Sociology Exam 2

Socialization

the process by which people learn the characteristics of their group—the knowledge, skills, attitudes, values, norms, and actions thought appropriate for them. sociopsychological process. process of becoming human.

Agents of Socialization

people or groups that affect our self-concept, attitudes, behaviors, or other orientations toward life

Ideal Self

Who we want to be

Self

Who we are

Id

Freud’s term for our inborn basic drives. Defined by seeking pleasure and wanting more

Resocialization

the process of learning new norms, values, attitudes, and behaviors

Me and I

Mead’s terms for the self. Me is self as an object, I is self as a subject

Looking-glass Self

(Cooley) I am what I think you think that I am

Total Institution

strips away old identity and puts a new one in it’s place

Ego

reality principle, moderates and delays ID and superego response

Isolated Child

child who has been raised without human contact or language

Generalized Other

when you can see yourself through the lens of a large number of people

Role Taking

imagining yourself in the positions of others, empathetic. understanding of societal expectations

Peer Group

a group of individuals of roughly the same age who are linked by common interests

Superego

Freud’s term for the conscience; the internalized norms and values of our social groups

Charles Cooley

symbolic interactionist, came up with the looking-glass self.

George Herbert Mead

symbolic interactionist, came up with “me and I”, generalized other

Sigmund Freud

psychologist, came up with ID, ego and superego