CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

CONCEPT OF SOCIALISATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which term describes the integrated ideal of the norms, values, and beliefs of one’s community or society?
A
Socialization
B
Significant Others
C
Generalized Other
D
Looking-Glass Self
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Generalized other is Mead’s (1962: 154–8) term for the collection of roles and attitudes that people use as a reference point for figuring out how to behave in a given situation. This term is often used in discussions of the play and game stages of development. The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology.

Detailed explanation-2: -Socialization is the process through which people are taught to be proficient members of a society. It describes the ways that people come to understand societal norms and expectations, to accept society’s beliefs, and to be aware of societal values.

Detailed explanation-3: -It is the general notion that a person has of the common expectations that others may have about actions and thoughts within a particular society, and thus serves to clarify their relation to the other as a representative member of a shared social system.

Detailed explanation-4: -Contextualized in Mead’s theory of intersubjectivity, the Generalized Other is a special case of role-taking in which the individual responds to social gestures, and takes up and adjusts common attitudes. By role-taking people adjust and adapt in exchanges based on social gesture-response action sequences.

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