unit 4

Question 1

Anticipatory socialization

Answer 1

Process of changing behaviors in preparation for a shift in one’s role

Question 2

Conflict theory

Answer 2

Society is in a state of never-ending conflict because of limited resources. creates haves and have nots

Question 3

Cooley looking glass self

Answer 3

Individuals base their sense of self in how others view them

Question 4

Functionalist perspective

Answer 4

Individuals contribute to societies overall performance and stability

Question 5

Id (freud theory)

Answer 5

Personality component that works to satisfy basic urges, needs, and desires

Question 6

Interactionism theory

Answer 6

Interactions between individuals in an everyday society

Question 7

Resocialization

Answer 7

Learning process where old behaviors are replaced by new ones (ex. Going to college)

Question 8

Superego (freud theory)

Answer 8

Personality component which conforms to social norms, values and morals

Question 9

Gender Expectations

Answer 9

most gender socialization takes place within the family. Gender socialization is reinforced by peers, schools and the media

Question 10

Total Institutions

Answer 10

institutions that control every aspect of your life (ex. Military)

Question 11

preparatory/Imitation stage

Answer 11

Children copy, or imitate, the behaviors of others

Question 12

Play stage

Answer 12

the child has developed language and not only imitates but form role expectation. They don’t understand multiple roles (ex. seeing teachers outside of school)

Question 13

Game stage

Answer 13

Learn multiple roles exist, learn expectations change based upon the role or interaction

Question 14

Socialization

Answer 14

life long process of learning how to be a member of society

Question 15

4 agents of socialization

Answer 15

Family, school, peers, mass media

Question 16

Stereotypes

Answer 16

An overgeneralized belief about a group of people

Question 17

Gender

Answer 17

Socially and culturally constructed set of distinctions between masculine and feminine sets of behaviors expected by a society

Question 18

Significant others

Answer 18

People who have a special importance for socialization (ex. Parents)

Question 19

Generalized others

Answer 19

Dominant attitudes and expectations of most members of society

Question 20

Backstage (Impression management Erving Goffman)

Answer 20

Role that we have a private, inner self

Question 21

Front stage (impression management Erving Goffman)

Answer 21

A social self that acts out roles people expect of us

Question 22

family

Answer 22

primary agent of socialization

Question 23

peers

Answer 23

agent of socialization most influenced in teenage years

Question 24

school

Answer 24

teaches you rules, how to act, and time management

Question 25

impression management

Answer 25

behaviors intended to control how others perceive oneself, especially by guiding them to attribute desirable traits to oneself

Question 26

sociological imagination

Answer 26

the capacity to shift from one perspective to another. your view of the world is based on the time period you live in

Question 27

gender roles

Answer 27

socializes us to masculine

or feminine roles

Question 28

manifest fuction

Answer 28

intended purpose of something

Question 29

latient fuction

Answer 29

unintended consequences