Flashcards and Answers – Sociology Unit 3
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personality
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sum total of behaviors, attitudes, beliefs, and values that are characteristic of an individual
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heredity
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the transmission of genetic characteristic from parents to children
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instinct
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an unchanging, biologically inherited behavior pattern
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sociobiology
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systematic study of the biological basis of all social behavior
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aptitude
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capacity to learn a particular skill or acquire a particular body of knowledge
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feral children
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wild or untamed children
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socialization
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interactive process through which people learn the basic skills, values, beliefs, and behavior patterns of a society
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self
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conscious awareness of possessing a distinct identity that separates you and your environment from other members of society
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looking-glass self
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interactive process by which we develop an image of ourselves based on how we imagine we appear to others
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role-taking
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basis of the socialization process that allows to anticipate what others expect of us
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significant others
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people who have a direct influence on our sociolization
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generalizaed other
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internalized attitudes, expectations, and viewpoints of society
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i
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unsocialized, spontaneous, self-interested component of personality and self-identity
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me
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part of ourself that is aware of the expectations and attitudes of society - the socialized self
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anticipatory socialization
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learning the rights, obligations, and expectations of a role to prepare for assuming that role in the future
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homogamy
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tendency of individuals to marry people who have social characteristics similar to their own
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courting buggy
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horse-drawn carriage used by the Amish
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drug
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any substance that changes mood, behavior, or consciousness
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social intergration
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degree of attachment people have to social groups or to society as a whole
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agents of socialization
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specific forces and situations that shape socialization
