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Sociology & you
11011391553 | SOCIALIZATION | the process of learning to participate in a group | ![]() | 0 |
11011391554 | SELF-CONCEPT | an image of yourself as having an identity separate from other people | ![]() | 1 |
11011391555 | LOOKING-GLASS SELF | an image of yourself based on what you believe others think of you | ![]() | 2 |
11011391556 | SIGNIFICANT OTHERS | those people whose reactions are the most important to your self-concept | ![]() | 3 |
11011391557 | ROLE TAKING | assuming the viewpoint of another person and using that viewpoint to shape the self-concept | ![]() | 4 |
11011391558 | IMITATION STAGE | Mead's first stage on the development of role taking; children begin imitate behaviors without understanding why | ![]() | 5 |
11011391559 | PLAY STAGE | Mead's second stage in the development of role taking; children act in ways they imagine other people would | ![]() | 6 |
11011391560 | "ME" | the part of the self formed through socialization | 7 | |
11011391561 | "I" | the part of the self that accounts for the unlearned, spontaneous acts | 8 | |
11011391562 | PEER GROUP | set of individuals of roughly the same age and interest | ![]() | 9 |
11011391563 | MASS MEDIA | means of communication designed to reach the general population | ![]() | 10 |
11011391564 | TOTAL INSTITUTIONS | places in which people are separated from the rest of society and controlled by officials in charge | ![]() | 11 |
11011391565 | DESOCIALIZATION | the process of giving up old norms, values, attitudes, and behaviors | 12 | |
11011391566 | ANTICIPATORY SOCIALIZATION | the voluntary process of preparing to accept new norms, values, attitudes, and behaviors | ![]() | 13 |
11011391567 | REFERENCE GROUP | group whose norms and values are used to guide behavior; group with whom you identify | 14 | |
11011391568 | HIDDEN CURRICULUM | the informal and unofficial aspects of culture that children are taught in school | ![]() | 15 |
11011391569 | game stage | Mead's third stage in the development of role-taking;children anticipate the actions of others based on social rules | ![]() | 16 |
11011391570 | resocialization | the process of adopting new norms, values, attitudes, and behaviors | 17 |