E. Becoming A Member Of Society

• Enculturation/Socialization


  The process by which a human being, beginning at infancy, acquires personal identity and learns the norms, values, behavior, habits, beliefs, social skills, and accumulated knowledge of society through education and training for adult status appropriate to his or her social position
• Looking Glass Self Theory


  A person's sense of self is derived from the perception of others as we perceive ourselves on how other people think of us
• Role-taking Theory


  The development of social awareness is traced to our early social interaction
• "Me"


  The perceptions of what other people think of us
• "I"


  The independent, spontaneous, and unpredictable side of ourselves
• Conformity


  The act of exhibiting the same as the behavior of most other people in a society, group, etc.
• Deviance


  The recognized violation of cultural norms
• Social Control


  The set of means to ensure that people generally behave in expected and approved ways
• Internal Social Control


  The socialization process that developed within the individual as we do things when we know it is the right thing to do
• External Social Control


  Social sanctions or the system of rewards and punishments designated to encourage desired behavior
• Forms of Deviance

  • Innovation - rejecting the use of socially accepted means to achieve success
  • Ritualism - rejecting the importance of success goals but continue to toil as conscientious and diligent workers
  • Retreatism - Withdrawal from the society and does not care about success
  • Rebellion - Attempts to change the goals and means of society
• Human Dignity


  Something that can't be taken away, each and every person has value, are worthy of great respect, and must be free from slavery, manipulation, and exploitation
• Human Rights


  Inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, color, religion, language, or any other status
• Common Good


  An undefined and undefinable concept, unless taken literally, in which case, its only possible meaning is the sum of the good of all the individual men involved