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15 Cards in this Set
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Socialization |
The lifelong process through which people learn the attitudes, values, and behaviors appropriate for members of a particular culture |
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Self |
Our sense of who we are distinct form others, and shaped by the unique combo of our social interactions. |
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Looking Glass Self |
theory developed by Charles horton Cooley that we become who we are based on how we think others see us. 3 phases 1. Imagine how others see us 2. Imagine how others evaluate what we think they see 3. We define our self as a result of these assumptions |
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George Herbert Mead |
I: the Acting self that exists in relation to the Me Me: the socialized self that plans actions & judges performances based on the standards we have learned from others The Me plans the I acts and the Me judges |
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Significant otheres |
Individual who is most important in the development of the self |
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Rites of passage |
A ritual making the symbolic transition form one social position to another |
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Life Course Approach |
A research orientation in which sociologists adn other social scientists look closely at the social factors that influence people through out their lives from birth to death. |
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Resocialization |
The process of discarding former behavior patterns and accepting new ones as a part of a transition in one's life. can involve a lot of stress |
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Total Institution |
coined by Erving Goffman An institution that regulates all aspects of a person's life under a single authority Ex prison, military, mental hospital, convent |
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Disengagement theory |
Theory of aging that suggests that society and the aging individual mutually sever many of their relationships |
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Activity Theory |
Theory that suggests that those elderly people who remain active and socially involved will have and improve quality of life |
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Mead's stage 1 Preparatory stage |
< 3 yr Children imitate those around them Symbols: A gesture, object, or word that forms the basis of human communication |
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Mead stage 2 Play stage |
3-5 yr Children pretend to be others and learn from it Role Taking: the process of mentally assuming the perspective of another and responding from the imagined point of view |
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Mead stage 3 Game stage |
6-9 yr Children grasp their social position around them Generalized other; The attitudes, view points and expectations of society as a whole that a child takes into account in his or her behavior. |
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Agents of socialization |
Family, school, peers, mass media/tech, the workplace, religion and the state. |
