a lifestyle
______________________ may view the human body as a machine that can be
trained and perfected toward a sport, may have a very supportive home
environment with healthy diet and active lifestyle, may stress hard work and
practice and attitude
According to this theory, the genetic range of potential sets the lower and
upper limits that a person might achieve on any one variable. In this example
the variable is athletic ability but the same theory could be used to look at
academic achievement or skill at dance, or piano and so on.
1. What do you think about this theory? Agree, disagree or partial – with
explanation.
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2. If you could pick any parents in the world, and essentially design them
ahead of time. What traits would they have? List as many traits as you
can that you would value in a set of parents… (see box on top of first
page)
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3. Life is a social lottery – some people by virtue of birth to a set of parents
have a head start in the race of life. Explain this, what type of advantages
could a person have with the right parents.
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4. What type of disadvantages could a person have with less ideal parents?
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5. While this may be true, what we do with that lottery ticket is up to us –
and if we don’t win the lottery we can still make our own luck. Explain
how this might be able to happen.
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Who is Cupcake Brown and what is her story? What made the difference?
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