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Socializ SOC1010 Cp3
Introduction to Sociology - Chapter 3: Socialization, De More
Question | Answer |
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socialization | the lifelong social experience by which people develop their human potential and learn culture |
personality | a person's fairly consistent patterns of acting , thinking and feeling |
self | George Herbert Mead's term for the part of an individual's personality composed of self-awareness and self image |
looking-glass self | Charles Horton Cooley's term for a self image based on how we think others see us |
significant others | people, such as parents, who have special importance for socialization |
generalized other | Mead's term for widespread cultural norms and values we use as a reference in evaluating ourselves |
peer group | a social group whose members have interests, social position and age in common |
anticipatory socialization | learning that helps a person achieve a desired position |
mass media | the means for delivering impersonal communications to a vast audience |
gerontology | study of aging an elderly |
gerontocracy | a form of social organization in which the elderly have the most wealth, power and prestige |
ageism | prejudice and discrimination against older people (or based on age) |
cohort | category of people with something in common, usually their age |
total institution | a setting in whihc people are isolated from the rest of society and controlle dby an administrative staff |
resocialization | radically changing an inmate's behavior by controlling the environment |