Soicalisation
CHAPTER 4
What Are the Keys to Understanding Cultural and Ethnic Identities?
CHAPTER 4 OBJECTIVES AND OUTLINE
Chapter 4 Objectives:
As a result of reading Chapter 4 and participating in related class discussions and activities, you should be able to:
(1) Pay more attention to your own and others’ family and gender socialization issues;
(2) Recognize systems-level societal factors that influence newcomers’ acculturation process;
(3) Be more mindful about cultural and ethnic identity factors when communicating with culturally and ethnically different others;
(4) Be sensitive to identity issues and learn to listen more deeply to unfamiliar others;
(5) Understand that cultural and ethnic values form parts of the contents of sociocultural membership identity;
(6) Compare the ethnic-cultural identity typological model and the racial-ethnic identity development model; and
(7) Have a new appreciation for the complexity of the identity experience in biracial and multiracial individuals.
Chapter 4 Outline:
I. Family and Gender Socialization Introduction: Identity: reflective self-conception or self-image. Derives from family, cultural, and other socialization processes (NOTE: This is a brief description; see textbook for complete definitions of all terms.) 1. Social identity: includes cultural, ethnic, gender, social class, age, etc. 2. Personal identity: unique attributes associated with oneself A. Families Come in Different Shapes 1. Types of families a. Traditional family: father-mother pair with child or children b. Extended family: extended kinship groups (aunts, cousins, etc.) c. Blended family: previous marriages merging into a new family d. Single family: household headed by a single parent 2. Two family types in decision-making process a. Personal family system: democratic system, individualistic and small power distance value patterns b. Positional family system:
What Are the Keys to Understanding Cultural and Ethnic Identities?
CHAPTER 4 OBJECTIVES AND OUTLINE
Chapter 4 Objectives:
As a result of reading Chapter 4 and participating in related class discussions and activities, you should be able to:
(1) Pay more attention to your own and others’ family and gender socialization issues;
(2) Recognize systems-level societal factors that influence newcomers’ acculturation process;
(3) Be more mindful about cultural and ethnic identity factors when communicating with culturally and ethnically different others;
(4) Be sensitive to identity issues and learn to listen more deeply to unfamiliar others;
(5) Understand that cultural and ethnic values form parts of the contents of sociocultural membership identity;
(6) Compare the ethnic-cultural identity typological model and the racial-ethnic identity development model; and
(7) Have a new appreciation for the complexity of the identity experience in biracial and multiracial individuals.
Chapter 4 Outline:
I. Family and Gender Socialization Introduction: Identity: reflective self-conception or self-image. Derives from family, cultural, and other socialization processes (NOTE: This is a brief description; see textbook for complete definitions of all terms.) 1. Social identity: includes cultural, ethnic, gender, social class, age, etc. 2. Personal identity: unique attributes associated with oneself A. Families Come in Different Shapes 1. Types of families a. Traditional family: father-mother pair with child or children b. Extended family: extended kinship groups (aunts, cousins, etc.) c. Blended family: previous marriages merging into a new family d. Single family: household headed by a single parent 2. Two family types in decision-making process a. Personal family system: democratic system, individualistic and small power distance value patterns b. Positional family system: