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Sociology 150
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Sociology
Undergraduate 2
10/27/2011

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Socialization 
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is the process by which people learn characteristics of their group’s norms, values, attitudes, and behaviors 
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personality 
Definition
patterns of behavior and ways of thinking and feeling that are distinctive for each individual. 
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social construction of reality 
Definition
what people define as real because of their background assumptions and life experiences with others.  
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Primary socialization 
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includes all the ways the newborn is molded into a social being capable of interacting in and meeting the expectations of society 
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Secondary socialization 
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occurs in later childhood and adolescence when children go to school and come under the influence of non-family members.  
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Adult socialization 

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occurs as we assume adult roles such as wife/husband/employee/etc.  

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Heritability 
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 is the proportion of our personality, self, and biological traits which stem from our genetic factors.  
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Tabula Rasa 
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is Latin for Blank Slate.  It was a theoretical claim that humans are born with no mental or intellectual capacities and all that they learn is written upon them by those who provide their primary and secondary socialization (this claim was for 100% nurture in how we become human).  
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self 
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is at the core of your personality, representing your conscious experience of having a separate and unique identity.  
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self-concept 
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 is the sum total of your perceptions and beliefs about yourself  
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Feral children 
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are wild or untamed children who grow up without typical adult socialization influences.  
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significant others 
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refer to those other people whose evaluations of the individual are important and regularly considered during interactionssuch as parents and teachers. 
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agents

 

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are people involved in our socialization while agencies represent the organizations involved in our socialization.

 

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total institution 
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is an institution that controls almost all aspects of its members’ lives and all aspects of the individual life is controlled by those in authority in the institution.  
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