Chapter 3 info

Like we'll do every week, be sure to complete the following tasks.

• Participate in Discussion Board
• Read chapter and complete quiz
• No Blog post for this chapter
• View videos below--wow, there's a lot.

 

 

My intro

 

 

The next video describes the process of socialization, emphasizing how critical it is for even becoming human 

 

 

The next video profiles Genie, a victim of extraordinary parental neglect.  It's a relatively long video (about 12 minutes), but does provide a horrible, "natural experiment" of what happens when humans do not undergo the process of socialization.

 

Whiile the animation is primitive, this is a relatively good primer on the sociological theory of Symbolic Interactionism (SI). Your textbook refers to this theoretical perspective as simply Interactionism. Though, basically the entirity of Chapter 3 comes out of this perspective.

 

 

 

Zimbardo discussing Milgram's Compliance Experiments.  Some difficult clips of Nazi concentration camp survivors and victims included.

 

 

Quick recap of Stanford Prison Experiment. While this was done as an experiment in Psychology, it has clear sociological content