sociology Chp. 4 – Flashcards
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Personality
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the sum total of behaviors, attitudes, beliefs, and values that are characteristic of an individual. IE: Jeff= weird
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Heredity
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the transmission of genetic characteristics from parents to children IE: Eyes from mom
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Instinct
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an unchanging, biologically inherited behavior pattern IE: birds migrating at particular times of year
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Sociobiology
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the systematic study of the biological basis of all social behavior IE: argue with traits of religion, cooperation, etc.
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aptitude
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a capacity to learn a particular skill or acquire a specific body of knowledge. IE: natural talent for music or arts
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socialization
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The interactive process through which people learn the basic skills,values, beliefs, and behavior patterns of a society. IE:kids growing up
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self
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The conscious awareness of possessing a distinct identity that separates one from other members of society. IE: Me
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looking-glass self
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The interactive process by which we develop an image of ourselves based on how we imagine we appear to others IE: I am weird
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role-taking
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taking on or pretending to take on the role of others. IE: being fake to fit in
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significant others
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Specific people,such as parents, siblings, relatives, and others, who directly influence our socialization IE: my grandparents
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Generalized other
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The internalized attitudes, expectations, and viewpoints of society that guide our behavior and reinforce our sense of self. IE: Dont start out with role taking
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I
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The unsocialized, spontaneous,self-interested component of the personality and self-identity.
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me
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the part of the identity that is aware of the expectations and attitudes of society, or the socialized self. Ie: the person that turned these in.
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dramaturgy
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A theory that proposes that social interaction is like a drama being performed on a stage. IE: A play?
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Impression management
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a effort to present that self well and manage the impressions that audience receives IE: wearing nice clothes
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agents of socialization
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Family, Peer groups, teachers and schools, popular culture and the media.
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peer group
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A social group whose members have interests, social position, and age in common IE: The click
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mass media
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Means of communication designed to reach the general population IE: Facebook
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resocialization
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A break with past experiences and the learning of new values and norms IE:A teenagers go to college and learns a whole new set of rules
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total institution
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A setting in which people are isolated from the rest of society and manipulated by an administrative staff IE: People in a crazy house
