Sociology Chapter 5 (Sem 1)

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Sum total of behaviors, attitudes, beliefs, and values that are characteristics of an individual

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Personality

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4 things that can effect personality

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School/age

Family/birth order

Peers/activities

Experiences

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Places limits on what you can do

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Heredity

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2 examples of heredity

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7 footer won't be a jockey

Mr. Thorne won't be in the NBA

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The capacity to learn a particular skill or acquire certain knowledge

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Aptitude

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Aptitude _

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Varies

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Example of environmental theory

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The Ik

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3 things that changed the Ik

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Draught

Land turned into a national park so they could no longer hunt

Farming on unproductive land

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What causes stunted or non existent developlement

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Isolation

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3 examples of isolation

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Institutionalization

Psychotic parents

Feral child

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What seems to happen to some children as a cause of lack of human contact

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They emotionally "die"

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The process through which individuals learn basic skills, beliefs, and behavior patterns of society

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Socialization

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

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Self

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Clean slate (newborns)

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Tabula rosa

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What english philosopher came up with Tabula Rosa

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John Locke

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Many modern sociologists disagree with what theory about personality

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That we are born without personality, and it is acquired

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Locke claimed he could do what with a newborn?

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Mold it to any type of person he wanted

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We develop an image of ourselves based on how we imagine we appear to others

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Looking glass self

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Who came up with the idea of the looking glass self

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Charles Horton Cooley

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In the looking glass self, other people act as

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Mirrors

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The looking glass self places a large emphasis on

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A nurturing environment in order to produce "capable and competent" children

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Pretend to take the roles of others, usually based on expectations

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Role taking

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He thought role taking was the logical extension of Cooley's theory of the looking glass self

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George Herbert Mead

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We first internalize expectations of

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Significant others (family)

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As we grow older, we internalize the attitudes, expectations, and viewpoints of society

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The generalized other

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Unsocialized self

Spontaneous self interested component of our personality and identity

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The I

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The "Me"

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Socialized self

Aware of expectations and attitudes of society

Life experiences

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5 main agents of socialization

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Family

Peer group

Mass media

Religion

School

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Agent of socialization: family

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Most important in most cases

Family is usually a big influence on a child in the developing stages of self

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Huge in middle and high school age

Loses impact as a person becomes more self-Aware and comfortable with who they are

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Agent of socialization: peer group

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Agent of socialization: mass media

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Sophisticated, scientific, and agenda driven

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Why is mass media dangerous

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We become useful idiots or distracted victims

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Why is mass media beneficial

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Exposes people to many different perspectives

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Often elicits strong behavioral influence

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Agent of socialization: religion

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Moderate example of religion as an agent of socialization

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According to some islamic and other doctrine, females are expected to dress modestly in public

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Extreme example of religion as an agent of socialization

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The Taliban advocating the Burqua

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What will you find examples of in any religion

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Strong behavioral influences

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Example of a strong behavioral influence in religion

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The crusades

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Agent of socialization: school

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Agent of the government, common core

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Behaviors the government expects

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Societal stability, economic productivity, concept of the family, perception of history, patriotism

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3 benefits to common core

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Same pacing

Same content in every state

If a student moves, they'll be on the same schedule

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3 negatives of common core

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Reduction of relevant examples to target demographic

Remediation/acceleration may not fit with pacing guides

Once you give up power it is inordinately difficult to recover it

Who are the people making decisions? Is money involved? Is it biased?

Maybe the government beaureaucrats are all sweet and kind individuals right now, but are there any guarantees that situation will remain the same?

Do governments naturally evolve into less powerful or more powerful entities? History repeatedly illustrates the misapplication of power.

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Describe total institution

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People isolated from the rest of the population are subject to the control of officials

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3 examples of total institution

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Prisons

Boot camp

Monasteries

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In order to forcibly change an individual's social behavior and personality, the _ _ _ must take place

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Process of resocialization

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Example of the process of resocialization

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The "breaking down" of a new prison inmate takes place formally by the guards and informally by the other inmates

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Includes a break with past experiences and learning of new values and means; adopt a new self

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Resocialization

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Example of re-resocialization

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Leaving a cult and re entering "normal society"

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Another name for re-resocialization

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Deprogramming

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Example of resocialization

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Cults