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Chapter 5 The Social Self and Socialization
Sociology
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Sociology
10th Grade
04/23/2013

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Personality
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is defined as the sum total of behaviors, attitudes, beliefs, and values that are characteristic of an individual
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Heredity
Definition
the transmission of genetic characteristics from parents to children
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Instinct
Definition
Is an unchanging, biological, inherited behavior pattern.
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Sociobiology
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The systematic study of the biological basis of all social behavior.
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Aptitude
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is a capacity to learn a particular skill or acquire a particular body of knowledge
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Feral Children
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(also, colloquially, wild child) is a human child who has lived isolated from human contact from a very young age, and has no (or little) experience of human care, loving or social behavior, and, crucially, of human language.
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Socilization
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The interactive process through which people learn the basic skills, values, beliefs, and behavior patterns of a society.
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Self
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Your conscience awareness of possessing a distinct identity that separates you and your environment from other members of society
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Looking Glass Self
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refers to the interactive process by which we develop an image of ourselves based on how we imagine we appear to others.

Step 1: First we imagine hoe we appear to others.
Step 2: Based on their reactions to us, we attempt to determine whether others view us as we view ourselves.
Step 3: we use our perceptions of how others judge us to develop feelings about ourselves.
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Role Taking
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seeing ourselves as others see us is only the beginning eventually we not only see ourselves as others see us but actually take on or pretend to take the role of others.
-forms the basis of socialization by allowing us to anticipate what others expect of us
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Significant Others
Definition
Parents, siblings, relatives, and others with direct influence on our socialization
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Generalized Others
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the internalized attitudes, expectations, and viewpoints of society
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I
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is the unsocialized, spontaneous, self interested component of personality and self identity
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Me
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on the other hand is the part of ourselves that is aware of the expectations and attitudes of society – the socialized self.
The “me” never totally dominates the “I”
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Agents of Socialization
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describe the specific individuals, groups, and institutions that enable socialization to take place
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Peer Group
Definition
a primary group composed of individuals of roughly the same age and similar social characteristics
-Peer acceptance is important and without it teens can be labeled as misfits, outsiders, or other negative term
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Mass Media
Definition
instruments of communication that reach large audiences with no personal contact between those sending information and those receiving it.
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Total Institution
Definition
a setting in which people are isolated from the rest of society for a set period of time and are subject to tight control
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Re-socialization
Definition
involves a break with past experiences and the learning of new values and norms.
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