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Describe two significant explanations of socialization.Discuss Mead's stages of development of the self.

Differentiate material culture from non-material culture.

Predict socially undesirable consequences that may arise when a person fails to stay "on track" in any of the stages of development of the self.

Identify the elements of material culture and non-material culture.

Describe the concept of the "looking-glass self."

Discuss George Herbert Mead's concepts of the "I" and the "me."

Complete the assigned readings from Practical Skeptic - Core Concepts and view all of the multimedia and other materials for this module.

Respond to the following questions or statements in a Word document:

table in which you separate material culture from the three categories of nonmaterial culture.

Within the table, provide a definition of each category and then provide at least two examples that are or were important in your social/cultural life.

Describe two significant explanations of socialization (Mead and Cooley).

Describe the concept of the "looking-glass self." Cooley's concept of the looking-glass self is based on a "mirror analogy." Is it a true mirror? If not, why not? If you think it is, defend your answer.

Mead's concepts of the "I" and the "me" are not equally accepted among sociologists. Which one is more easily accepted and why? Do you think both concepts are important to understanding the process of socialization? Defend your answer.

While Mead does not specify "tasks" to accomplish or conflicts to resolve in any of the stages of development of self, one might argue that this process can get off track. What do you think could be socially undesirable consequences of something going wrong at each of these stages during the pre-play stage, during the play stage, and during the game stage?