Chapter 3: "Socialization: From infancy to old age" stresses the ways in which society shapes how we think, feel, and act. Society manipulates our lives according to race, class, and gender. During our lifecourse, if we are fortunate, we pass through infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old age. All of these stages have both biological and enviromental ramification. During this chapter we will explore how we acquire a self and reasoning skills, evaluate Freud's psychoanalytical theory of the development of personality, and determine how socialization affects emotions.
Chapter 4: "Social interactions in everyday life" discusses how we as human create reality in our face-to-face encounters with others. Status is a social position that a person hold and a status set is the various positions held by an individual, which is subject to change over time. Ascribed status's are present at birth and involuntary, while achieved status's are those that a person voluntarily takes on due to ability or effort. A role is the behavior expected from one who holds a certain status. Three major dimensions of everyday life and social interaction are emotions, anger, and humor.
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