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| the complex process by which people act and react in relation to others, both giving and recieving information |
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| social contruction of reality |
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| which means the use of our background assumptions and life experiences to create reality |
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| situations that are defined as real are real in their consequences |
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| the effort of an individual to create specific impressions on other people, often through statuses and roles |
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| the process in which people take in and accept as binding the norms, values, beliefs, and language that their socializers are attempting to pass on |
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| a favored or empowered state, whether earned or conferred by birth or luck, which protects from the hostility, distress, or violence experiences by non-priveleged or under-priveleged people |
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| is the lifelong social experience by which individuals develop an awareness of social norms and values, learn culture, and achieve a distinct sense of self |
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| are groups or contexts within which the processes of socialization occur; they shape our sense of self and teach us about the groups to which we do and do not belong |
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| in all cultures, _________is the principal socializing agency of the child during infancy |
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| other important agents of socialization are: |
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| religions, peer groups, schools and the mass media |
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| forms of communication designed to reach large audiences without face-to-face contact between those conveying and recieving the messages |
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