The Importance of Socialization
Socialization and the Self
Agents/terms of Socialization
Processes/other terms of Socialization
Culture
100
This is the cultural process of learning to participate in a group
What is Socialization
100
This is an image of yourself as having an identity separate from other people
What is Self-Concept?
100
This is the primary agent of socialization. They help us form our basic values and help us to acquire our self-esteem
What is the Family?
100
These are places where people are separated from the rest of society and controlled by officers in charge
What is a Total Institution?
100

Type of norm: Right vs wrong

Mores

200

The _______ develops through socialization

self

200
These are people whose reactions are most important to your self-concept
Who are Significant Others?
200

refers to an individual's identity in a social world and how that identity is created, reinforced, diminished, and maintained in communicative interactions.

face-work

200
This is the process of adopting new norms, values, attitudes and behaviors
What is Resocialization?
200

Type of norm: right vs forbidden

taboo

300
This perspective says that groups must work together to create a stable society. Therefore, schools and families socialize children by teaching the same basic norms and values
What is the Functionalist Perspective?
300
This is an image of yourself based on what you believe others think of you
What is Looking-Glass Self?
300
These are a set of individuals of roughly the same age and interests
What is a Peer Group?
300

Example: An employee pretends to be typing in excel when the boss comes around

Impression management

300

Handshake and the "Wai" (Thai) are examples of this type of norm

Folkway

400
This perspective uses key concepts to explain socialization. Charles Cooley and George Mead developed this perspective.
What is Symbolic Interactionism?
400

No biological component

Social self

400

Marking a major transition in life or an important occasion

rite of passage

400
This is the voluntary process of preparing to accept new norms, values, attitudes, and behaviors
What is Anticipatory Socialization?
400

right vs rude - which type of norm?

folkway

500
This perspective views socialization as a way of keeping things the way they are and have always been. When people are socialized to accept their family's social class, for example, they preserve the class system
What is the Conflict Perspective?
500
This is the integrated conception of the norms, values, and beliefs of one's community or society
What is the Generalized Other?
500

Explain and give an example for Degradation ceremony

Ans may vary but should discuss the formal or informal transformation of one's total identity to that of an identity with a lower status in a hierarchy. 

500
This is a group whose norms and values are used to guide our behavior. It's a group with whom you identify
What is a Reference Group?
500

Explain the concept of dominant ideology in the perspective of conflict theory

Ans may vary, but should include elements of exploitation, maintaining power structures, and perpetuating inequality in society