Chapter Three (Socialization) Flashcards
The process of social interaction through which people acquire personality and learn the way of life in their society:
Socialization
The process whereby people learn the attitudes, values, and behaviors appropriate for members of a particular culture:
Socialization
Socialization is the link between the individual and ______:
Society
Enables the individual to learn the norms, values, languages, skills, beliefs, and other patterns of thought and action that are essential for social living:
Socialization
Enables the society to reproduce itself socially as well as biologically, thus ensuring its continuity from generation to generation:
Socialization
Affects the overall cultural practices of a society, and it also shapes our self-images:
Socialization
One of the most important outcomes of socialization is ______ _______:
Individual Personality
The fairly stable patterns of thought, feelings, and action that are typical of an individual:
Personality
It refers to a person’s typical pattern of attitudes, needs, characteristics, and behavior:
Personality
The three main components of personality:
Cognitive, Emotional, and Behavioral
What a person becomes is primarily the product of their unique _______:
Experiences
Socialization continues throughout the “life course” - the biological and social sequence of _____ to ____:
Birth; death
The most important socialization occurs during ______ and _______ when the foundations of later personality are laid:
Infancy; childhood
Different social forces that influence our lives and alter our self-images:
Agents
List the 7 agents:
- Family
- School
- Peer Groups
- Mass Media and Technology
- Workplace
- State (government)
- Religion
Explicit mandate to socialize children to societal norms and values of our culture:
School
Peers increasingly replace the family as a key agent of socialization:
Peer Groups
Has both positive and negative influences on children:
Mass Media and Technology
Learning to behave appropriately within an occupation:
Workplace
State-run agencies increasingly influential in the life course:
State (government)
Share and reaffirm community values and solidarity; promote social unity and a sense of meaning:
Religion
Looking-Glass Self:
Cooley
Advanced the belief that we learn who we are by interacting with others. The self is the product of our social interactions with other people:
Looking-Glass Self
- We imagine how we appear to others
- We imagine how others see us
- We develop some sort of feeling about ourselves, such as respect or shame, as a result of these impressions
Looking-Glass Self
Developed a model of the process by which the self emerges:
Mead
Mead’s Stages (3):
- Preparatory Stage
- Play Stage
- Game Stage
Kids imitate the people around them:
Preparatory Stage
Children become able to imitate the actions of others, including adults:
Play Stage
Children around 8-9 begin to consider several tasks and relationships simultaneously. They not only grasp their own social positions, but also those of others around them:
Game Stage
Children’s awareness of the attitudes, viewpoints, and expectations of society as a whole:
Generalized Others
Those individuals who are the most important in the development of the self:
Significant Others
Presentation of the Self:
Goffman
Parts of Presentation of the Self (3):
- Impression Management
- Dramaturgical Approach
- Face-Work
Involves people trying to maintain or save an image or face. The efforts people make to maintain the proper image and avoid public embarrassment:
Face-Work
