Chapter 4 Flashcards
What is socialization?
Learning to function and interact with others in society
What is self?
Ideas and attitude about who you are as a human being
What was Charles Horton Cooley known for?
His theory of the Looking Glass Self
Herbert stages of development
- Imitation stage
- Pretend stage
- Games stage
- Generalized other
Thomas theorem
Situations that are defined as real become real in their consequences
Primary socialization
Acquiring basic skills needed to function in society during childhood (family)
Secondary socialization
Socialization outside the family after childhood (school)
What are peer groups?
Those are similar age and status
What do peer groups help with?
The development of independent sources of identity
Mass media
Exposes us to influences that shape, ideas, attitudes, and behaviours
Examples of mass media
TV, books, magazines
What are total institutions?
Settings where people are isolated from society and are under strict control
Examples of total institutions
Residential schools and Stanford prison experiment
What is resocialization?
Rapid change in a person’s values, roles, and self conception
What is an age cohort?
Category of people born in the same range of years
