SOCI201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Attachment Theory, Impression Management, Total Institution

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI201
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Socialization: the lifelong process in which people learn attitudes, values, and behaviors appropriate for members of a particular culture. Personality: person"s typical patterns of attitudes, needs, characteristics, and behavior. Primate studies: social attachments develop from need for warmth, comfort, and intimacy. Looking glass self: the self is product of social interactions with other people (charles horton. Generalized theory: attitudes, viewpoints, and expectations of society as a whole taken into account in behavior. Mead-theory of self: self begins as privileged, central position in a person"s world, as person matures, self changes and begins to reflect greater concern about reactions of others, significant others: individuals most important in development of self. Impression management; individual learns to slant presentation of self to create distinctive appliance and satiny particular audiences. ; new communication tech in developing countries: work place: learning to behave appropriately within an occupational setting is a fundamental aspect of human socialization; work place socialization changes when it involves full time employment.