Ch 3 Flashcards
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Looking Glass Self
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- Charles Horton Cooley
- our sense of self develops from interaction with others
- we imagine how we appear to those around us (they perceive me as witty)
- we interpret other’s reactions (do they like us for being witty)
- we develop self concept: positive or negative
2
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Role taking
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- George Herbert Mead
- we learn to put ourselves in someone else’s shoes to understand how they feel and why they act
- Generalized other: our perception of how people in general think of us
3
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3 stages in role taking
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- Imitations: below age 3, mimic others, no sense of self
- Play: 3-6, play pretend
- Team games: enter school, organized play, able to take on multiple roles
4
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I and Me
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- Mead
- I: self as subject, active, spontaneous
- Me: self as object, attitudes we internalize
- I evaluates the reactions of others and organizes them into a unified whole
- I monitors the Me
5
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Jean Piaget
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- development of mind
- children who take intelligence tests get similar wrong answers
1. Sensorimotor stage: 0-2, no think, touch
2. Pre operational stage: 2-7, use symbols (count)
3. Concrete operational stage: 7-12, need concrete examples to reason, cannot talk about concepts
4. Formal operational stage: 12+, abstract thinking
6
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Freud and Personality
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- psychoanalysis: technique for treating emotional problems through exploration of subconscious mind
- id: inborn drives that cause us to seek self- gratification, pleasure seeking
- ego: balancing force between id and society that suppresses it
- superego: conscience, guilt and pride
7
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Socialization
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- society within you
- experiences in society have resulted in a self that thinks along certain lines and feels particular emotions
- influences how we express our emotions and what emotions we feel
- socialization into emotions is one oft means by which society produces conformity
- awareness of self in relation to others
Ex. Avoiding embarassment
8
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Gender
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The attitudes and behaviors that are expected of us because we are a male or female
9
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Gender map/ socialization
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Our culture’s guidelines to what is appropriate for our sex
10
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Peer group
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individuals of the same age who are linked by common interests
11
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Mass media
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Forms of communication directed to large audiences
12
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Social inequality
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Giving privileges and obligations to one group of people while denying them to another
13
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Agents of socialization
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Individuals and groups that influence our orientations to life- our self concept, emotions, attitudes
Ex. Family, peers, mass media, religion, school
14
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Anticipatory socialization
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- Learning to play a role before entering it
- mental rehearsal for a future activity
Ex. Summer internship before starting a career
15
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Resocialization
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- Learning new norms to match their new situation in life
- happens each time we learn something contrary to our previous experiences
Ex. AA
