Socialization

Primary

Small group of people who interact over a long period of time

Achieved

Status acquired through one’s own effort

Looking glass self

The process in which we develop an image of ourself based on how we imagine we appear to others

Socialization

The interactive process through people learn basic skills values beliefs and behavior patterns of society

Exchange

Whenever people interact in an effort to receive a reward or return for their actions

Role taking

Trying out roles of adults well playing

Role conflict

Occurs when fulfilling the role expectations of one status stops us from fulfilling the expectations of another

Who is Locke?

The psychologist who claimed he could take a bunch of healthy babies and train them to be whatever he wanted

Hereditary

The transmission of genetic characteristics from parents to children

Social structure

Network of interrelated statuses and roles that guide human interaction

Aptitude

The capacity to learn a certain skill or acquire a certain body of knowledge

Status

Socially defined position in society or a group

Cooperation

Social interaction that happens when two or more people work together to complete a goal that will benefit more than one person

Competition

Social interaction that occurs when multiple people oppose each other to achieve a goal that only one person can complete

Role strain

Occurs when a person has trouble completing the expectations of one role

Master status

The status that plays the greatest role in someone’s life

Secondary

Group where interaction is impersonal and short term

Gender

The behavior and psychological traits considered appropriate for men and women

Social category

Classifying of people according to a shared trait or common status

Ascribed

Status assigned according to qualities about u you can’t control

Role

The Behavior expected of someone occupying a certain status

Personality

The sum total of your behaviors, beliefs, and values

Reciprocol

Opposite roles that define the patterns of interaction between related statuses

Aggregate

People that gather in the same place at the same time but lack organization or lasting patterns of interaction

Family

The family of socialization that has the most influence on personality development

Conflict

Interaction that attempts to control or harm another person

Accommodation

Social interaction where you give a little get a little

Nature

The source of personality traits gained through our hereditary and inherited characteristics

Nurture

Sources of personality traits that come from environment and social learning b

Insctinct

An unchanging biologically inherited behavior pattern