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Social Environment
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the entire human environment, including direct contact with others
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Feral Children
Definition
children assumed to have been raised by animals, isolated from other humans
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Self
Definition
the unique human capacity of being able to see yourselves "from the outside"; the views we internalize of how others see us (Cooley)
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Looking-glass Self
Definition
a term coined by Charles Horton Cooley to refer to the process by which our self develops through internalizing others' reactions to us.
There are three elements:
1. we imagine how we appear to those around us
2. we interpret others' reactions
3. we develop a self-concept
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Taking the role of another
Definition
putting oneself in someone else's shoes; understanding how some else feel and thinks and thus anticipating how the person will act (Mead)
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Significant Other
Definition
an individual who significantly influences someone else's life (Mead)
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Generalized Other
Definition
the norms, values, attitudes, and expectations, of ppl "in generals"; the child's ability to take the role of the generalized other is a significant step in the development of a self (Mead)
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Charles Horton Cooley
Definition
a symbolic interactionist concluded that the unique aspect of
"humanness" called the self is socially create. our sense of self develops from interaction with others.
explain term looking glass self
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Id
Definition
Feud's term for our inborn basic drives
.cause drive for self-gratification
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Ego
Definition
Feud's term for a balancing force between the id and the demands of society
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Superego
Definition
more commonly called conscience.
Feud's term for the internalized norms and values of our social groups
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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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Degradation Ceremony
Definition
a term coined by Harold Garfinkel to describe an attempt to remake the self by stripping away an individual's current identity and stamping a new one in its place (seen in total institutions_
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