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Question A: Self-identity
Our lives
are always in progress. Our reality is that for most of us our self-identity is
constantly under attack. At any age we can get in to trouble because we lack
critical thinking. Lack of a critical thinking can hurt by looking down
on our own self-identity or put ourselves in dangerous situations. One of
barriers to the development of critical thinking and self, as a part of our
enculturation can be our social self or self-concept. Your text discusses
self-concept as follows: “Our self-concept is the way we view
ourselves. It may be unhealthy if we see ourselves rather negatively as, for
example, someone who is not very intelligent or very pretty; or it may be
positive and healthy, as when we believe ourselves to be an attractive and
worthwhile person. What goes into our idea of ourselves may include not only
intelligence and attractiveness but a variety of other things: the sports team
we favor, our grades in school, our home, friends, religion, state, country,
car, political position, values, possessions, and so on.” (Schaefer, 1)
The development of self, physical, psychological, and social is the state of
our being. As our physical being changes throughout our lives our psychological
and social selves are under many influences. These influences make change
inevitable. We can shape our own psychology of our social state more than we
can control our physical state. If we try to be aware of these three dimensions
of our lives we can develop an “open” mind to be curious and refuse
to take anything at face value. Our parents definitely, present or absent, have
a great deal of influence on our psyche, therefore, on our development of a
social self. Often, our parents influence gives us the window to the outside
world in our childhood. These influences are manifested inwardly and outwardly.
Some of us at a certain age question these influences. But most of us go on and
accept these influences as our own. Those of us that question the world of our
parents have to proceed to develop our own social selves personally or under
other influences. This process might be very rewarding or difficult. On the
other hand, following our parents foot steps might be comforting without new
challenges.
Therefore, most of our reaction to right or wrong in our lifetime, one way or
other, is a product of social self-development. The major institutions of our
society set the standards, norms, values and laws, to indoctrinate us as what
is right and what is wrong. As we have discussed this issue before, the major
institutions involved with setting the moral standards for the social self are
our family, our religion, and our political system. The school system, after
family, is an important vehicle to transfer these norms, values and laws to us.
Question:
What are the most important social norms in American society that might stop us
from becoming critical thinkers? (100 word minimum)
Schaefer,
R. T. (2011). Sociology: A brief introduction (9th ed.). Boston: McGraw-Hill.
Question B: Has your perception of the self-changed during your life course? If so,
how might you explain the change in self-concept? If not, how might you explain
this stasis? (100 word minimum)
Question C: Chapter 10 : Consider the matter of rock-bottom prices at Walmart. What
would a functionalist think of Walmart’s model of squeezing vendors to get the
absolute lowest prices so it can pass them along to core nation consumers?
(100 word minimum)
Question D: Chapter 10: Poverty: Why do
you think some scholars find Cold War terminology (“first world” and
so on) objectionable? 3. Give an example of the feminization of poverty in core
nations. How is it the same or different in peripheral nations? (100
word minimum)
Question E: Sociology
on the Job: Why do sociologists find it important to
differentiate between sex and gender? What importance does the differentiation
have in modern society?
Question F: Identifying and Correctly Labeling Sexual
Prejudice, Discrimination, and Oppression
Article Summary needed which is included.
Reference:
Dermer, S. B., Smith, S. D., & Barton, K. K. (2010).
Identifying and correctly labeling sexual prejudice, discrimination, and
oppression.Journal of
Counseling and Development : JCD,88(3),
325-331. Retrieved from
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