SOC 1100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Thomas Theorem, Total Institution, Cognitive Development

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1100
• Professor: Deanna Behnke- Cook

Document Summary

Piaget"s stages of development sensorimotor stage: the level of human development at which individuals experience the world only through their senses. pre operational stage: the level of human development at which individuals first use language/symbols. concrete operational stage: the level of human development at which individuals first see casual connections in their surroundings. formal operational stage: the level of human development at which individuals think abstractly and critically. 111. ) peer group: a social group whose members have interests, social position, and ago in common (113). anticipatory socialization: learning that helps a person achieve a desired position. mass media: the means for delivering impersonal communication directed to a vast audience (113). cohort: a category of people with something in common, usually their age. total institution: a setting in which people are isolated form the rest of society and manipulated by an administrative staff. resocialization: efforts to effect radical change in an inmate"s personality by carefully controlling the environment (120).