Socialization and Social Structure questions.

  

Respond to the following in 50 to 75 words each.

1. Describe the following perspectives of development of the self:

a. Cooley’s Looking Glass Self:

b. Mead’s Role Taking:

c. Piaget’s Development of Reasoning:

2. What role does socialization take in personality, morality, emotions, and gender? How do different agents of socialization contribute? (hint: think of Eckman, Freud, and Kohlberg).

3. Describe how socialization occurs in each of the following developmental periods:

a. Childhood (birth to age 12):

b. Adolescence (ages 13-17):

c. Transitional Adulthood (ages 18-29):

d. The Middle Years (ages 30-65) (hint: this can be further divided into 2 stages):

e. The Older Years (ages 65 and above) (hint: this can be further divided into 2 stages): 

4. Different societies have different social structures. What is social structure? What components contribute to the macro-sociological perspective of social structure?