Sociology ch. 3 vocabulary

the entire human environment, including interaction with others

• social environment

• feral children

• socialization

• self

children assumed to have been raised by animals, in the wilderness, isolated from humans

• social environment

• feral children

• socialization

• self

the process by which people learn the characteristics of their group—the knowledge, skills, attitudes, values, norms, and actions thought appropriate for them

• social environment

• feral children

• socialization

• self

the unique human capacity of being able to see ourselves “from the outside”; the views we internalize of how we think others see us

• social environment

• feral children

• socialization

• self

a term coined by Charles Horton Cooley to refer to the process by which our self develops through internalizing others’ reactions to us

• looking-glass self

• taking the role of the other

• significant other

• generalized other

putting yourself in someone else’s shoes; understanding how someone else feels and thinks, so you anticipate how that person will act

• looking-glass self

• taking the role of the other

• significant other

• generalized other

an individual who significantly influences someone else

• looking-glass self

• taking the role of the other

• significant other

• generalized other

the norms, values, attitudes, and expectations of people “in general”; the child’s ability to take the role of the generalized other is a significant step in the development of a self

• looking-glass self

• taking the role of the other

• significant other

• generalized other

Freud’s term for our inborn basic drives

• id

• ego

• superego

• gender

Freud’s term for a balancing force between the id and the demands of society

• id

• ego

• superego

• gender