If I asked you the question, "Who Are You", what would you tell me? And how did you decide that about yourself?
Dr. Solomon Asch once conducted an experiment on the power of peer pressure. Is there an event in your life that you can remember giving into peer pressure and doing something you didn't want to do? Why do you think you were influenced the way you were?
How is socialization impacted by culture?
How do we know that interaction is important for a child's mental development?
What is the key to human development? How/why?
How does play teach gender?
Who are the major theorists who developed theories of socialization, and what did each of those theories say?
What differences did Kohn find between working and middle class parents when socializing their children? Why did they have different expectations?
Are we prisoners of our socialization?
TEXTBOOK-
· Sociology: A Down to Earth Approach, Henslin, 13th Edition, Pearson, 2017. OR YOU MAY ALSO FIND AN OLDER VERSION OF THIS TEXTBOOK TO USE - 12TH EDITION!