Ch4 Test Flashcards
Socialization
process of learning and internalizing values, beliefs and norms of our social group
Social isolation
institutionalization, feral children
Theories of the self
Freud, Cooley, Mead, Goffman, Erikson, Kohlberg
Death of Despair
affecting mostly white men aged 50 to 65, college education, divorced, history of drug use
Cooley
the “looking glass self”, the self develops through a series of reflections: how our behavior looks to others, interpret others reactions, develop a self concept
Mead
self has both self awareness and self image, our sense of self involves interactions with others
The “I” self
What do I want?
The “Me” self
how do others see me
Meads self develop
imitation, play, game
Imitation stage
0 to 2 years old, copy others, don’t attribute meaning to actions or understand implications
Play stage
2 to 4, see others as separate from self, understand actions affects others, through play develop sense of self and how best to interact with others
Game stage
never truly ends, realize others have expectations and demands placed on them
The generalized other
our sense of others, understand other peoples roles, norms expectations
Goffman
dramaturgy, the presentation of self
Freud
psychoanalytic theory, identification, ego, superego, psychosexual, stages of development, use of defense mechanism
Erickson’s 8 stages of development
Trust vs Mistrust 0-1
Autonomy vs Shame 2-3
Initiative vs Guilt 4-5
Industry vs Inferiority 6-puberty
Identity vs Role confusion teens-20s
Intimacy vs Isolation Young adulthood
Generativity vs Stagnation Mid adulthood
Integrity vs Despair Late adulthood
Agents of socialization
social groups, institutions and individuals that provide structured situations in which socialization takes place - family, school, peers, mass media
Resocialization
replacing norms and values with new ones as a part of a transition in life
Social structures
patterns of relationships that endure from one generation to the next
Status
your position within the social structure
Achieved status
position in society you earned
Ascribed status
position in society that is given to you
Role
behavior of a specific status role expectations and role performance
Master status
a status that is always relevant and affects all other statuses that we have
Stereotyping
judging people on preconceived generalizations about groups of people
Role conflict
competing demands of different roles - being a student and worker and parent at same time
Role strain
you can’t satisfy the demands of the role
