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| Lifelong process of social interaction through which individuals acquire a self-identity and the physical, mental, and social skills need for survival in society. |
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| the systematic study of how biology affects social behavior. |
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| Sigmund Freud's term for the component of personality that includes all of the individual's basic biological drives and needs that demand immediate gratification. |
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| According to Sigmund Freud, the rational, reality-oriented component of personality that imposes restrictions on the innate pleasure-seeking drives of the id. |
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| Sigmund Freud's term for the conscience, consisting of the moral and ethical aspects of personality. |
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| The totality of our beliefs and feelings about ourselves. |
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| Our perception about what kind of person we are. |
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| Theories that emphasize the socially created nature of social life. |
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| Charles Horton Cooley's term for the way in which a person's sense of self is derived from the perceptions of others. |
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| The process by which a person mentally assumes the role of another person in order to understand the world from that person's point of view. |
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| Those persons whose care, affection, and approval are especially desired and who are most important in the development of the self. |
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| George Herbert Mead's term for the child's awareness of the demands and expectations of the society as a whole or of the child's subculture. |
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| The persons, groups, or institutions that teach us what we need to know in order to participate in society. |
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| The aspect of socialization that contains specific messages and practices concerning the nature of being female or male in a specific group or society. |
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| The aspect of socialization that contains specific messages and practices concerning the nature of one's racial or ethnic status. |
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| Anticipatory Socialization |
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| The process by which knowledge and skills are learned for future roles. |
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