| the process of learning to participate in a group | | |
| an image of yourself as having an identity separate from other people | | |
| an image of yourself based on what you believe others think of you | | |
| those people whose reactions are most important to your self-concept | | |
| assuming the viewpoint of another person and using that viewpoint to shape the self-concept | | |
| Mead’s first stage in the development of role taking, children begin to imitate behaviors without understanding why | | |
| Mead’s second stage in the development of role taking; children act in ways they imagine other people would | | |
| Mead’s third stage in the development of role taking; children anticipate the actions of others based on social roles | | |
| integrated conception of the norms, values, and beliefs of one’s community or society | | |