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Feral Children

Are deprived of mental, physical and social growth because they are reared in total or nearly total isolation from other humans.

Self

Is a psychological construct that people create in order to assist themselves and the world better.

Charles Horton Cooley

He said that people change or develop their respective concept of self as they engage in social interaction.

Anthropology

A science and philosophical description of the life form "homo sapiens" the thinking man.

Culture

The set of beliefs, values, norms, and symbols that are introduced to us from the moment we are born.

Looking Glass Self

A process by which a person develops his self-image based on how others treat him

Self-Esteem

is the belief that one is good and valuable to others

Preparatory Stage

Children learn by imitating the behavior and gestures of others.

Play Stage

Children begin to act out social roles observed in their environment.

Game Stage

Children learn to relate others by participating in organized games and activities.

Backstage

where there is no audience, they reveal their true selves.

Process of interaction

a person observes others behavior for pieces of information how they are appraising him.

Social Comparison

comparing his performance, ability or characteristic with others.

Personal Efficacy

a person believes that he can rise above obstacles or challenges and eventually achieves his goal

George Herbert Mead

developed the theory of social behaviorism in order to explain how social experience shapes a person's personality.

Erving Goffman

has provided additional dimension to understand the self and socialization.

Dramaturgical Analysis

the study of social interactions in terms of theatrical performance.

Edward Taylor

who proposed that culture is a system of human behavior and thought.

Edward Taylor

He defined culture as referring to a complex whole, which includes knowledge, beliefs, arts, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities acquired by man as a member of the society.

Material Component

Pertains to all tangible materials that are inherited from previous generation.

Cognitive Component

Pertains to all body of knowledge, skills, and other capabilities handed down from one generation to another.

Normative Component

Pertains to prescription or standards of behavior that govern the relationship of individuals in the society. This prescription or standard of behavior is popularly known as social norm.

Formal social norms

refers to what has generally been written down and involves strict rules for punishments to offenders.

Informal social norms

refers to the generally understood customs or standards of behavior but is not precisely recorded nor has any specific punishment or sanction for the violators.

Folkways

are general rules, of customary and habitual ways and patterns of expected behavior in the society.

Mores

refers to the special folkways that are generally emphasized because they are deemed necessary for the welfare of the society.

Cultural Borrowing

a situation where one society borrows the culture of another society and uses it as new part of the culture

Discovery or invention

a situation where a particular item was discovered or invented which eventually becomes part of the culture.

Cultural Lag

happens when there is a continuous practice of cultural goal even if there is no longer any social need.

Culture

universal in nature yet diverse in form

Xenocentrism

the belief that one's own culture is relatively inferior compared to the culture of another society.

Ethnocentrism

the belief that one's own culture is relatively superior compared to the culture of another.

Culture Shock

is a situation where an individual encounters a culture very much different form his own, which leads to his own disorientation or disorganization.

Assimilation

the process of embracing a new culture and regarding the same as part of the existing culture.

Acculturation

the social process of embracing the new culture, but this new culture does not necessarily replace the existing culture.

Amalgamation

a social process of culture pertains to the complete blending of two cultures, which leads to the birth of the new breed of culture.

Frontage

people present their selves the way others expect them to be.