Exam 4: Socialization

Define the looking-glass self and the associated three-step process.

Our view of the world as hostile or safe is due in large part to our upbringing and childhood experiences.

Bob and Seth are both middle class and in Grade 5.They both like to ride bikes,play soccer,and hang around in the same group of friends.What group do Bob and Seth share?

Socialization refers solely to the formal process by which we learn a new role.

Which of the components of our self-concept is reflected in the statement "I play golf well"?

According to Sigmund Freud,which component of personality includes all of the individual's basic biological drives and needs that demand immediate gratification?

What is the period from age 40 to age 60 called?

Significant others is a term that refers to romantic partners.

What are the components of the self according to Freud?

What term is used for the subjective element of the self that represents the spontaneous and unique traits of each person?

Piaget asserted that children do not have object permanence until they are four years old.

What term is used for the concept that children's cultural knowledge consists not only of beliefs found in the adult world but also of unique interpretations from the children's own peer culture?

Self-concept is the totality of our beliefs and feelings about ourselves.

Late adolescent experiences are fairly consistent despite class differences.

The feelings,thoughts,appearance,and behaviour of individuals who are undergoing socialization have a direct influence on the agents of socialization who are attempting to influence those individuals.What is the term for this phenomenon?

What is the id?

According to Mead,children begin to see themselves in relation to others during the play stage of self development.

What is self-concept?

Discuss the nature versus nurture debate.Discuss how a sociological perspective would address the issue.

What name did Goffman give to places where people are isolated from the rest of society for a set period of time and come under the control of the officials who are in charge?