social interaction

socialization

process of learning and internalizing valyes of a group

primary

familial interaction

secondary

school or peers

theory of self

conscious reflexive experience of a personal identity

looking glass self

charles cooley we develop through our perception of how other people see us

me

what society expects

I

how you want to act

mead

expanded cooleys ideas

mead stages of socialization

language, play, game

agents of socialization

family, school, peers, media

adult socialization

never finished

status

position in a social hierarchy that carries a particular set of expectations

embodied status

physical characteristics

ascribed characteristics

impossible to change

achieved

earned through individual effort imposed by others

master status

most apparent

roles

expected behavior of individual based on status