socialize
Management
(verb)
To instruct, usually subconsciously, in the etiquette of a society.
Political Science
Examples of socialize in the following topics:
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Social Entrepreneurship
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The Role of Socialization
- Socialization prepares people for social life by teaching them a group's shared norms, values, beliefs, and behaviors.
- The role of socialization is to acquaint individuals with the norms of a given social group or society.
- Socialization is also important for adults who join new social groups.
- The term "socialization" refers to a general process, but socialization always takes place in specific contexts.
- Sociologists try to understand socialization, but they do not rank different schemes of socialization as good or bad; they study practices of socialization to determine why people behave the way that they do.
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Understanding Social Interaction
- In sociology, social interaction is a dynamic, changing sequence of social actions between individuals or groups.
- A social interaction is a social exchange between two or more individuals.
- Social interaction can be studied between groups of two (dyads), three (triads) or larger social groups.
- Social structures and cultures are founded upon social interactions.
- Through this broad schema of social development, one sees how social interaction lies at its core.
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Social Movements
- Social movements are broad alliances of people who are connected through their shared interest in social change.
- Social movements can advocate for a particular social change, but they can also organize to oppose a social change that is being advocated by another entity.
- Sociologists draw distinctions between social movements and social movement organizations (SMOs).
- A social movement organization is a formally organized component of a social movement.
- Discover the difference between social movements and social movement organizations, as well as the four areas social movements operate within
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Stages of Socialization Throughout the Life Span
- The socialization process can be separated into two main stages: primary socialization and secondary socialization.
- Socialization is a life process, but is generally divided into two parts: primary and secondary socialization.
- Primary socialization takes place early in life, as a child and adolescent.
- Secondary socialization refers to the socialization that takes place throughout one's life, both as a child and as one encounters new groups that require additional socialization.
- Socialization is, of course, a social process.
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Child Socialization
- Primary and secondary socialization are two forms of socialization that are particularly important for children.
- Socialization is thus "the means by which social and cultural continuity are attained. " There are many different forms of socialization, but two types are particularly important for children.
- Primary socialization for a child is very important because it sets the groundwork for all future socialization.
- Secondary socialization takes place outside the home.
- Justify the importance of socialization for children, in terms of both primary and secondary socialization
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Introduction to Social Psychology and Social Perception
- Social psychology is the scientific study of how individuals perceive, influence, and relate to others through social interactions.
- Social psychology includes the subfields of cognitive social psychology and social neuroscience.
- Social psychology focuses on the importance of individual or social influences on a person's perception of the world around them.
- This includes areas like social perception, social interaction, and social influence (including trust, power, and persuasion).
- It involves questions about the nature of social behavior: for example, does social behavior ultimately stem from the individual, or is it largely a product of socialization, interaction, and greater social structures?
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Social Constructionism
- Social constructionism is a school of thought introduced into sociology by Peter L.
- Berger and Thomas Luckmann with their 1966 book The Social Construction of Reality.
- Social constructionism focuses on the description of institutions and actions and not on analyzing cause and effect.
- Berger and Luckmann argue that social construction describes both subjective and objective reality - that is that no reality exists outside what is produced and reproduced in social interactions.
- A clear example of social constructionist thought is, following Sigmund Freud and Émile Durkheim, religion.
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Social Isolation
- Evolutionarily, human beings are social creatures.
- However, individuals in every society must cope with social isolation.
- Social isolation is distinct from loneliness.
- Social isolation, by contrast, can be objectively measured in terms of a person's social contact and relationships.
- Studies have demonstrated that seniors who are socially isolated seniors are less likely to take advantage of health and social services.
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Isolation and Development
- Social isolation occurs when members of a social species (like humans) have complete or near-complete lack of contact with society.
- Social isolation is usually imposed involuntary, not chosen.
- Social isolation can be problematic at any age, although it has different effects for different age groups (that is, social isolation for children may have different effects than social isolation for adults, although both age groups may experience it).
- Social isolation can be dangerous because the vitality of individuals' social relationships affect their health.
- Interpret why social isolation can be problematic for a person in society and the importance of social connections