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• Socialization
  
  
• agents of socialization
  
  
• primary group
  
  
• secondary group
  
  
• reference group
  
  
• generalized other
  
  
• significant other
  
  
• the self
  
  
• the "looking-glass self"
  
  
• "I" and "me"
  
  
• symbolic interaction and the formation of the self
  
  
• socialization and phases of the life cycle
  
  
• advanced modern societies tend to have more life cycle phases; less developed societies tend to have fewer life cycle phases
  
  
  • United States: infancy, early childhood, school age, adolescence, young adult, adult, older adult, elderly status
    
    
  • Mayan communities: infancy, child worker, espouse/adult, elderly
    
    
• Nature vs. Nurture
  
  
• Biological Determinism
  
  
• Social Darwinism (biological factors determine social rankings and survival; public assistance programs promote the survival of the unfit)
  
  
• Environmental Determinism
  
  
• Behaviorists (all human behavior is learned)
  
  
• Interaction between biology (genes) and environment