SOC Chapter 3: Socialization Flashcards
Define: Social Environment
the entire human environment, including interaction with others
Chapter 3, Page 69
Define: Feral Childen
children assumed to have been raised by animals, in the wilderness, isolated from humans
Chapter 3, Page 69
Define: Socialization
the process by which people learn the characteristics of their group - the knowledge, skills, attitudes, values, norms, and actions thought appropriate for them
Chapter 3, Page 73
Define: Self
the unique human capacity of being able to see ourselves “from the outside”;
the views we internalize of how we think others see us
Chapter 3, Page 74
Define: Looking-Glass Self
a term coined by Charles Horton Cooley to refer to the process by which our self develops through internalizing others’ reactions to us
Chapter 3, Page 74
Define: “Taking the Role of the Other”
putting yourself in someone else’s shoes;
understanding how someone else feels and thinks, so you anticipate how that person with act
Chapter 3, Page 74
Define: Significant Other
an individual who significantly influences someone else
Chapter 3, Page 74
Define: 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
Chapter 3, Page 75
Define: ID
Freud’s term for our inborn basic drives
Chapter 3, Page 77
Define: Ego
Freud’s term for a balancing force between the id and the demands of society
Chapter 3, Page 77
Define: Superego
Freud’s term for the conscience;
the internalized norms and values of our social groups
Chapter 3, Page 76
Define: Gender
the behaviors and attitudes that a society considers proper for its males and females;
masculinity vs femininity
Chapter 3, Page 81
Define: Gender Socialization
Learning society’s “gender map,” the paths in life set out for us because we are male or female
Chapter 3, Page 81
Define: Peer Group
a group of individuals, often of roughly the same age, who are linked by common interests and orientations
Chapter 3, Page 84
Define: Mass Media
forms of communication, such as radio, newspapers, and television that are directed to mass audiences
Chapter 3, Page 84
