chapter 4- four stages of socialization

Question 1

4 stages of socialization

Answer 1

preparatory stage, play stage, game stage, adult stage

Question 2

preparatory stage

Answer 2

children younger than 3 years old. they relate to the world as they are the center of the universe

Question 3

play stage

Answer 3

3 or 4 years of age. they learn to take the attitudes and roles of the people with whom they interact

Question 4

game stage

Answer 4

begins when children are about 5. they learn to take the roles of multiple others. we stay in this game stage for a while, with some never maturing out of it

Question 5

adult stage

Answer 5

they act on a set of socially normative principles that may or may not serve their self interest. this is when the ME is fully developed and some never reach this stage

Question 6

generalized other

Answer 6

abstract sense of society’s norms and values by which people evaluate themselves.

Question 7

the adult stage utilizes

Answer 7

abstract and complex cultural symbols such as love and hate, success and failure, friendship and morality

Question 8

significant others

Answer 8

specific people who are important in children’s lives. during the play stage those are the people you are modeling