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Anticipatory socialization
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Processes of socialization in which a person rehearses for future positions, occupations
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Cognitive theory development
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The theory that childerns thoughts progesses through four stages of development
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Degradation ceremony
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An aspect of the coialization process within some total institutions, in which people are subjected to humiliating rituals
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Dramaturgical approach
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A view of social interaction in which people are seen as theatrical performers
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Face-work
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The efforts people make to maintain the proper image and avoid public embarrassment
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Gender role
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Expectations reguarding the proper behavior, attitudes, and activities, of males and females
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Generalized other
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the attitudes, viewpoints, and expectations of society as a whole that a child takes into account in his or her behavior
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Impression management
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The altering of the presentation of the self in order to create distinctive appearances and satisfy particular audiances
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Life course approach
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A reseach orientation in which sociologists and other social scientists look closely at the social factors that influence people throughout their lives, from birth to death
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Looking-glass self
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A concept that emphasizes the self as the product of our social interactions. charles horton Cooley
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Personality
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A person's typical patterns of attitudes, needs, characteristics and behavior
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Resocialization
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The process of discarding former behavior patterns accepting new ones as part of a transition in one's life
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Rite of passage
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A ritual marking the symbolic transition from one social position to another
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Role taking
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The process of mentally assuming the perspective of another and responding from that imagined viewpoint
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Self
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A distinct identity that sets us apart from others
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