Possible DOKO #2 information Flashcards
The process by which individuals internalize the values, beliefs, and norms of a given society and learn to function as members of that society.
Socialization
The individual identity of a person as perceived by that same person
Self
One’s sense of agency, action, or power.
“I”
Socialized sense of self
“Me”
Someone or something outside of oneself
Other
An internalized sense of the total expectations of others in a variety of settings - regardless of whether we’ve encountered those people or places before
Generalized Other
The process by which one’s sense of social values, beliefs, and norms are reengineered, often deliberately, through an intense social process that may take place in a total institution
Re socialization
An institution in which one is totally immersed and that controls all the basics of day-to-day life; no barriers exist between the usual spheres of daily life, and all activity occurs in the same place and under the same single authority. Eg, military, jail, nursing home
Total Institution
A recognizable social position that an individual occupies
Status
The duties and behaviors expected of someone who holds a particular status
Role
The incompatibility among roles corresponding to a single status
Role Strain
The tension caused by competing demands between two or more roles pertaining to different statuses
Role Conflict
All the statuses one holds simultaneously
Status set
A status into which one is born; involuntary status
Ascribed Status
One status into which one enters; voluntary status
Achieved Status
One status within a set that stands out or overrides all others
Master Status
Sets of behavioral norms assumed to accompany one’s status as male or female
Gender Role
A micro-level theory in which shared meanings, orientations, and assumptions form the basic motivations behind people’s actions
Symbolic Interactionism
The view of social life as essentially a theatrical performance, in which we are all actors on metaphorical stages, with roles, scripts, costumes, and sets.
Dramaturgical Theory
The esteem in which an individual is held by others.
Face
The start of an encounter
Opening
Refraining from directly interacting with someone, even someone you know, until an opening bracket has been issued.
Civil Inattention
Literally “the methods of the people”; this approach to studying human interaction focuses on the ways in which we make sense of our world, convey this understanding to others, and produce a shared social order.
Ethnomethodology
Three major aspects to socialization
The content and process of socialization
The context “”
The results “”
The content of socialization is____
Culture
Process’ have been outlined by 3 different scholars whom are…?
Mead
Cooley
Cohen
What do these process’ help us do?
They help us understand ourselves in relation to others.
The collection of thoughts and feelings when considering yourself as an object
Sense of self
What does “I” mean?
“I” is unsocialized , spontaneous, impulsive, and creative Tends not to consider others Focuses more on satisfying immediate desires
What does “me” mean?
“me” is the socialized sense of self that has been learned from interactions with others Tends to consider others Encourages conformity to norms
Gaze monitoring was originated by who?
Cohen
when one follows the
gaze of another and infers what they must
be thinking/feeling
Gaze Monitoring
What is the “looking glass self” and who created it?
1. We imagine our image in the eyes of others. 2. We imagine others making some judgment about us. 3. We experience a feeling as a result of the imagined judgment
COOLEY
Mead created what four steps to socialization?
- Pre play - imitating others
- Play - understanding 1 status
- Game stage - understanding two statuses
4 Generalized Other - understanding society as a whole
A group of people, usually of similar age,
who share similar interests and social
status
Peer groups
What are the 3 contexts of socialization?
1. Biological 2. Psychological 3. Social
a philosophical position where biological factors are thought to be the only factor in the socialization of a person.
Biological Determinism
born terrible connotation
Eugenics
a philosophical position where biological factors are thought to be inconsequential in the socialization of a person. Instead, only social factors matter.
Sociological Determinism
the idea
that genes interact with environment to
condition outcomes.
Epigenetics
The genetic makeup of a
being
Genotype