Sociology- Chapter 4

socialization

the process of learning to participate in a group

looking glass self

an image of yourself based on what you believe others think of you

significant others

those people whose reactions are most important to your self-concept

imitation stage

Mead’s first stage in the development of role taking; children begin to imitate behaviors without understanding why

play stage

Mead’s second stage in the development of role taking; children act in ways they imagine other people would

game stage

Mead’s third stage in the development of role taking; children anticipate the actions of others based on social rules

“me”

the part of the self formed through socialization

“I”

the part of the self that accounts for unlearned, spontaneous acts

peer groups

set of individuals of roughly the same age and interests

desocialization

the process of giving up old norms, values, attitudes, and behaviors

resocialization

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

total institutions

places in which people are separated from the rest of society and controlled by officials in charge

gender socialization

the social process of learning how to act as a boy or girl