Chapter+03

Personality: A person's fairly consistent patterns of acting, thinking, amd feeling. ex.) The personality of Gloria is she gets striaght to the point. She will say anything that she needs to say and is not afraid of anything.

Peer Group: A social group whose members have interests, social postions, and age in common. ex.) In one episode Alex, Claire and Phil's youngest daughter, is feeling the pressure to be with a certain group of friends and she feels that she doesnt want her mom to be around when she goes to the mall because her peer group doesn't have their mom with when they go. So she is influenced by her peer group to think that.

Id: Frued's term for the human being's basic drives. ex. ) In one episode Claire's mom runs into Claire's ex boyfriend at the airport, and so her mom thought it would be nice of her to bring him over for supper so the two could reconnect. Because of this Claire gets mad but her mom is happy he comes, later Claire finds out her mom only invited him because he wanted to hook up with her because from when him and Claire were dating his Id was telling him he wanted Claire's mom instead, so now his Id is fulfilled when they got to hook up.

Looking-glass self: Charles Horton Cooley's term for a self-image based on how we think others see us. ex.) In one episode, Gloria and Claire are decorating for a school dance for their children at the school. Claire is jealous because decorating was always her thing, and Gloria joins in to make her image more than a woman that is beautiful. Gloria even mentions it in the episode and wants to change on how others think of her.

Socialization: The lifelong social experience by which people develop their human potential and learn culture. ex.) Gloria is learning about the American culture everyday. She learns from Claire with the son and mother relationship that she has and how to act with Manny in public.

Ego: Freud's term for a person's conscious efforts to balance innate pleasure-seeking drives with the demands of society. ex.) Manny does not care what people think of him, because he acts more mature than kids his own age. He wears suits, and he tries to keep up with the fashion. He cares about how he looks in the public.