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Sociology Mr. Fallis
Mr Fallis vocab
word | definitions |
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personality | is the sum total of behaviors, attitudes, beliefs,and values that are characteristic of an individual. |
heredity | the transmission of genetic characteristics from parents to children. |
instinct | is an unchanging, biologically inherited behavior pattern. |
sociobiology | is the systematic study fo teh biological basis of all social behavior. |
aptitude | is a capacity to learn a particular skill or acquire a particular body of knowledge |
feral children | wild or untamed children |
socialization | the interactive process through which people learn the basic skills, values, beliefs, and behavior patterns of a society |
self | your conscience awareness of possessing a distinct identity that separates you and your environment from other members of society. |
looking-glass self | interactive process by which we develop an image of ourselves based on how we imagine we appear to others |
role-taking | eventually we not only see ourselves as others see us but actually take on or pretend to take the roles of others. |
significant others | parents, siblings, relatives, and others who have a direct influence on our socialization. |
generalized other | attitudes, expectations, and viewpoints of society |
I | UNSOCIALIZED, SPONTANEOUS, SELF-INTERESTED COMPONENT OF PERSONALITY AND SELF-IDENTITY. |
me | the part of ourself that is aware of the expectations and attitudes of society |
peer group | primary group composed of individuals of roughly eual age and similar social characteristics. |
mass media | instruments of communication that reach large audiences with no personal contact between those sending the information and those recieving it |
total institution | `a setting in which people are isolated from the rest of society |
resocialization | involves a break with past experineces and the learning of newvalues and norms. |