Part 1- Define the Following Vocabulary Terms in Your Own Words

Chapter 5 NotesUnit 3

-Part 1- Define the following vocabulary terms in your own words.

Chapter 5 NotesUnit 3

1)personality:

2)heredity:

3)instinct:

4)sociobiology:

5)aptitude:

6)feral children:

7)socialization:

8)self:

9)tabula Rasa theory:

10)looking-glass self theory:

11)role-taking theory:

12)“I”:

13)“me”:

14)agents of socialization:

15)peer group:

16)mass media:

17)total institution:

18)resocialization:

Chapter 5 NotesUnit 3

-Part 2—Answer the following concept questions regarding the material in this chapter. (Make sure you understand any vocabulary words used in the question/your answer).

19) At what part of a person’s life is personality development more obvious? Why? (p. 98)

20)What does each group believe in the nature v. nurture debate? (p. 98)

21)Summarize Harry Harlow’s experiment that gave support to the nurture viewpoint.

22)Identify how each of the following influences personality and behavior (pp. 99-101)

1. Heredity-
2. Birth order-
3. Parental Characteristics-
4. Cultural environment-

-Part III: Apply your knowledge of the topics in this chapter to answer the following questions.

23)Did the study of feral children point more towards the nature or nurtureargument? (p. 102)

24)Which of the four factors affecting an individual’s personality do you believe has the greatest effect? Why?

25)Summarize Ivan Pavlov’s experiment and which viewpoint the findings support. (p. 98)

26)Describe how each of the following acts as an agent of socialization (pp. 112-115):

a. The family-

b. The peer group-

c. School-

d. Mass media-

27)How do cases like Genie demonstrate the need for socialization at a young age?

28)Which of the three theories of social self do you agree with the most? Why?

29)How can resocialization be both a positive and a negative experience for an individual? Provide one example seen in society.