instinct
Unchanging, biologically inherited behavior pattern.
significant others
People who have a direct influence on our socializaion.
socialization
Interactive process through which people learn the basic skills, values, beliefs, and behavior patterns of society.
sociobiology
Systematic study of the biological basis of all social behavior.
personality
Sum total of behaviors, attitudes, beliefs, and values characteristic of an individual.
aptitude
Capacity to learn a particular skill or acquire a particular body of knowledge.
looking-glass self
Interactive process by which we develop an image of ourselves based on how we imagine we appear to others.
me
Part of our identity that is aware of the expectations and attitudes of society.
generalized other
Internalized attitudes, expectations, and viewpoints of society.
heredity
Transmission of genetic characteristics from parents to children.
resocialization
Involves a break with past experiences and the learning of new values and norms.
role-taking
Allows us to anticipate what others expect of us to see ourselves through the eyes of others.
birth order
Influence on an individual's personality determined by presence and number of brothers and sisters.
i
Unsocialized, spontaneous, self-interested component of our personalities.
mass media
Influential agent of socialization that includes television, newspapers, and films.
family
Most important agent of socialization in almost every society.
significant others
Specific individuals, groups, and institutions that provide the situations in which socialization can occur.
peer group
Primary group composed of people of roughly equal age and social characteristics.
total institution
Setting in which people are isolated from the rest of society for a set period of time and are subject to the control of others.
self
Our conscious awareness of possessing a distinct identity that seperates us from other members of society.
family
The first agent of socialization that people encounter usually is the...
George Herbert Mead
The concepts of the "I" and the "me" were developed by...
children raised in orphanages do not receive enough food for proper development
Research on the effects of institutionalization has shown that...
instinct
All of the following are agents of socialization EXCEPT...
total institutions
Prisons, mental hospitals, and military boot camps are examples of...
human ineraction
The studies of Anna, Isabelle, and Genie show that normal social development in children depends on...
resocialization
Altering a person's style of dress, hairstyle, speech, and freedom of movement are among the techniques used in...
every newborn child is a clean slate, born without a personality
John Locke used the term tabula rasa to express the idea that...
nurture
Heredity is to nature as environment is to...
the cultural environment
The Ik of northern Uganda provide an example of the ways in which personality development can be affected by...
