Chapter 3 Vocab Flashcards
Feral children
Children assumed to have been raised by animals, in the wilderness, isolated from other humans
Social environment
The entire human environment, including direct contact with others
Socialization
The process by which people learn the characteristics of their group, as well as the attitude, knowledge, skills, values and actions thought to be appropriate for them
Id
Freud’s term for the inborn basic drives
Ego
Freud’s term for a balancing force between the I’d and the demands of society
Superego
Freud’s term for conscience
Culture within us
The norms and values we have internalized from our social groups
Mass media
Forms of communication that are directed to large audiences
Agents of socialization
People or groups that affect our self-concept, attitudes, behaviors or other orientations toward life
Peer group
Individuals who are roughly the same age who are linked by common interests
Resocialization
The process of learning new norms, values, attitudes,NAND behaviors to fit a new life situation
Anticipatory socialization
The process by which one intends to assume a future role, learning of the role before it is actually achieved
Degradation ceremony
An attempt to remake the self by stripping away an individual’s identity and stamping a new identity in place
Life course
The stages of life as we move from birth to death
Adultolescence
Another name for transitional adulthood
