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back stage
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the region where we relax our impression management efforts and we may practice our performances
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Ethnicity
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people who share a common culture, language customs & shared history
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social class
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often an important way values &attitudes are transmitted across generations
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identity control theory
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proposes that self consistency is as important to people than maintain a positive self image
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front stage
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the place where we present ourselves
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identity salience
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our identities are ranked with some of them being more important to us
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self esteem
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positive or negative evaluation of ourselves as an object
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Encounter stage
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junior high, blacks go through first b/c minority (white priv.)
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role taking
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creates the tendency for people to act in socially acceptable ways
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Racial identity development
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process of developing for ones self the personal significance and social meaning of belongingness to a particular group
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active racist
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blatant, intentional acts of racism
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Discrimination
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unfavorable treatment of people based on membership of a group
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Institutional discrimination
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denial of opp. & equal rights to individuals & groups that result from the normal operation of society ex. Wage, housing, mortgages
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Raising resistors
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Take notice of things that are wrong & make a difference
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referential beliefs
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beliefs held in common by people about the relationships between status characteristics and reward levels
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affect control theory
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emotions serve as signals about how well we are producing our identities
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Race gender consistency
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stay that race gender forever. 6/7 years old
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personal accomplishments
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the most important source of efficacy in adulthood
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mattering
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our sense that we are important to other people in the world
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self perceptions
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observations of our own behavior and it consequences
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passive racist
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more subtle laughing when a racist joke is told letting exclusionary hiring practices
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life stages
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childhood, Adolescence, adulthood, late life
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social identity theory
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we carry self definitions that match all the categories to which we belong
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psychological centrality
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our ability to shift aspects of the self to become more or less important to our overall self concept
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Agents of socialization
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elements that bring about the process of socialization (often mediators of a large society ) Ex. Family, peers, media, school, religion, government
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Individual Discrimination
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individual discrimination against another individual
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dramaturgical sociology
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the study of how we present ourselves, playing roles, and managing impressions during interactions with other people
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socialization
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the ways in which individuals attempt to align their own thoughts feelings and behaviors to fit into a group or society
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Opp. Identity development
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minority blacks do this trying to develop an authentic identity by doing things that are "non white" Ex, Speaking, education, gifted program
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Racism
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perception & treatment of a racial or ethnic group as intellectually, socially or culturally inferior to ones own group
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impression management
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the ways individuals seek to control the impressions they convey to other people
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social timing
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the incidence, duration, and sequence of roles, and relevant expectations and beliefs based on age
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race
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physical characteristics w/ social significance such as skin color & facial features ; black & white
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life course
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the process of personal change from infancy to late adulthood resulting from personal and societal events
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prejudice
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negative or hostile attitude toward people bc they belong to that group is therefore presumed to have the objectionable qualities
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stereotype
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an oversimplified set of beliefs about members of a social group that is used to categorize individuals of that group
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minority group
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distinct group that shares common group characteristics & is forced to occupy low status in society bc of prejudice and discrimination
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historical context
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how historic events affect development & socialization for people
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mastery
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perceptions of our ability to control our environment
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self concept
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the ability to see oneself through the perspective of another
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anti racist
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walking actively in the opposite direction against racism
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