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sociology ch. 3-4
social structure and socializing the individual
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Sociology
11th Grade
01/13/2011

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role
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expected behavior by others
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status
Definition
socially defined position
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achieved status
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acquired by skill
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ascribed status
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assigned beyond your own control
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master status
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plays greatest role in life
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role exit
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process of leaving/quitting a role
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role strain
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when a person has difficulty meeting roles expectations
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role conflict
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doing role expectations while another is required
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role expectation vs role performance
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expectations dont always meet your performance
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primary group
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small interaction over a long period of time
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secondary group
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temporary and replaceable members
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in group
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a group a person belongs to
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out group
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a group you dont belong with
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informal group
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a group thats not very important or having very many requirements
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social network
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web of relationships
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reference group
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a group in which you adopt others values
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socialization
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life long process in which a person acquires culture
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nature vs nurture
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environment vs heredity
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goals of socialization
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instill discipline, develop aspiration, skills, and self
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agents of socialization
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people that teach us about society
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primary agents of socialization
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family, peer groups, mass media, school, religion
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deliberate socialization
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knowingly doing something
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unconscious socialization
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unknowingly doing something
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harlow rhesus monkey experiment
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showed importance of love and comfort
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anna and genie
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children, no love, institutionalized
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self concept
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perceptioins of ourselves
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looking glass theory
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the way many different people will look at you differently
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role taking
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process of beginning a new role
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gender socialization
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socialization toward 1 gender and against the other
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voluntary resocialization
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socializing how you want to
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involuntary resocialization
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not the way you want to socialize
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involuntary resocialization
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not the way you want to socialize
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total institutions
Definition
places where you are totally isolated
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