Personality Development
Transmission of genetic characteristics from parents to children
Heredity
Taking (or pretending to take) the role of others
Role-Taking
Specific people, such as parents, brothers and sisters, other relatives, and friends who have a direct influence on our socialization
Significant Others
Newspapers, magazines, books, television, radio, films, online sources, and other forms of communication are referred to as
Mass Media
Unchanging, biologically inherited behavior pattern
Instinct
Capacity to learn a particular skill or acquire a particular body of knowledge
Aptitude
Unsocialized, spontaneous, self-interested component of the personality and self-identity.
I
Primary group composed of individuals of roughly equal age and social characteristics.
Peer Group
The behaviors, attitudes, beliefs, and values that are characteristic of an individual.
Personality
Interactive process where individuals learn the basic skills, values, beliefs, and behavior patterns of society.
Socialization
Part of the identity that is aware of the expectations and attitudes of society; the socialized self
Me
This group of people typically has the biggest impact on socialization
What is the term that describes wild or untamed children
Feral Children
Interactive process where we develop an image of ourselves based on how we imagine we appear to others
Looking-Glass Self
Internalized attitudes, expectations, and viewpoints of society that we use to guide our behavior and reinforce our sense of self.
Generalized Other
Setting where people are isolated from the rest of society for a set period of time and subjected to the control of officials of various ranks.
Total Institution
This is the systematic study of the biological basis of all social behavior
Sociobiology
Conscious awareness of possessing a distinct identity that separates us from other members of society
Self
According to George Mead, what are the two parts to the self
The "I" and the "Me"
Breaking from past experiences and learning new values and norms
Resocialization