Chapter 4 Flashcards
Sociobiology
Study of the biological basis of all social behavior
socialization
Interactive process through which people learn the basic skills, values, beliefs and behavior patterns of a society
Looking glass self
Interactive process by which we develop an image of ourselves based on how we imagine we appear to others
Significant other
Specific people who directly influence our socialization
I
Unsocialized, spontaneous component of the personality
Me
Part of identity that is aware of expectations and attitudes of society
Socialized self
dramaturgy
Theory that proposed that social interaction is like a performance
Agents of socialization
Specific things that enable socialization to take place
Resocialization
Break with last experience and the learning of new values and norms
Personality
The sum total of behaviors, attitudes, beliefs, and values that are characteristic of an individual