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| unlearned, biologcally determined behavior pattern common to all members of a species that predictably occurs whenever certain enviornmental conditions exists |
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| unlearned, biologically determined involuntary response to some physical stimuli |
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| unlearned, biologically determined impulses common to all members of a species that satisfy needs such of those for sleep, food, water or sexual gratifaction |
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| the knowledge, language, values, customs, an material objects that are passed from person to person and from one generation to the next in a human group or society |
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| consists of the abstract or intangible human creations of society that influence people's behavior |
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| the proposition that language shapes the view of reality of it's speakers |
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| the process of learning a new and different set of attitudes, values and behaviors from those is one's background and expierences |
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| voluntary re socialization |
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| we assume a new status of our own free will |
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| involuntary re socialization |
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| occurs against a person's wishes, generally takes place within a total institution |
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| anything that meaningfully represents something else |
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| the disorientation that people feel when they encounter cultures radically different from their own and believe they cannot depend on their own taken-for-granted assumptions about life |
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| a gap between the technical development of a society and its moral and legal institutions |
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| not clearly defined and can be applied by any member of a group - such as frowning at someone |
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| the aspect of socialization that contains specific messages and practices concerning the nature of being female or male in a specific group or society |
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| rewards for appropriate behavior or penalties for inappropriate behavior |
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| more so strong that their violation is considered to be extremely offensive and even unmentionable |
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| strongly held norms with moral and ethical connotations that may not be violated without serious consequences in a particular culture |
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| informal norms or everyday customs that may be violated without serious consequences within a particular culture |
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| the aspect of socialization that contains spefic messages and practices concerning the nature of one's racial or ethnic status |
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| a group that strongly rejects dominant societal values and normas and seeks alternative lifestyles |
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| a group of people who share a distinctive set of cultural beliefs and behaviors that differ in some significant way from that of the larger society |
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| the systematic study of how biology affects social behavior |
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| include people who are dissimilar in regard to social characteristics such as religion, income, or race/ethnicity |
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| state what behavior is appropriate or acceptable |
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| state what behavior is inappropriate of unacceptable |
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| anticipatory socialization |
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| the process by which knowledge and skills are learned for future roles |
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| in sociological research, any concept with measurable traits or characteristics that can change or vary from one person,time, situation, or society to another |
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| those persons who care, affection, and approval are especially desires and who are most important in the development of the self |
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| the belief that the behaviors and customs of any culture must be viewed and analyzed by the culture's own standards |
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| the knowledge, techniques, and tools that make it possible for people to transform resources into usable forms, and the knowledge and skills required to use them after they are developed |
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| environmentalist hypothesis |
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| we learn how to speak from hearing our parents - language is learned |
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| language is engrained in us - it is built in |
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| critical period hypothesis |
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| people must learn language within a critical time period during development to master the language |
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| for a person to understand who they are and what is meaningful to them; consists of social identity and self identity |
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| how others see you; allows us to put people in boxes and how to interact on a meaningful bases |
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| what a person thinks about themself |
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