Development is a cultural process. Culture shapes who children develop into and how they do so, but they never get to choose their own cultural identity. This begins in the womb; the choice is already made for children. They are born into a cultural identity and as a child grows their cultural identity is developed by the world around them. It is tied to power hierarchies (a system in which people are ranked one above another according to status) and larger systems (a community of meanings that exists outside of the individual).
In Harro’s, “The cycle of Socialization” (2000), the process of how we are socialized into a specific identity is described. The first few parts of the process are being born into the world with our identity chosen, socialization on a personal level, and reinforcement by larger systems. Reinforcement by larger systems plays a …show more content…
It can have a positive and negative impact on a child depending on how they want to perceive it. Gregory Mantsios (2006), speaks about classes in America and its influences on people. Classes have so much power in how they can impact not only grown people but also children. He also states how from birth to death classes influence our chances of survival. This type of power we cannot choose, it is another area that children are just placed in. They are born into a class and are judged by that class. Children can gain positive impacts from being in a certain class and viewing different classes by the way they choose to let it impact them. If they’re from a lower class who does not have much power but sees how the higher class has more power and opportunities, this can influence children to make positive decisions to reach that higher class. Power in classes can also influence children negatively if they feel like they cannot escape their social class and just give in into stereotypes and follow the norm. How they view power influences how they will develop when they are
In Harro’s, “The cycle of Socialization” (2000), the process of how we are socialized into a specific identity is described. The first few parts of the process are being born into the world with our identity chosen, socialization on a personal level, and reinforcement by larger systems. Reinforcement by larger systems plays a …show more content…
It can have a positive and negative impact on a child depending on how they want to perceive it. Gregory Mantsios (2006), speaks about classes in America and its influences on people. Classes have so much power in how they can impact not only grown people but also children. He also states how from birth to death classes influence our chances of survival. This type of power we cannot choose, it is another area that children are just placed in. They are born into a class and are judged by that class. Children can gain positive impacts from being in a certain class and viewing different classes by the way they choose to let it impact them. If they’re from a lower class who does not have much power but sees how the higher class has more power and opportunities, this can influence children to make positive decisions to reach that higher class. Power in classes can also influence children negatively if they feel like they cannot escape their social class and just give in into stereotypes and follow the norm. How they view power influences how they will develop when they are