5. Socialization Flashcards
socialization
the lifelong social experience by which people develop their human potential and learn culture
personality
a person’s fairly consistent patterns of acting, thinking, and feeling
id
Freud’s term for the human being’s basic drives
ego
Freud’s term for a person’s conscious efforts to balance in- nate pleasure-seeking drives with the demands of society
superego
Freud’s term for the cultural values and norms internalized by an individual
sensorimotor stage
Piaget’s term for the level of human development at which individuals experience the world only through their senses
preoperational stage
Piaget’s term for the level of human development at which individuals first use language and other symbols
concrete operational stage
Piaget’s term for the level of human development at which individuals first see causal connections in their surroundings
formal operational stage
Piaget’s term for the level of human development at which individuals think abstractly and critically
self
George Herbert Mead’s term for the part of an individual’s personality composed of self-awareness and self-image
looking-glass self
Cooley’s term for a self-image based on how we think others see us
significant others
people, such as parents, who have special importance for socialization
generalized other
George Herbert Mead’s term for widespread cultural norms and values we use as references in evaluating ourselves
peer group
a social group whose members have interests, social position, and age in common
anticipatory socialization
learning that helps a person achieve a desired position
