Sociology Test 1 Chapter 4

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Age Cohort
A group of people born during the same period of time.
Age Stratification
The hierarchial ranking of different age groups in society. (old people suck)
Anticipatory Socialization
Learning what you are going to be socialized in the future.
Disengagement Theory
As people age, they become less functional and engaged in society.
Super Ego
The definition of self that everyone sees, the one that is in society.
ID
Based solely on impulses, what you want, what you were born to want.
Ego
The definition of self that combines superego and ID to form a person.
Internalization
When behaviors are so deeply ingrained into us that we do not question them.
Life Course
The whole description of ones life, who they are, their roles, their job, their social, their experiences, everything.
Looking Glass Self
Our perception of ourselves can be formed by others, the people we hang out with. If they tell you you are something, you might just end up being that, or thinking you are. You become like others.
Negative Reinforcement
Punishment
Positive Reinforcement
Reward
Psychoanalytic Theory
The freudian theory that consists of the superego, id, and ego of a person.
Resocialization
When socialization occurs again, your roles radically change and you have to learn to be someone completely new.
Schema
A mental category that holds social experiences.