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What is the characteristics of socialization?

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Enables an individual to:
Develop a personality
Care about others
And learn the culture of society

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What is socialization?

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The process by which “we” learn the skills needed to function in society

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The agents of socialization are:

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Family
Education
Peers
Religion
And mass media
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Family is an agent of socialization because…

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Aid in “our” social development
Provide foundation
Provide first experiences of:
Sharing, trust, love, hate, embarrassment, discipline, role models, cooperate, religious based

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Education is an agent of socialization because…

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Gives us the academic and cultural knowledge
Reinforces what is taught at home
Introduced to sharing, cooperation, and role models
It is also academic support

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Peers is an agent of socialization because….

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They are nonjudgmental 
No competition
Has both positive and negative influences
Share personal experiences
Aid in social development
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Religion is an agent of socialization because…

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Keeps us focused by having a value base and moral base
It can stand as the rules and regulations which make you fearful
Provides Hope, comfort, peace, etc.

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Mass media is an agent of socialization because…

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It is one way communication where tremendous info is made available to masses
It influences choice
Educates
Informs
Incites
Interaction
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Charles Cooley came up with what theory of socialization?

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“Looking Glass Self Theory”

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Sigmund Freud came up with what theory of socialization?

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“Elements of the Personality”

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George Herbert Mead came up with what theory of socialization?

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“The Development of the Self”

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Erik Erikson came up with what theory of socialization?

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“Stages of Adulthood”

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What is the “Looking Glass Self Theory”

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Society is used as mirrors to reflect our behaviors and how “we” allow judgment to impact development

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What is the “Elements of the Personality Theory”

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Individuals is in conflict with self

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What is “The Development of the Self Theory”

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The individual is influenced by their immediate social environment (parents & peers)
The individual learns who are the caretakers

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What is the “stages of adulthood”

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The individual experiences positive and negative situations.

Our happiness depends on how these situations are handled.

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What are the three processes of the “Looking Glass Self Theory”

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We imagine how we appear
Imagine the judgement
How those judgements influence behavior

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What are the three processes of the “Elements of the Personality”

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I.D. Which reflects all desires, passions, pleasures, agressions, wants, etc.
Ego: where we are trying to find balance “ happy medium “
Super Ego: conscious of the personality

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What are the processes of the “Development of the Self”

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Preparatory: mimicry behaviors is imitated
Play: mimicry continues. Learn the statuses and roles of individuals. Language develops
Game: learn rules and regulations of life and consequences that are there

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Stages of Adulthood are:

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Early Adulthood: intimacy vs isolation (18-35 years old)
Middle Adulthood: generativity vs stagnation (35-65 years old)
Late Adulthood: integrity vs despair (65+ years old)

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What is resocialization?

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Placing aside of ALL previously learned behaviors

Going to prison, new ways to learn

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What is developmental?

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Learning behaviors required as positions are occupied

such as becoming a mom, you basically learn as you go

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What is anticipatory?

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Learning the behavior or skills that require specific training

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What is social interaction?

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How we respond to displayed behavior

Interplay that exist between 2 or more persons

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What is social structure?

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Patterns of predictable behavior

Framework that encompasses the fundamental beliefs of a society

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What is status?

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Place or position one holds in society

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What is an ascribed status:

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Determined at birth and cannot be changed

Gender, race, etc.

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What is achieved status:

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Control and can change

Economic status, education level, etc.

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What is master status:

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Usually occupational

Used as a means of social identification

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What is status inconsistency:

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Conflict between what is and what you want to be

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What is roles?

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Expected behaviors attached to positions

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What is role strain:

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“Stress” that can develop when occupying positions

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What is role conflict:

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Happens when you take on 2 or more roles at a time

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What is role exit:

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When you leave one role to get into another

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What is social network?

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A web of relationships that link and connects to each other

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What are groups?

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Individuals who interact recurrently

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What is primary?

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Close and personal (aids in development socially)

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What is secondary?

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Less personal, be judged by skills ( work, school, etc. )

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What is reference?

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Peers
Used to justify behavior/lifestyles
(If so and so jumped off a bridge would you)

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What is “in”

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Positive regard

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What is “out”

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Negative regard

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What is a dyad

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A two member group

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What is a triade

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A three member group

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What is category

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Grouping people: individuals who share the same characteristics

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What is coalition

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Individuals who come together to accomplish a particular/specific purpose

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What is a bureaucracy?

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Formal organization designed to handle tasks in non efficient and organized manner

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What are the characteristics of an “ideal” bureaucracy

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Division of labor
Hired based on qualifications
Uniformity of task performance 
Documentation/record keeping
Impartiality -hired to do a job
Delegation of authority
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What are the problems of a bureaucracy

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To many rules and regulations “red tape”
Imcompetence - hired for a job but don’t know how to do it
Impersonal
Passing the buck
Goal displacement
Trained incapacity - focused on one thing and one thing only (tunnel vision)

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