Chapter 5 Study guide:
Vocabulary
Personality
Heredity
Instinct
Sociobiology
Aptitude
Feral Children
Socialization
Self
Looking-glass self
Role-taking
Significant others
I
Generalized other
Me
Agents of socialization
Peer Group
Mass Media
Total Institution
Resocialization

Concepts/Ideas
1.
What are the four main factors that affect the development of personality?
2.
How does isolation in childhood affect development?
3.
How does a person’s sense of self emerge?
4.
What theories have been put forth to explain the process of socialization?
5.
What are the most important agents of socialization in the U.S.?
6.
Why are family and education important social institutions?
Other helpful hints:
Know Cooley, Locke and Mead.
Tabula Rasa
How and if subcultures affect personality
Define and give examples of heredity
Describe the socialization process
Family and peer group socialization. How are they similar and/or different?
Nature versus Nurture
15 Multiple Choice
5 True/False
7 short answer. Remember short answer is 2-3 complete sentences.
Example “heredity is the transmission of genetic characteristics from parents to children. Examples of characteristics of heredity are body build, hair type, eye color, and skin pigment. It can also include certain aptitudes”.
1 Essay question. Essays are to be at least a paragraph, fully developed and complete sentences.