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ch 5 stdy guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| personality | the sum total of behaviors attitudes beliefs and values that are characteristicsof an individual. |
| heredity | the transmissionof genetic charecteristicsfrom parents. |
| instincts | an unchanging biologically inherited behavior pattern. |
| sociobiology | the systematic study of the biological basis of all social behavior. |
| aptitude | a capacity to learn particular skill or acquire a particular body of knowledge. |
| feral children | wild or untamed children |
| socialization | interactive process through which people learn the basics. |
| self | your conscious awareness of possessing a distinct identity that seperates you and your environment from other members of society. |
| looking-glass self | the interactive process by which we develop an image of themselves or ourselves |
| role taking | forms the basis of the socialization process by allowing us to anticipate what others expect of us |
| significant others | we grow older significant others become less important |
| generalized other | internalized through the process of roletacking |
| I | the unsocialized spontaneous self-interested components of personality. |
| me | on the other hand is the part of ourselves that is aware of the expectations and additudes of society. |
| agents of socialization | describe the specific individuals, groups, ande institutions that enable socialization to take place. |
| peer group | a primary group composed of individuals of roughly equal age groups |
| mass media | instruments of communicationsthat reach large audiiences with no personal contact. |