Activity Recitation
Activity Recitation
1. to teach members the skills necessary to satisfy basic human needs and survival
2. teaches individuals the norms, values, and beliefs associated with their culture in order to fit in
social isolation
cultural isolation
theories of self
psycho analytic theory + psycho-sexual stages of development, looking glass self, dramaturgy, I and me
id, ego, and superego (id is the devil, superego is the angel, ego compromises between the two)
this is who we think people think that we are (provides us with our identity)
dramaturgy
most impact, group is composed of people roughly the same age, winning peer acceptance is a powerful
force in the lives of young people
teaches values of cultures from a young age, learn value from teachers, teaches us we are rewarded for
good performance, teachers could be a bad influence as well
a setting in which people are isolated from the rest of society for a set period of time and are subject to
tight control (prison, military)