Chapter 5 Flashcards
(19 cards)
What is Behaviorism
Behavior is not instinctive but learned
What is id
The human beings basic drive
What is ego
A persons conscious efforts to balance innate pleasure seeking drives with the demands of society
What is superego
The cultural values and norms internalized by an individual
What is the Sensorimotor stage
The level of human development at which individuals experience the world only through their senses
What is the Preoperational stage
The level of human development at which individuals first use language and other symbols
What is the concrete operational stage
The level of human development at which individuals first see casual connections in their surroundings
What is the Formal operational stage
The level of human development at which individuals think abstractly and critically
What is the self
The part of an individual’s personality composed of self awareness and self image
What is the looking glass self
To mean a self image based on how we think others see us
What is generalized others
Widespread cultural norms and values we use as a references in evaluating ourselves
What is significant other
People such as parents who have special importance for socialization
What is total institution
A setting in which people are isolated from the rest of society and manipulated by an administrative staff
What is resocialization
Radically changing an inmates personality by carefully controlling the environment
What is a cohort
Is a category of people with something in common usually their age
What is the mass media
The means for delivering impersonal communication to a vast audience
What is anticipatory socialization
Learning that helps a person achieve a desired position
What is a peer group
A social group whose members have interests, social position, and age in common
What is socialization
The lifelong social experience by which people develop their human potential and learn culture
