1Adult Socialization
Learning new roles and expectations in adult life
2Age Cohort
A group of people born during the same time period
3Age Discrimination
Unequal treatment of people based solely on age
4Age Prejudice
A negative attitude generalized to everyone in an age group
5Age Stereotypes
Preconceived judgments about different age groups
6Age Stratification
The hierarchical ranking of age groups in society
7Ageism
The institutionalized practice of age prejudice and discrimination
8Game Stage
The childhood stage when children can take on multiple roles simultaneously
9Generalized Other
An abstract composite of social roles and expectations
10Identity
How one defines oneself
11Imitation Stage
The childhood stage when children copy others' behavior
12Life Course
The connection between personal attributes, social roles, life events, and their social and historical context
13Looking-Glass Self
The idea that our self-concept develops through reflection on our relationships with others
14Peers
People of similar status
15Personality
The needs, drives, attitudes, feelings, and beliefs that characterize a person
16Play Stage
The childhood stage when children take on the roles of significant people around them
17Psychoanalytic Theory
The unconscious mind shapes human behavior
18Resocialization
The process of radically altering or replacing existing social roles
19Rite of Passage
A ceremony or ritual marking a transition from one role to another
20Roles
Behaviors expected of someone with a particular social status
21Self
Our concept of who we are, formed through relationships with others
22Self-Concept
A person's image and evaluation of important aspects of themselves
23Significant Others
People with whom we have close affiliations
24Social Control
The process of bringing individuals and groups into conformity with dominant social expectations
25Socialization
The process of learning society's expectations
26Socialization Agents
People or groups that pass on social expectations
27Stockholm Syndrome
When a captive identifies with their captor because of dependence on them
28Taking the role of the other
Imagining oneself from another person's point of view