Re-socialization: means the adoption by adults of
radically different norms and lifeways that are
more or less completely dissimilar to the
previous norms and values.
Respondents: people who provide information in
survey research.
Reverse socialization: refers to the process of
socialization whereby the dominant socializing
persons, such as parents, happen to be in need
of being socialized themselves by those whom
they socialize, such as children
Role performance: The actions and roles played on the
stage of everyday life by individual actors
Role set: The different roles associated with a single
status.
Salient status: a dominant social status, that which
defines a person’s position in most cases at most
occasions.
Scientific method: is, as the source for scientific
knowledge, a logical system used to evaluate
data derived from systematic observation.