Agents of Socialization
Sociologists refer to specific individuals, groups, or institutions that enable socialization as
What is an Agent of Socialization
Type of dating pattern up to the 1960s
What is traditional dating
Weeks spent in school
what is 30-36 weeks
Peer pressure peaks at what age
What is Early teenage years (13-15)
John Locke theory
What is Tabula Rasa (clean slate)
Name the most important agent of socialization
What is the family
Type of dating pattern after 1960s
What is contemporary dating
type of socialization
What is Deliberate socialization
What is one reason teens begin to use drugs
What is peer pressure, hostile family setting, social and academic problems, drop outs
Role taking
What is taking on or pretending to take the role of others
Breaking of past experiences and learning the new values and norms society has approved
What is resocialization
Flexible dating pattern
What is contemporary dating pattern
one example of unintentional socialization in school
What is how teachers act, dress, speak
List four consequences of sexual behavior in teens
What is 1.pregnancy
2. STD's
3. Babies lower birth weight
4. Drop out
5. Lower income
6. Child learning difficulties
7. Kids more likely to become teenage parent
8. Stress
Three stages of role play
What is Imitation, Play, Games
A parent teaching their child one thing but doing the opposite
What is unintended socialization
Anticipatory socialization in dating
What is marriage
Another agent of socialization present
What is the peer group
Social integration
What is the degree of attachment people have to social groups or to society as a whole
what are the two parts that george mead says make up the sense of self?
What is the "I" and "Me"
I is the unsocialized, spontaneous, self-interested portion of personality and self-identity
Me is the part of ourselves that is aware of the expectations and attitudes of society, the socialized self
The four main agents of socialization in the United States
What is The family, Peer groups, School, Mass Media
What term describes following a strict set of norms and expectations that falls between "steady dating" and "engagement" on our continuum
Courtship
Describe which type of population density has a higher suicide rate AND why
What is low density areas see higher rates of suicide due to social isolation
What are the three steps of the looking glass theory
What is 1. imagine how we appear to others
2. based off others reactions to us, we decide if they view us as we view ourselves
3. We use our perceptions of how others view us to decide how we feel about ourselves