Socializing the Individual

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Process of breaking away from past experiences to adapt to a new culture, learning new values and norms.

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resocialization

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The process of imagining how we appear to others is called

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the looking-glass self.

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In most communities, which is considered the most important agent of socialization? Options: family, peer group, school, mass media

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family

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What is the term that describes the sum total of behaviors, attitudes, beliefs, and values?

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Personality

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Term describing someone living in the wild without human contact or cultural environment.

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Feral

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Which part of Evelyn's self is aware of societal expectations and attitudes?

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me

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Who proposed the theory that individuals learn to interact within their community by first taking on the roles of others before understanding broader societal norms (I & me)?

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George Herbert Mead

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Which sociologist developed the concept of the looking-glass self?

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Charles Cooley

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What is the unchanging, biologically inherited behavior pattern called when birds build nests the same way every year without being taught?

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Instinct

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Individuals who directly influence Avery's socialization are referred to as

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Significant others