Soc 112 Module 4

Question 1

Socialization

Answer 1

lifelong learning of how to be a person in society

Question 2

Primary Socialization

Answer 2

occurs during childhood

Question 3

Secondary Socialization

Answer 3

occurs later in life

Question 4

Agents of Socialization

Answer 4

people and institutions who contribute to our socialization

Question 5

Determinism

Answer 5

individual behavior attitude determined or caused by something specific

Question 6

Biological Determinism

Answer 6

Nature in the nature vs nurture, who we are is by our genes

Question 7

Behaviorism

Answer 7

thought in psych that takes a strong cultural deterministic position

Question 8

Behavior modification

Answer 8

shaping someones behaviors through rewards and punishments

Question 9

Agents of Soc

Answer 9

groups that have a significant impact on ones socialization

Question 10

Significant others & Generalized others

Answer 10

Sig- individuals, parents, siblings
Gen- attitudes, viewpoints,

Question 11

Looking Glass Self

Answer 11

1. How you imagine you appear to others
2. How you imagine those others judge your appearance
3. How you feel as a result (proud, self-confident, fearful, etc.)

Question 12

Peer Group

Answer 12

social group sharing key characteristics such as age, social position, and interests

Question 13

Observational learning theory:

Answer 13

children acquire aggressive
scripts for solving social problems by watching violence on
television

Question 14

Desensitization theory:

Answer 14

increased exposure to television
violence desensitizes or numbs the natural negative reaction
to violence.

Question 15

Re-socialization

Answer 15

process of unlearning old behaviors, attitudes and values and being able to learn new ones