Socio 1 Exam #2: Ch. 3 (Socialization)

a perception of being a distinct personality with a distinct identity

An organization of perceptions about who and what kind of person one is.

the process by which people learn the skills, knowledge, norms, and values of their society, and by which they develop their social identity

A person's fairly consistent patterns of acting, thinking and feeling.

Darwin said human behavior was instinctive-- our "nature". European explorers linked cultural differences to biology and viewed members of less-technological societies as less evolved.

John B Watson studied behaviorism and contended that behavior is not instinctive but learned. People are equally human just culturally different. Nurture matters more in shaping human behavior.

Psychoanlytic Theory. Theorized on the elements of personality. Shaped by two opposing forces: Eros- The life instinct (sexual energy/libido) and Thanatos: Death instinct

Human beings basic drives

Person's conscious efforts to balance innate pleasure-seeking drives with societal demands

the presence of culture and rules within the individual

Four aged linked stages of cognitive development (Freud had two major ones -- oral and anal stage)

individuals experience the world only through sensory contact

First use language and other symbols

first perceive causal connections in their surroundings

use of highly abstract thought to imagine alternative outcomes to situations

We become aware of ourselves when we become aware of society • We find out about ourselves by learning about society