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4.1 Summarize the nature versus nurture debate and the sociological perspective on it.

Video Link: The Nature-Nurture Debate

Audio Link: Wake Up Now

Web Resource: Nature vs. Nurture Debate

4.2 Predict the impact of isolation and neglect on children.

Video Link: InBrief-The Science of Neglect

Audio Link: Regrets, I’ve had a Few

Web Resource: Long-term Consequences of Child Abuse and Neglect

4.3 Defend the position that groups at each level in our social world have a stake in how we are socialized.

Video Link: Agents of Socialization

Audio Link: Is this Working?

Web Resource: The Core of Us

4.4 Describe how we develop a “self” through interacting with others.

Video Link: Culture and Socialization

Audio Link: Amateur Hour

Web Resource: Importance of Social Interactions

4.5 Explain how micro and meso level agents of socialization influence individuals.

Video Link: Macrosociology v. Microsociology     

Audio Link: Is that what I look like?

Web Resource: Identity Theory and Social Identity Theory

4.6 Discuss how macro level agents of socialization can impact children today.

Video Link: Primary Agents of Socialization

Audio Link: Magic Words

Web Resource: The Effect of Poverty on Child Development and Educational Outcomes

4.7 Identify policy questions that rely on an understanding of socialization.

Video Link: How we learn socialization    

Audio Link: The Secret Recordings of Carmen Segarra

Web Resource: Why Socialize?