Chp 3 Terms - Socialization

Question 1

role

Answer 1

A set of behaviours expected of a person occupying a particular position in society.

Question 2

self

Answer 2

A set of ideas and attitudes about who one is as an independent being.

Question 3

I

Answer 3

According to Mead, the subjective and impulsive aspect of the self that is present from birth.

Question 4

looking-glass self

Answer 4

Cooley’s term for the way our sense of self depends largely on how we see ourselves evaluated by others.

Question 5

socialization

Answer 5

The process by which people learn their culture. They do so by (1) entering into and disengaging from a
succession of roles and (2)
becoming aware of themselves as they interact with others.

Question 6

generalized other

Answer 6

According to Mead, a person’s image of cultural standards and how they apply to him or her.

Question 7

me

Answer 7

According to Mead, the objective component of the self that emerges as people communicate symbolically and learn to take the role of the other.

Question 8

significant others

Answer 8

People who play important roles in the early socialization experiences of children.

Question 9

secondary socialization

Answer 9

Socialization outside the family after childhood.

Question 10

primary socialization

Answer 10

The process of acquiring during childhood the basic skills needed to function in society. Primary socialization usually takes place in the
family.

Question 11

Thomas theorem

Answer 11

“Situations we define as real become real in their consequences.”

Question 12

peer groups

Answer 12

A person’s peer group comprises people who are about the same age and of similar status as that person.
The peer group acts as an agent of socialization.

Question 13

status

Answer 13

A recognized social position that an individual can occupy.

Question 14

self-fulfilling prophecy

Answer 14

An expectation that helps bring about what it predicts.

Question 15

hidden curriculum

Answer 15

Teaches students what will be expected of them as conventionally good citizens once they leave school.

Question 16

resocialization

Answer 16

What occurs when powerful socializing agents deliberately cause rapid change in a person’s values, roles, and self-conception, sometimes against that person’s will.

Question 17

anticipatory socialization

Answer 17

Learning the norms and behaviours of the roles to which one aspires.

Question 18

initiation rite

Answer 18

A ritual that signifies the transition of the individual from one group to another and helps to ensure the person’s loyalty to the new group.

Question 19

virtual communities

Answer 19

An association of people, scattered across the city or around the world, who communicate via computer about a subject of common interest.

Question 20

total institutions

Answer 20

Settings in which people are isolated from the larger society and under the strict control and constant supervision of a specialized staff.

Question 21

gender roles

Answer 21

The behaviours associated with widely shared expectations about how males and females are supposed to act.