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Sociology ch5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the transmission of genetic Characteristics from parents to children | Heredity |
| The internalized attitudes, expectations, and viewpoints of society | Generalized Other |
| A setting in which people are isolated from the rest of society for a set period of time and are subject to the control of officials or varied ranks | Total Institution |
| Our conscious awareness of possessing a distinct identity that separates us from other members of society. | Self |
| A primary group composed of individuals of roughly equal age and social characteristics. | Peer Group |
| Taking or pretending to take the role of others | Role Taking |
| The sum total of behaviors, attitudes, beliefs, and values that are characteristics of an individual. | Personality |
| A person's socialized self | ME |
| An unchanging,biologically inherited behavior pattern | Instinct |
| Specific people, such as parents, brothers, sisters, other relatives, and friends, who have a direct influence on our socialization. | Significant Others |
| The interactive process through which individuals learn the basic skills, values, beliefs, and behavior patterns of the society. | Socializion |
| The interactive process by which we develop an image of ourselves based on how we imagine er appear to others. | Looking-glass self |
| Theorist: Charles Cooley (1864-1929) | Theory: Person's self under is constructed in part by there perception. Meaning: we imagine how we appear to others. Second, based on their reactions to us, we attempt to deterime weather others view us as we view our self. |
| Theorist: George Herbert Mead (1863-1931) | Theory: Identity is developed through social interaction Meaning: a persons life is figured out if someone takes to them |
| Our conscious awareness of possessing a distinct identity that separates us from other members of society. | Looking Glass Self |
| Person who developed the concepts of the I and ME | George Mead |
| Allows us to anticipate what others expect of us and to see ourselves through the eyes of others | Role Taking |
| Examples include military boot camps and prisons | Total Institution |
| Interactive process through which we develop an image of ourselves based on how we imagine we appear to others | Looking Glass Self |
| Persons who used the term tabula rosa to describe newborn children | John Locke |
| specific individuals, groups, and institutions that provide the situations in which socialization can occur | agents of socialization |
| part of the identity that is aware of the expectations and attitudes of society | ME |
| includes altering a person's style of dress, hairstyle, speech, and freedom of movement. | Resocialization |
| Unsocialized, spontaneous, self-interested component of our personalities | I |
| capacity to learn a particular skill or acquire a particular body of knowledge | aptitude |
| people who have direct influence on our socialization | Significant others |
| internalized attitudes, expectations, and viewpoints of society | generalized other |
| unchanging, biologically inherited behavior pattern | instinct |
| systematic study of the biological basis of all social behavior | sociobiology |
| involves a break with past experiences and the learning of new values and norms | resocialization |
| transmission of genetic characteristics from parents to children | heredity |
| interactive process through which people learn the basic skills, values, beliefs, and behavior patterns of society | socialization |
| Northern Ugandan group of people who were negatively affected by the change in their cultural enviroment | the IK |
| sum total of behaviors, attitudes, beliefs, and values characteristic of an individual | Personality |
| A setting in which people are isolated from the rest of society for a set period of time and are subject to the control of others | Total institution |
| The person who developed the concept of the looking glass self | Charles Cooley |
| the debate concerning the importance of heredity versus the environment in the development of personality is called the | Nature-nurture debate |
| The influence on an individual's personality determined by the presence and number of brothers and sisters known as | Birth order |
| the studies of Genie, Isabelle, and Anna point to the fact that healthy social development depends on... | Human interaction |
| Research on children raised in orphanages has found that | Children raised in institutions display characteristics similar to children raised in isolation. |
| Sociologists believe the personality development is affected by all of the following factors EXCEPT | Instincts |
| Sociologist Kingsley Davis is best known for his studies of | Children raised in insolation |
| Primary group composed of people of roughly equal age and social characteristics | Peer Group |
| Most important agent of socialization in almost every society | Family |
| First agent of socialization that people usually encounter | Family |
| Includes television, newspapers, magazines, and films | Mass media |
| Transmits values such as patriotism, responsibility, and citizenship | Schools |
| usually becomes important in adolescence and early adulthood | Peers |
| Most controversial agent of socialization | Media |
| Uses extracurricular activities to train people for life in the larger | School |