Practice
- The debate over the influence of biological versus social influences in socialization.
Answer: Nature versus Nurture
- The process of learning and internalizing the values, beliefs, and norms of our social group, by which we become functioning members of society.
Answer: Socialization
- What people define as real because of their background assumptions and life experiences with others.
Answer: Social Construction of Reality
- All the ways the newborn is molded into a social being capable of interacting in and meeting the expectations of society.
Answer: Primary Socialization
- Occurs in later childhood and adolescence when children go to school and come under the influence of non-family members.
Answer: Secondary Socialization
- To the influence exerted by a peer group in encouraging a person to change his or her attitudes, values, or behavior in order to conform to group norms.
Answer: Peer pressure
- An institution that controls almost all aspects of its members' lives and all aspects of the individual life is controlled by those in authority in the institution.
Answer: Total Institution
- The process by which existing social roles are radically altered or replaced.
Answer: Resocialization
- The combination of mental, physical, and emotional traits of a person, or the person’s natural predispositions.
Answer: Temperament
