Socialization Flashcards

1
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the lifelong social experience by which people develop their human potential and learn culture

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socialization

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2
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a person’s fairly consistent patterns of acting, thinking and feeling

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personality

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3
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What 2 basic human opposing forces did Freud identify

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Eros (love) and Thanatos (death)

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What are the three parts of Freud’s personality model

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1: Id
2: Ego
3: Superego

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5
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Id involves

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basic drives

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Ego involves

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works to achieve balance

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7
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Superego involves

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culture within

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8
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Jean Piaget’s 4 stages of cognitive development

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  1. Sensorimotor stage
  2. Preoperational stage
  3. Concrete operational stage
  4. Formal operational stage
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Sensorimotor stage

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experience world through senses

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10
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preoperational stage

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use of lamnguage and other symbols

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11
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concrete operational stage

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perception of causal connections in surroundings

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12
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formal operational stage

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abstract, critical thinking

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13
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What are Lawrence Kohlberg’s 3 stages of Moral Development

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  1. Preconventional
  2. Conventional
  3. Postconventional
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Preconventional stage

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Children experience pain or pleasure

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15
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Conventional

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Young people do what pleases parents/conforms to social norms

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16
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Postconventional

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ability to consider abstract ethical principles.

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17
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Carol Gilligan’s comparison of Boys and Girls moral development

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  • Boys develop justice perspective

- Girls develop care and responsibility perspective

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18
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justice perspective

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formal rules define right and wrong

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19
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care and responsibility perspective

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personal relationships define reasoning

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20
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George Herbert Mead’s 4 components of the self

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  1. Not there at birth
  2. develops from social experience
  3. social experience = exchange of symbols
  4. understanding intention requires imagining the situation from the other’s point of view.
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21
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the part of a personality composed of self-awareness and self-image

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The Self

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22
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Charles Horton Cooley’s looking glass self

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  • Others represent a mirror in which we see ourselves

- What we think of ourselves depends on what we think others think of us.

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23
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Mead’s I and me

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I: subjective element of self
Me: objective element of self

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24
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How do Mead’s I and Me appear in social interaction?

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  • we initiate action (I-phase)

- We continue based on how other’s respond (me-phase)

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25
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Who is a significant other

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People (ex, parents) who have special importance for socialization

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26
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Generalized other

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Widespread cultural norms and values we use as a reference in evaluating others

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27
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what are the three roles the self can take

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  • no one
  • one
  • many
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28
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Erik H. Erikson’s 8 Stages of development

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1: Infancy
2: Toddlerhood (3)
3: Preschool (4-5)
4: Preadolescence (6-13)
5: adolescence (teen years)
6: Young adulthood
7: Middle adulthood
8: Old age

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29
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Challenge of an infant

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establish trust in a safe world

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30
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Challenge of a toddler

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learn skills to cope with the world in confidence

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31
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Challenges of a preschooler

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learn to engage their surroundings and experience guilt at failing to meet others’ expectations

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32
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Challenges of a preadolescent

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enter school, make friends, feel proud of accomplishments or like they don’t measure up.

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33
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Challenges of adolescent

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identify with others, want to be unique, experience confusion of identity

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34
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Challenges of young adulthood

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form/maintain intimate relationships while having a separate identity

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35
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Challenges of middle adulthood

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contribute to the lives of others or become self-centered

36
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challenge of old age

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look back on life with satisfaction or despair

37
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What are the 4 agents of socialization

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  1. Family
  2. School
  3. Peer Group
  4. Peers
38
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Socialization role of the family

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  • provide safe/caring environment
  • teach skills/values
  • social/ethnic/racial/class identity
39
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Socialization role of school

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  • enlarges social world
  • socialization of gender roles
  • hidden curriculum/bureaucracy
40
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Socialization role of peer groups

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group whose members have common interests, social position, age

41
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Socialization role of peers

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  • forming relationships
  • Parental concern about peer influence
  • Anticapatory socialization
42
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Learning that helps a person to achieve a desired position

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anticapatory socialization

43
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mass media

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means for transmitting info from 1 source to vast number of people

44
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social media

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media that allows communication with one another

45
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How many hours of TV do canadian adults watch? (2017)

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24.6 hours per week

46
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What does television and internet surfing take away from?

