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the lifelong social experience by which people develop their human potential and learn culture
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socialization
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a person’s fairly consistent patterns of acting, thinking and feeling
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personality
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What 2 basic human opposing forces did Freud identify
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Eros (love) and Thanatos (death)
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What are the three parts of Freud’s personality model
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1: Id
2: Ego
3: Superego
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Id involves
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basic drives
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Ego involves
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works to achieve balance
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Superego involves
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culture within
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Jean Piaget’s 4 stages of cognitive development
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- Sensorimotor stage
- Preoperational stage
- Concrete operational stage
- Formal operational stage
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Sensorimotor stage
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experience world through senses
10
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preoperational stage
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use of lamnguage and other symbols
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concrete operational stage
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perception of causal connections in surroundings
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formal operational stage
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abstract, critical thinking
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What are Lawrence Kohlberg’s 3 stages of Moral Development
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- Preconventional
- Conventional
- Postconventional
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Preconventional stage
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Children experience pain or pleasure
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Conventional
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Young people do what pleases parents/conforms to social norms
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Postconventional
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ability to consider abstract ethical principles.
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Carol Gilligan’s comparison of Boys and Girls moral development
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- Boys develop justice perspective
- Girls develop care and responsibility perspective
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justice perspective
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formal rules define right and wrong
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care and responsibility perspective
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personal relationships define reasoning
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George Herbert Mead’s 4 components of the self
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- Not there at birth
- develops from social experience
- social experience = exchange of symbols
- understanding intention requires imagining the situation from the other’s point of view.
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the part of a personality composed of self-awareness and self-image
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The Self
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Charles Horton Cooley’s looking glass self
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- Others represent a mirror in which we see ourselves
- What we think of ourselves depends on what we think others think of us.
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Mead’s I and me
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I: subjective element of self
Me: objective element of self
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How do Mead’s I and Me appear in social interaction?
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- we initiate action (I-phase)
- We continue based on how other’s respond (me-phase)
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Who is a significant other
People (ex, parents) who have special importance for socialization
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Generalized other
Widespread cultural norms and values we use as a reference in evaluating others
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what are the three roles the self can take
- no one
- one
- many
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Erik H. Erikson's 8 Stages of development
1: Infancy
2: Toddlerhood (3)
3: Preschool (4-5)
4: Preadolescence (6-13)
5: adolescence (teen years)
6: Young adulthood
7: Middle adulthood
8: Old age
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Challenge of an infant
establish trust in a safe world
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Challenge of a toddler
learn skills to cope with the world in confidence
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Challenges of a preschooler
learn to engage their surroundings and experience guilt at failing to meet others' expectations
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Challenges of a preadolescent
enter school, make friends, feel proud of accomplishments or like they don't measure up.
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Challenges of adolescent
identify with others, want to be unique, experience confusion of identity
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Challenges of young adulthood
form/maintain intimate relationships while having a separate identity
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Challenges of middle adulthood
contribute to the lives of others or become self-centered
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challenge of old age
look back on life with satisfaction or despair
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What are the 4 agents of socialization
1. Family
2. School
3. Peer Group
4. Peers
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Socialization role of the family
- provide safe/caring environment
- teach skills/values
- social/ethnic/racial/class identity
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Socialization role of school
- enlarges social world
- socialization of gender roles
- hidden curriculum/bureaucracy
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Socialization role of peer groups
group whose members have common interests, social position, age
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Socialization role of peers
- forming relationships
- Parental concern about peer influence
- Anticapatory socialization
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Learning that helps a person to achieve a desired position
anticapatory socialization
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mass media
means for transmitting info from 1 source to vast number of people
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social media
media that allows communication with one another
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How many hours of TV do canadian adults watch? (2017)
24.6 hours per week
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What does television and internet surfing take away from?
- Interaction with family/peers
- Exercise
- Productivity
- Health
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How does the media mirror social inequality?
Poor representation of minorities and women
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violence code
regulation on violence in mass media
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What is the general life course of a person
- Childhood
- Adolescence
- Adulthood
- Old age
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childhood (birth through 12)
- carefree learning/play
| - grounded in culture
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adolescence (teen years)
- turmoil of cultural inconsistencies
| - varies according to social class
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adulthood (early: 20-40s, middle: 40-65)
- managing daily affairs
- circumstances are set
- concerns over health/career/family
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Old age (mid-60s and older)
- more seniors than teenagers in Canada
| - More visible in everyday life
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the study of aging and the elderly
gerontology
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What are the predictable signs of aging (7)
1. Greying of hair
2. Wrinkles
3. Declining energy
4. Loss of height/weight
5. decline in strength/vitality
6. sensory changes
7. risk of chronic illness/conditions
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A form of social organization in which elders have the most wealth, power and prestige.
gerontocracy
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Where does a gerontocracy occur
pre-industrial society
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prejudice and discrimination against the elderly
ageism
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what have pensions achieved
decline in rates of poverty among the retired
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What is the life expectancy of a canadian
78.8 years for men and 83.3 years for women
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Elizabeth Kubler-Ross's stages of dying (5)
1. Denial
2. Anger
3. Negotiation/bargaining
4. Resignation
5. Acceptance
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Are the stages in life biological or social
Reflect biological changes, are socially constructed
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What factors shape the life course (5)
1. Age
2. Class
3. Race
4. Ethnicity
5. Gender
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A category of people with a common characteristic, usually their age
Cohort
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A setting in which people are isolated from the rest of society and manipulated by an administrative staff
Total institution
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3 characteristics of a Total Institution (Erving Goffman)
1. Staff supervise all daily life activities
2. Environment is standardized
3. Rules and daily schedules dictate routines
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Radically changing a person's personality by carefully controlling the environment
resocialization
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2 parts of the resocialization process
1. Break down of new inmates identity
| 2. Subject to "mortifications of self".
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Example of resocialization in a total institution
Prison
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mortification of self
kiling of the concept of self through searches, head-shaving, assigning a serial number in place of a name
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how do prison staff rebuild someone's personality
rewards and punishments
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what are the two possible outcomes of someone leaving prison
1. Rehabilitation
| 2. Reinstitutionalized.
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the study of social interaction in terms of theatrical performance
Dramaturgical analysis
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A person's efforts to create specific impressions in the minds of others
Presentation of self
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how is the self a performance
we convey information to others as we present ourselves
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Examples of Nonverbal Communication (3)
1. Body movements
2. Gestures
3. Facial expressions
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The way we act and carry ourselves
demeanor
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How does gender affect use of space
- men command more space/territory
| - Women are miniscule/dainty
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Which gender is more sensitive to non-verbal communication
Women
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Constructed performances to idealize our intentions
Idealization
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Discomfort after a spoiled performance (losing face)
Embarrassment
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Helping someone "save face" so that "reality" is not swept away
Tact
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Role of culture in socialization (3)
- defines what triggers emotions
- Provides rules for emotinoal display
- guides how we value emotions
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Foundation of humour
A contrast between conventional/unconventional realities
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Dynamics of humour
"getting" the contrasts of realities heightens humour
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Functions of humour
Safety valve
| "It was just a joke"
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How does humour liberate some while oppressing others
by acting as a "put down"
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