Sociology chapter 4

process whereby the helpless infant gradually becomes a swell-aware knowledgeable person, skilled in the ways of his or her culture.

is the process whereby societies have structureal continuity over time.

immitaiton of those around them- playing adult roles

self-consciousness- see themselves as others see them age eight or nine-organized games

generalized other-the general values and moral rules of the culture in which they are developing.

• sensorimotor stage
• preoperational stage
• egocentric stage
• concrete operational stage
• formal operational stage.

are socially defined expectiatons of an indiviudal in a given status or social position.

is tha charactersitc that is attributed to an indivudual by others.