Assignment: Ideal Society- Impacts of Culture & Socialization
Instructions
You are going to expand your ideas for an ideal society to include culture and socialization. Your write up will cover three sections: key components, theory, and the people. Project Sections (Be sure to address the following questions in each section.)
Section I: Key Components:
i. What is culture? How do values, norms, and beliefs apply?
ii. What is socialization?
Section II: Theory:
i. How does Cooley's three-part theory of the looking-glass self connect to the development of culture or socialization?
ii. How does Mead's theory of the formation of self connect to the development of culture or socialization?
iii. There are three basic theories within sociology: functionalism, conflict, and symbolic interactionism. How can these connect to the development of culture or socialization?
Section III: People:
i. How do people learn about their culture?
ii. How do ethnocentrism and cultural relativism impact how people view cultures? How might these impact the development of an ideal society?
iii. How do people develop their sense of self? How do genetic components and social interactions impact development of people?
iv. How does culture affect human interaction? How do people change culture?
v. What types of subcultures and countercultures appear within an ideal society? How can these relate to the dominant culture?
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
o The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
o The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
o Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.