Sociology - Chapter 5 Vocabulary

specific individuals, groups, and institutions that provide the situations in which socialization can occur

capacity to learn a particular skill or acquire particular body knowledge

wild or untamed children

internalized attitudes, expectations, and viewpoints of society that we use to guide our behavior and reinforce our sense of self

transmission of genetic characteristics from parents to children

unsocialized, spontaneous, self-interested component of the personality and self-identity

unchanging, biologically inherited behavior pattern

interactive process by which we develop an image of ourselves based on how we imagine we appear to others

newspapers, magazines, books, TV, radio, films, and other forms of communication that reach large audiences without personal contact between the individuals sending the information and those receiving it

part of the identity that is aware of the expectations and attitudes of society; the socialized self

primary group composed of individuals of roughly equal age and social characteristics

sum total of behaviors, attitudes, beliefs, and values that are characteristic of an individual

break with past experiences and the learning of new values and norms

taking of pretending to take the role of others

conscious awareness if possessing a distinct identity that separates us from other members of society

specific people, such as parents, brothers, sisters, other relatives, and friends, who have a direct influence on our socialization

interactive process through which individuals learn the basic skills, values, beliefs, and behavior patterns of society

systematic study of the biological basis of all social behavior

setting in which people are isolated from the rest of society for a set period of time and subjected to the control of officials of varied ranks