Socializing the Individual

A break with past experiences and the learning of new values and norms is called

• resocialization
• role-taking.
• instinct.
• sociobiology

imagining how we appear to others is called

• restrictive behavior.
• nature versus nurture.
• the generalized other.
• the looking-glass self.

The most important agent of socialization in almost every society is 

• family
• peer group
• school
• mass media

the sum total of a person’s behaviors, attitudes, beliefs, and values

• Instinct
• Personality
• Looking Glass Self
• Sociobiology

raised without a cultural environment

• me
• Feral
• tabula rasa
• looking glass self

part of self that is aware of the expectations and attitudes of society

• me
• Feral
• tabula rasa
• looking glass self

Came up with theory of dramaturgy

• Erving Goffman
• Ivan Pavlov
• Charles Cooley
• John Locke

philosopher who believed that people are born without personalities

• Rene Spitz
• Ivan Pavlov
• Charles Cooley
• John Locke

Believed that socialization occurs by first taking on the roles of others than society (I & me)

• Erving Goffman
• George Herbert Mead
• Charles Cooley
• John Locke

developed the concept of the looking-glass self

• Rene Spitz
• Ivan Pavlov
• Charles Cooley
• John Locke