socialization and identity Flashcards
learn culture through experience
enculturation
exchange of values and customs but groups remain distinct
acculturation
culture of the minority group disappears
assimilation
first and most influential agent of socialization
family
provides formal education
school
have common interests, soc med positions, and ages in common
peer/friends
introduces people top ideas and images that reflect the larger society and their world
mass media
factors of identity formation
environment-influences, context/circumstances-reactions, expectations-roles
people’s actions are based on the meanings they assign to things
symbolic interactionism
one’s self or social identity is dependent on one’s appearance to others
looking glass self theory