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  • Interaction with family/peers
  • Exercise
  • Productivity
  • Health
47
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How does the media mirror social inequality?

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Poor representation of minorities and women

48
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violence code

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regulation on violence in mass media

49
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What is the general life course of a person

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  • Childhood
  • Adolescence
  • Adulthood
  • Old age
50
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childhood (birth through 12)

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  • carefree learning/play

- grounded in culture

51
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adolescence (teen years)

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  • turmoil of cultural inconsistencies

- varies according to social class

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adulthood (early: 20-40s, middle: 40-65)

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  • managing daily affairs
  • circumstances are set
  • concerns over health/career/family
53
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Old age (mid-60s and older)

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  • more seniors than teenagers in Canada

- More visible in everyday life

54
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the study of aging and the elderly

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gerontology

55
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What are the predictable signs of aging (7)

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  1. Greying of hair
  2. Wrinkles
  3. Declining energy
  4. Loss of height/weight
  5. decline in strength/vitality
  6. sensory changes
  7. risk of chronic illness/conditions
56
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A form of social organization in which elders have the most wealth, power and prestige.

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gerontocracy

57
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Where does a gerontocracy occur

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pre-industrial society

58
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prejudice and discrimination against the elderly

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ageism

59
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what have pensions achieved

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decline in rates of poverty among the retired

60
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What is the life expectancy of a canadian

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78.8 years for men and 83.3 years for women

61
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Elizabeth Kubler-Ross’s stages of dying (5)

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  1. Denial
  2. Anger
  3. Negotiation/bargaining
  4. Resignation
  5. Acceptance
62
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Are the stages in life biological or social

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Reflect biological changes, are socially constructed

63
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What factors shape the life course (5)

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  1. Age
  2. Class
  3. Race
  4. Ethnicity
  5. Gender
64
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A category of people with a common characteristic, usually their age

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Cohort

65
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A setting in which people are isolated from the rest of society and manipulated by an administrative staff

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Total institution

66
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3 characteristics of a Total Institution (Erving Goffman)

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  1. Staff supervise all daily life activities
  2. Environment is standardized
  3. Rules and daily schedules dictate routines
67
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Radically changing a person’s personality by carefully controlling the environment

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resocialization

68
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2 parts of the resocialization process

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  1. Break down of new inmates identity

2. Subject to “mortifications of self”.

69
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Example of resocialization in a total institution

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Prison

70
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mortification of self

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kiling of the concept of self through searches, head-shaving, assigning a serial number in place of a name

71
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how do prison staff rebuild someone’s personality

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rewards and punishments

72
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what are the two possible outcomes of someone leaving prison

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  1. Rehabilitation

2. Reinstitutionalized.

73
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the study of social interaction in terms of theatrical performance

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Dramaturgical analysis

74
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A person’s efforts to create specific impressions in the minds of others

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Presentation of self

75
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how is the self a performance

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we convey information to others as we present ourselves

76
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Examples of Nonverbal Communication (3)

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  1. Body movements
  2. Gestures
  3. Facial expressions
77
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The way we act and carry ourselves

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demeanor

78
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How does gender affect use of space

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  • men command more space/territory

- Women are miniscule/dainty

79
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Which gender is more sensitive to non-verbal communication

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Women

80
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Constructed performances to idealize our intentions

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Idealization

81
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Discomfort after a spoiled performance (losing face)

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Embarrassment

82
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Helping someone “save face” so that “reality” is not swept away

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Tact

83
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Role of culture in socialization (3)

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  • defines what triggers emotions
  • Provides rules for emotinoal display
  • guides how we value emotions
84
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Foundation of humour

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A contrast between conventional/unconventional realities

85
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Dynamics of humour

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“getting” the contrasts of realities heightens humour

86
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Functions of humour

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Safety valve

“It was just a joke”

87
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How does humour liberate some while oppressing others

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by acting as a “put down”