Our Social World: Condensed
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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?