Understanding the Self- Sociology PDF

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S O C I O L O G YACTIVITY IIAnswer the following questions briefly. Use the idea of proponents discussed above. How important are peer groups to socialization? In what ways do they influence individuals throughout the life course? Answer: In socialization, particularly in childhood and adolescence, ...

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SOCIOLOGY ACTIVITY II Answer the following questions briefly. Use the idea of proponents discussed above. 1. How important are peer groups to socialization? In what ways do they influence individuals throughout the life course? Answer: In socialization, particularly in childhood and adolescence, peer groups play an important role. It means a community in which members share some common features, such as age or gender, etc. The only form of socialization that is not under adults' influence is peer groups. It's made up of the child's contemporaries, his school associates, in a playground and in the street. It offers children the chance to be part of friendships that are fruitful and beneficial for all interested parties. The growing child learns from his peer group some very significant lessons. Since peer group members are at the same socialization level, they communicate with each other easily and naturally. They also encourage children, without being under adult supervision, to establish relationships with each other. During puberty, the influence of the peer group normally peaks, but peer groups usually only affect short-term interests, unlike the longterm influence of the family. In our culture, when it comes to clothes, musical gimmicks, stealing, and alcohol use, teenagers are highly influenced by their peers. However, they are affected more by their parents than by their peers when making their future life plans. 2. Have you ever observed someone experiencing a self-fulfilling prophecy? Explain. If you have not personally observed this, use an example from the media, books, movies, or TV. Answer: The two classic examples of self-fulfilling prophecy are high and low expectations. When a teacher has high expectations to us (students) and communicates those expectations to us through his behavior and words, we then typically does better in school than we would otherwise. Conversely, when a teacher has low expectations to us and communicates this to his students, we will perform more poorly in school than she otherwise would. So as a result, the expectations of the teacher for the students build a certain description of the situation that is valid both for the student and the teacher. The description of the situation then affects the actions of the student, rendering the expectations of the teacher real in the student's behavior. A self-fulfilling prophecy is optimistic in some cases, but in many, the impact is negative. Researches have documented that race, gender, and class biases frequently influence the level of expectations that teachers have for students. Teachers expect girls to perform worse than boys in certain subjects like science and math, and low-income students to perform worse than middle- and upper-income students. In this way, race, class, and gender biases, which are rooted in stereotypes, can act as self-fulfilling prophecies and actually create poor performance among the groups targeted with low expectations. This ultimately results in these groups performing poorly in school. 3. Have you ever experienced role strain or role conflict? Describe the different roles and how they were strained or conflicted. How did you resolve this? Answer: Being a student is an example of role strain. For some being student is not that hard but for me, it is hard, especially now. Being a student is not an easy task, adding the idea of

feeling alone equally is not easy. Doing a lot of tasks in different subjects makes a student to breakdown. Students may be able to complete assignments cognitively, but they have so much on their plate that they feel overwhelmed, get lost, and end up finishing nothing. One of the things I found is that for me to be able to be effective and have positive results, I have to make myself happy and also not let school take over every part of my life because that happens to me a lot. It's not easy to get over my stress, so I have to learn how to relax and white down as well as find peace of mind. And also what I want to remind myself is to take time. So have a fun sometime. Have some treat and go fill up your filters meter. Those short breaks are just good. Role conflict occurs when, due to their social roles, people face two demands which are mutually exclusive. I don’t experienced role conflict but I want to share the story of my friend, she is a student and at the same waitress at a fast food chain. Being a working study is not an easy task, going to school early in the morning and leaving the work late at night. It is very exhausting to watch her but yeah she nailed it. Being a working student is very hard she need to give her 100 percent of attention when she’s in school and give 100 percent her strength when she’s at work. Being a working student is much different especially on the schedule. Her duties as a working student are hard while she’s still in school. She have different time for working and give a time for studying. She is responsible enough to handle her life being a student. She know how important the commitment and the time being a working student. ASSESSMENT II Identify the correct answer in each statement: Lewis Morgan 1. He presented the theory of social evolution. I 2. It is what is out there, acting, being spontaneous, doing things in the world. What is it? Self-Efficacy 3. It is the people’s belief about their capabilities to produce designated levels of performance that exercise influence over events that affect their lives. What do you call this? Collective Representations 4. It is the symbols and images that come to represent the ideas, beliefs, and values elaborated by a collectivity and are not reducible to individual constituents. What it is particularly? Generalized Others 5. When you have internalized the widespread cultural norms, mores, and expectations of behaviors, what is it?...