chapter 4 Flashcards
true or false: socialization is a lifelong process through which people acquire and internalize norms and values, languages and develop a sense of self
true
socialization
the process by which people learn to function as a member of society
social reproduction
the process of socialization comes from one generation to another and is reproduced over time
social roles
set of socially defined expectations of behavior associated with a given status or social position
who came up with the theory of child development?
George Herbert Mead
what is the central focus of mead theory
regular social interaction
what are the correct order of stages for a child to self emerge?
preparatory, play, and game stage
what years are the preparatory stage from?
birth - 3 yrs old
what is the preparatory stage?
the child engages in meaningless imitation and there is a lack of symbolic understanding in a sophisticated way
what years are the play stage from?
3-5 years old
what is the play stage?
taking the role of the other and the child plays one role at a time of a single actor; significant others are important agents of socialization
what years are the game stage?
6-9 years old
what is the game stage?
children develop self-awareness; children learn to follow roles and how to take on social roles through their experiences in games involving other players, social self is “me” and unsocialized self is the “i”
true or false: the “i” is an immediate and unthinking response that is also the basis of individual personality
true
true or false: infants don’t know “i” but through social interaction, they don’t learn about “me”
false; infants only know “i” but learn about “me” through social interaction and environment
generalized other
developed throughout ones life; people draw from out when trying to understand how they should behave in social situations
who invented the looking glass?
charles horton cooley
what are the stages of the looking glass?
1) a person has an initial sense of self 2) a person receives feedback in small group interactions 3) a person has a revised sense of self as a result of the feedback they received in those small group interaction
who comes up with a theory of cognitive development?
jean piaget
what are the stages of cognition development in order?
sensorimotor, perceptional, concrete operational, formal operational
what years are the sensorimotor stage from?
birth-2 years old
what is the sensorimotor stage?
object permanence; the ability to recognize that an object can exist even when it is no longer perceived in ones sight
what years are the pre operational stage from?
2-7 years old
what is the pre operational stage?
children master language and use words to represent objects and images, children should no longer be egocentric as the child can see more than their own point of view
what years are the concrete operational stage from?
7-11 years old
what is the pre operational stage?
it is abstract, logic, conservation, casuality, and reversibility
what is the formal operational stage
it is highly abstract and hypothetical ideas
