Unit 3 Socialization

The argument between genetic characteristics versus environment and social learning

• achievement vs failure

• nature vs nurture

• resocialization vs instinct

• looking glass self vs. generalized other

An image of ourselves based on imagining how we appear to others is called the

• generalized other

• nature vs nurture debate

• looking-glass self

• birth order

Socialization begins

• at birth

• when a child learns to walk

• when a child learns to talk

• when a child begins school

Children practice taking on roles through which of the following?

• Internalization

• Looking-glass self

• Play, games, and imitation

• Impression management

Learning to take the perspective of others is known as

• Role taking

• Looking-glass self

• Resocialization

• Nature vs. nurture

The idea of ______ is that people learn new attitudes, beliefs, & behaviors through social interaction.

• looking-glass self

• birth order

• reference groups

• social learning theory

Which of the following is a primary agent of socialization?

• Teachers

• Family

• Peers

• All of the above

The people who are important in one's life, such as parents, siblings, and grandparents

• role taking

• significant others

• generalized other

• resocialization

Groups of people who shape an individual's self-image, behavior, values, & attitudes

• role taking

• nature vs nurture

• reference groups

• peer groups

Process of unlearning old ways of doing things & adopting new attitudes, values, & behaviors

• resocialization

• birth order

• social learning theory

• looking-glass self