Lesson 3 Keywords Flashcards
agents of socialization
people or groups that affect your self-concept, attitudes, behaviors, or other orientations toward life
anticipatory socialization
describes one who learns a role in anticipation of taking that role on in the future
degradation ceremony
a term coined by Harold Garfinkel to describe an attempt to remake the self by stripping away an individual’s self-identity and stamping a new identity in its place
ego
Freud’s term for a balancing force between the id and the demands of society
gender socialization
the ways in which society sets children onto different courses in life based on their gender
generalized other
the norms, values, attitudes, and expectations of people “in general”; the child’s ability to take the role of the generalized other is a significant step in the development of a self
I
Mead’s term for the self as subject, the active, spontaneous, creative part of the self
id
Freud’s term for the individual’s inborn basic drives
life course
the stages of your life from birth to death
looking-glass self
a term coined by Charles Horton Cooley to refer to the process by which your self develops by internalizing the reactions of others
mass media
forms of communication, such as radio, newspapers, movies, and television that are directed to mass audiences
resocialization
the process of learning new norms, values, attitudes, and behaviors
self
the unique to human capacity of being able to see yourself “from the outside”; the picture you gain of how others see you
significant other
an individual who significantly influences someone else’s life
social environment
the entire human environment, including direct contact with others
