Unit THREE Study Guide
Socialization & Social Control
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KEY TERMS & CONCEPTS
Socialization
1.
Socialization
a. Define Socialization
b. What are characteristics of socialization?
2.
The Social Experience
a. Definition of personality
b. Nature v. Nurture
i. What is Sociobiology (Charles Darwin)?
ii. What is Behaviorism?
c. What are the 4 factors that influence personality?
d. Define aptitude
e. What does research say about birth order?
f. How does the cultural environment shape personality?
g. What effect does social isolation have on children?
3.
The Process of Socialization
a. What is the social self?
b. What is the Looking Glass Self?
4.
Agents of Socialization
a. What are the major/primary agents of socialization?
b. Which agent is most important in childhood? In adolescence?
c. What is the difference between deliberate and unconscious socialization?
d. What are secondary agents of socialization?
e. What are total institutions?
i. Examples?
ii. Characteristics of?
5.
Socialization and Gender
a. What are examples of how boys and girls are socialized differently?
6.
Socialization and the Life Course
a. What is the time period of childhood?
b. Adolescence
i. Define
ii. What are the 3 factors that create adolescence in U.S.?
iii. What are the characteristics of adolescence?
iv. Define Anticipatory Socialization & give an example
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Crime and Deviance
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Deviance
a. What is deviance?
b. What are the characteristics of deviance?
c. What are the two components of being a deviant?
d. What is Durkheim’s view of deviance?
e. What are the social functions of deviance?
f. Explaining Deviance - Theories
i. Structural-Functionalism
1. Merton’s Strain Theory – what is the premise?
2. Give examples of each mode of adaptation
ii. Conflict Theory
1. Quinney’s Conflict Theory –what is the premise?
iii. Symbolic-Interactionism
1. Control Theory – what is the premise?
2. Describe the Techniques of Neutralization
3. Cultural Transmission Theory – what is the premise?
4. Labeling Theory –what is the premise?
a. What is the difference between Primary Deviance & Secondary Deviance
8.
Crime
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9.
FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports – What are the 5 categories of crime?
What are examples of violent crimes against people?
Criminal Statistics – Identify major patterns, trends, etc.
What are the limitations of statistics with reporting crime?
How does the U.S. compare to other countries with crime and incarceration rates?
Juvenile Delinquency
a. Define juvenile
b. What is the Upper Bound – “Age of Majority”?
c. What is the Lower Bound – “Age of Reason”?
d. What is Georgia’s Upper Bound age? How does it compare to the rest of the nation?
e. What are the special privileges & protections given to juveniles?