Chapter Three (Socialization)

Question 1

The process of social interaction through which people acquire personality and learn the way of life in their society:

Answer 1

Socialization

Question 2

The process whereby people learn the attitudes, values, and behaviors appropriate for members of a particular culture:

Answer 2

Socialization

Question 3

Socialization is the link between the individual and ______:

Answer 3

Society

Question 4

Enables the individual to learn the norms, values, languages, skills, beliefs, and other patterns of thought and action that are essential for social living:

Answer 4

Socialization

Question 5

Enables the society to reproduce itself socially as well as biologically, thus ensuring its continuity from generation to generation:

Answer 5

Socialization

Question 6

Affects the overall cultural practices of a society, and it also shapes our self-images:

Answer 6

Socialization

Question 7

One of the most important outcomes of socialization is ______ _______:

Answer 7

Individual Personality

Question 8

The fairly stable patterns of thought, feelings, and action that are typical of an individual:

Answer 8

Personality

Question 9

It refers to a person’s typical pattern of attitudes, needs, characteristics, and behavior:

Answer 9

Personality

Question 10

The three main components of personality:

Answer 10

Cognitive, Emotional, and Behavioral

Question 11

What a person becomes is primarily the product of their unique _______:

Answer 11

Experiences

Question 12

Socialization continues throughout the “life course” - the biological and social sequence of _____ to ____:

Answer 12

Birth; death

Question 13

The most important socialization occurs during ______ and _______ when the foundations of later personality are laid:

Answer 13

Infancy; childhood

Question 14

Different social forces that influence our lives and alter our self-images:

Answer 14

Agents

Question 15

List the 7 agents:

Answer 15

1. Family
2. School
3. Peer Groups
4. Mass Media and Technology
5. Workplace
6. State (government)
7. Religion

Question 16

Explicit mandate to socialize children to societal norms and values of our culture:

Answer 16

School

Question 17

Peers increasingly replace the family as a key agent of socialization:

Answer 17

Peer Groups

Question 18

Has both positive and negative influences on children:

Answer 18

Mass Media and Technology

Question 19

Learning to behave appropriately within an occupation:

Answer 19

Workplace

Question 20

State-run agencies increasingly influential in the life course:

Answer 20

State (government)

Question 21

Share and reaffirm community values and solidarity; promote social unity and a sense of meaning:

Answer 21

Religion

Question 22

Looking-Glass Self:

Answer 22

Cooley

Question 23

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:

Answer 23

Looking-Glass Self

Question 24

1. We imagine how we appear to others
2. We imagine how others see us
3. We develop some sort of feeling about ourselves, such as respect or shame, as a result of these impressions

Answer 24

Looking-Glass Self

Question 25

Developed a model of the process by which the self emerges:

Answer 25

Mead

Question 26

Mead’s Stages (3):

Answer 26

1. Preparatory Stage
2. Play Stage
3. Game Stage

Question 27

Kids imitate the people around them:

Answer 27

Preparatory Stage

Question 28

Children become able to imitate the actions of others, including adults:

Answer 28

Play Stage

Question 29

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:

Answer 29

Game Stage

Question 30

Children’s awareness of the attitudes, viewpoints, and expectations of society as a whole:

Answer 30

Generalized Others

Question 31

Those individuals who are the most important in the development of the self:

Answer 31

Significant Others

Question 32

Presentation of the Self:

Answer 32

Goffman

Question 33

Parts of Presentation of the Self (3):

Answer 33

1. Impression Management
2. Dramaturgical Approach
3. Face-Work

Question 34

Involves people trying to maintain or save an image or face. The efforts people make to maintain the proper image and avoid public embarrassment:

Answer 34

Face-Work