Personality
The transmission of genetic characteristics from parents to children
heredity
Wolston's Dog's name
Military boot camps, prisons, monasteries, and psychiatric hospitals are all examples of
total institutions
Another word for Mead's "generalized other" is
society
What are the 4 major agents of socialization
Family, Peers, School, Media
What was one major difference in the environment Anna and Isabelle were raised in?
Isabelle had physical contact with her mother and communicated without language. Anna had much less contact with her mother.
Wolston's Valentine's name
Sarah
this process involves a break with past experiences and the learning of new values and norms
resocialization
Who came up with the idea that humans were a blank slate at birth, and what was the name for this?
John Locke
Tabula Rasa
Which is the most important agent of socialization in all societies?
family
Baby monkeys need physical contact with mother to thrive
Common outdoor pastime with Pepera
rock climbing
At boot camp, recruits get the same haircut, wear the same clothes, and are restricted in what they can do and say. This process is a form of:
resocialization
How did Mead distinguish between the social-self and the self-interested self?
Me and I
This agent of socialization often involves no face to face interaction.
mass media (TV, internet, social media)
These children are more likely to be achievement oriented and responsible.
First born
Ski or snowboard?
snowboard
A setting in which people are isolated from society for a set period of time and subject to tight control
total institution
Mead claimed that humans learn to anticipate expectations of one another through a process called
role taking
This agent of socialization is particularly influential for teenagers and can promote values and norms at odds with the family.
peer group
These children often have stronger relationships outside the home and strong social skills.
Middle Born
Wolston's College
Bowdoin
How is resocialization at total institutions accomplished? What happens to the individual?
In an effort to make the individual conform to new patterns of behavior, the individual is stripped of personal identity and their sense of self is weakened.
(Ex: standard haircuts, uniforms, lack of freedom)
Identify theory and theorist.
The theory that our self-image is determined in part by what we think others' opinions of us are.
Charles Cooley, Looking Glass Self
A large amount of unintentional socialization or 'hidden curriculum' can be transmitted by this agent of socialization. (manners, deadlines, speech, dress)
School