Socialization
What is an environment that resocializes you known as?
Total institution
What two major categories is culture divided into?
What type of status are you born with?
Ascribed
What are the things that you're expected to do within your status known as?
Roles
What are the feminized men who serve another man in prison for protection known as?
Punks
Humans are to culture as...
fish are to water
What is a status
Position you occupy in an institution
What is the defining characteristic of a society?
Self sufficient
This is where most of our socialization occurs,
the influential groups in our lives
Agents of Socialization
What is an example of a folkway in our culture?
...
What is the status that comes to the forefront of your identity called?
Master Status
Why do institutions exist?
To serve a societal need
What is the third stage of George Meads "stages of self" known as?
Play stage
WE REACT TO THEM AS IF
THEY ARE THE THING THEY
REPRESENT!
Symbols
What is it called when the role set of one status demands too much of your time and energy?
Role Strain
How do institutions differ in other societies?
The institutions are the same, but their structure is different
What is the second step in Hortons "looking glass self" process?
Imagine their reaction to how you look
What are the five categories of non-material culture we learned about in class?
Symbols
Language
Norms
Values
Beliefs
What types of groups exist as a means to an end?
Secondary Groups
At what pace do institutions change?
Slowly