Sociology 1 Terms Ch 3 of Society the Basics

a process of social interaction through which people acquire personality & learn the way of life of their society.

The fairly stable patterns of thoughts, feelings, & actions, which are typical of an individual

* Cognitive
* Emotional
* Behavioral

* Cultural Determinism
* Biological Determinism
* Freud's Model of Personality

cultural influences determine behavior & personality

genetics & physiological characteristics determine behavior

Freud believed that the personality develops in infancy as the child is formed to control his or her bodily urges. He believed ego is formed as a result of conflict between the infant’s basic biological urges & society’s need for a socialized person.

* The Id
* The Superego
* The Ego
(Conscious, Pre-conscious, Unconscious)

the part of the psyche that seeks immediate gratification of physical & emotional needs

Norms, values & feelings taught through socialization

the rational part of our being that has learned to gratify needs in socially approved ways

All behavior is learned

* Classical conditioning.
* Believed conditioned reflexes could be developed

* Developed the theory of Behaviorism
* Believed emotions could be conditioned.
* Experimented with phobias

Children raised in isolation. Impairs socialization.

theories of personality formation focus on how the self is “constructed” through social interaction

* Wrote The “Looking-Glass Self”
* The reflection of ourselves that we think we see in the behaviors of others toward us

* Behavior - illicits a reaction
* Reaction - is interpreted
* Interpreteation - affects self-image
* Self-image - affects behavior

Studied how our personalities develop as a result of social experience

* Family
* School
* Peer Groups
* Community/Organizations
* Mass Media

* Primary
* Anticipatory
* Developmental
* Reverse
* Re-socialization (Total Institution)

Family etc

Playing house etc. Trying out stuff they may be doing in the future based on stuff they’ve seen in their own family etc.

Based on primary socialization. Getting jobs, moving to a new city etc that build on primary socialization

Children socializing the parents. “You’re not being cool”

Re-learning due to living in a new culture

Being cut off from the rest of society where there’s a different culture
• Prison, rehab, military, old folks home, extended hospitalization, communes
* Goal is to have everyone and everything be uniform

* Pre-industrial Societies (3 stages)
* Industrial Societies (6 stages)
* Post Industrial Societies (8 stages)