Ch4: Socialization and the Construction of Reality Flashcards

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Socialization

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Process by which individuals internalize the values, beliefs, and norms of a given society and learn to function as members of that society.

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Self

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Individual identity of a person as perceived by themselves

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Other

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Someone or something outside of oneself

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The “I” (Mead’s stages of social development)

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The impulsive, unfiltered version of the self that embodies immediate instincts and acts without consideration of norms or perceptions

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The “Me” (Mead’s stages of social development)

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Socialized aspect of the self that develops after interacting with others and incorporating societal expectations

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Generalized Other

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Internalized sense of the expectations of others. It enables us to apply norms to new situations and adapt to many social roles.

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The Looking Glass Self (Cooley)

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Theory stating that the self emerges from our ability to assume the point of view of others and imagine how they see us. We get an understanding of who we are by gauging how others react to us

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Resocialization

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Process by which one’s social values, beliefs, and norms are reengineered, often deliberately, through an intense social process

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Total Institution

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Institution in which one is totally immersed and that controls all aspects of daily life

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Status

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Social position an individual occupies that comes with a set of expectations

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Role

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Duties and behaviors expected from a particular status

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Role Strain

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Incompatibility among roles within a single status

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Role conflict

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Tension caused by competing demands between two or more roles associated to different statuses

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Status Set

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All the statuses one holds simultaneously

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Ascribed Status

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Status into which one is born. It is involuntary and unlikely to change

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Achieved Status

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Status into which one enters. It is voluntary.

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Master Status

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Status within a set that stands out or overrides the others. People interact with you on the basis of that status

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Double Consciousness

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Behavioral scripts maintained by African Americans: one for moving through the world and the other incorporating the external opinions of prejudiced onlookers