- Significant others, primary groups, in-groups and out-groups, and institutions.
- The experiences shared and recalled by significant numbers of people.
- Structured, organized activities that usually involve more than one person and a number of constraints, such as established roles, rules, time, place and outcome.
- A system of expected behaviors and meanings that transcend the people participating.
- Any action that requires people to interpret its meaning before responding.
- Two or more people who share a distinct identity, feel a sense of belonging, and interact directly or indirectly with one another.
| - The active and creative aspect of the self that questions the expectations and rules of behavior.
- A group to which a person belongs to, identifies, admires, and/or feels loyalty.
- The process in which people take as their own and accept as binding the norms, values, beliefs, and language that their socializers are attempting to pass on.
- A process in which a sense of self develops, enabling one to see oneself reflected in others' real or imagined reactions to one's appearance and behaviors.
- Forms of communication designed to reach large audiences without face-to-face contact between those conveying and those receiving the messages.
- The social self.
| - Human genetic makeup or biological inheritance.
- The social experiences that make up every individual's life.
- Any group to which a person does not belong
- A social group that has face-to-face contact and strong emotional ties among its members.
- The process that involves breaking with behaviors and ways of thinking that are unsuited to existing or changing circumstances, and replacing them with new, more appropriate ways of behaving and thinking.
| - The process of stepping into another person's shoes by which to imaginatively view and assess our (and other's) behavior, appearance, and thoughts.
- People or characters, such as cartoon characters, a parent, or the family pet, who are important in a child's life, in that they greatly influence that person's self-evaluation and ways of behaving.
- Gestures that convey the same meaning to the people transmitting them and receiving them.
- The process by which people acquire a social identity and learn about the groups to which they belong and do not belong.
- Institutions in which people surrender control of their lives, voluntarily or involuntarily, to an administrative staff and carry out daily activities with others required to do the same thing.
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