Personality Development
The transmission of genetic characteristics from parents to children
heredity
The interactive process through which people learn the basic skills, values, beliefs, and behavior patterns of a society is called
socialization
the most important agent of socialization in almost every society
Family
wild or untamed children
feral children
The sum total of behaviors, attitudes, beliefs, and values that are characteristic of an individual
personality
Unchanging biologically inherited behavior pattern.
Instinct
The interactive process by which we develop an image of ourselves based on how we imagine we appear to others.
Looking-glass self
instruments of communication that reach large audiences with no personal contact between those sending the information and those receiving it
mass media
conscious awareness of possessing a distinct identity that separates you and your environment from other members of society.
self
A capacity to learn a particular skill or acquire a particular body of knowledge
aptitude
How are feral children created or how does a feral child come to be
lack of socialization, comfort, abuse
forms the basis of the socialization process by allowing us to anticipate what others expect of us. (Mead)
role-taking
a primary group composed of individuals of roughly equal age and similar social characteristics
peer group
The unsocialized spontaneous, self interested component of personality and self-identity.
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The systematic study of the biological basis of all social behavior.
Sociobiology
Rene Spitz studied the effects of _________ , places like orphanages and hospitals, the children here may experience characteristics of an isolated child.
Institutionalization, Institution
John Locke
Name 3 of 4 of the main agents of socialization
Family, peer group, school, mass media
Sociologists use the term _________ to describe the specific individuals, groups, and institutions that enable socialization to take place.
agents of socialization
the part of ourselves that is aware of the expectations and attitudes of society
me
Name 3 of the 4 factors that most sociologists see as the main influences to personality development and social behavior.
cultural environment, Parental Characteristics, Birth order, Heredity
internalized attitudes, expectations, and viewpoints of society
generalized other
a setting in which people are isolated from the rest of society for a set period of time and are subject to tight control.
total institution
Charles Horton Cooley
involves a break with past experiences and the learning of new values and norms.
resocialization