Socialization And The Social Construction Of Reality Flashcards
Socialization
Learning of values, norms, and skills of a society
Piaget teaches is that learning is a…
Creative process, not a copying process.
Piagets 4 stages
- Sensorimotor Stage
- Preoperational Stage
- Concrete Operational Stage
- Formal Operational Stage
Sensorimotor Stage
(Infancy) object permanence
Preoperational stage
(Toddler) egocentricism
Concrete Observational Stage
Basic knowledge of the world
Formal Operational Stage
(Adolescence) inferences can be made, abstract thinking
Skeels and Dyes Experiment
Teaches us importance of social interaction in cognative development
Looking Glass self creator
Charles Horton Coley
Generalized Other
Ability to see oneself from society’s point of view rather than just your own
Looking Glass Self
We evaluate our own character by how others view us
Personality
Set of qualities that make up an individual
Self
Subject of one’s own perspectives and experiences
Self presentation
Process by which individuals represent themselves to the social world
Impression management
Process in which people attempt to influence the perceptions of other people about a person/themself.