TERM 1
Socialization
DEFINITION 1
The process of learning and internalizing the values, beliefs,
and norms of our social group, by which we become
functioning members of society.
TERM 2
Self
DEFINITION 2
The individual's conscious, reflexive experience of a personal
identity separate and distinct from other individuals.
TERM 3
Looking-Glass Self
DEFINITION 3
The notion that the self develops through our perception of
others' evaluations and appraisals of us.
TERM 4
Thomas Theorem
DEFINITION 4
Class formulation of the way individuals define situations,
whereby "if people define situations as real, they are real in
their consequences."
TERM 5
Impression Management
DEFINITION 5
The effort to control the impressions we make on others so
that they form a desired view of us and the situation; the use
of self-presentation and performance tactics.
