CH 4-6 Flashcards
(38 cards)
Socialization
The learning and teaching we do throughout our life.
Cooley: The Looking Glass Self
Says that we see ourselves as we think people see us.
Goffman’s Presentation of Self
Says that we are trying to present ourselves in a “certain way” in our interactions with others.
Impression Management
Trying to manage the way that people see us.
Dramaturgical Approach
Says that we are “actors on a stage.” We are putting presentations for people and have a front stage that is public and a back stage that is private.
Id
One of the three stages of Freud’s development of personality, The id is the unorganized part of the personality structure that contains a human’s basic, instinctual drives.
Ego
One of the three stages of Freud’s development of personality,The ego acts according to the reality principle; i.e. it seeks to please the id’s drive in realistic ways that will benefit in the long term rather than bring grief.[15] At the same time, Freud concedes that as the ego “attempts to mediate between id and reality.
Super-Ego
One of the three stages of Freud’s development of personality,Freud developed his concept of the super-ego from an earlier combination of the ego ideal and the “special psychical agency which performs the task of seeing that narcissistic satisfaction from the ego ideal is ensured … what we call our ‘conscience’.”[21] For him “the installation of the super-ego can be described as a successful instance of identification with the parental agency.
Resocialization
The process of discarding old behavior patterns and accepting new ones as part of a life transition.
Total institutions
Refer to an institution that regulates all aspects of a person’s life under a single authority.
Status
Refers to a social position we occupy relative to others.
Ascribed status
A status you were born with.
Achieved status
Obtained by a person on their own.
Master status
Seems to outweigh the importance of other statuses.
roles conflict
At least two different statuses with conflicting roles.
Primary group
small groups of people that we have an emotional connection with.
Secondary group
A larger social group, less intimate than the primary group.
ingroups
People to whom we feel a likeness. We may have a loyalty.
Outgroups
People we don’t want to be involved with.
Reference group
Groups we reference to make our own decisions.
Groupthink
The practice of thinking or making decisions as a group in a way that discourages creativity or individual responsibility.
Bureaucracy
A component of a formal organizations that uses rules and hierarchical ranking to achieve efficiency.
mechanical solidarity
Society of light thinkers. Knew many of the people around you.
organic solidarity
With industrialization, a society where people depend on each other because we lack the skills to do many things ourselves.
