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Ch. 3 voc.
Sociology
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Sociology
12th Grade
09/16/2010

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social environment
Definition
the entire human environment, including direct contact with others
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feral children
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children assumed to have been raised by animals, in the wilderness, isolated from other humans
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the process by which people learn the characteristics of their group
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socialization
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self
Definition
the unique human capacity of being able to see ourselves from the outside
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looking glass self
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a term coined by Charles Horton Cooley
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6. Taking the role of the other
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putting oneself in another’s shoes
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significant other
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and individual who significantly influences someone else’s life
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generalized other
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the norms, values, attitudes, and expectations of people “in general”
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id
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the animal part of the human psyche
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ego
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the balancing force between the id and the superego
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superego
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the angel on your shoulder
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gender socialization
Definition
the ways in which society sets children onto different courses in life because they are male or female
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peer group
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a group of individuals of roughly the same age who are linked by common interests
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mass media
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forms of communication, such as radio, newspapers, and TV’s that are directed to mass audiences
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gender role
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the behaviors and attitude considered appropriate because one is a male or female
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social inequality
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a social condition in which privileges and obligations are given to some but denied to others
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agents of socialization
Definition
people or groups that affect our self-concept, attitudes, behaviors, or other orientations toward life
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manifest functions
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the intended beneficial consequences of people’s actions
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latent functions
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unintended beneficial consequences of people’s actions
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anticipatory
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because one anticipates the a future role, one learns parts of it now
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resocialization
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the process of learning new norms, values, attitudes, and behaviors
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total institution
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a place in which people are cut off from the rest of society and are almost totally controlled by the officials who run the place
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degredation ceremony
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a term coined by Harold Garfinkel
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life course
Definition
the stages of our life as we go from life to death
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transitional adulthood
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a term that refers a period following high school when young adults have not yet taken on the responsibilities ordinarily associated with adulthood
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