SOC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: George Herbert Mead, Lawrence Kohlberg, Personality Development

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1100
• Professor: Deanna Behnke- Cook

Document Summary

Socialization: the lifelong social experience by which individuals develop their human potential and learn culture. Personality: a person"s fairly consistent patterns of thinking, feeling and acting. The biological sciences: the role of nature: initially, europeans linked culture differences to biology. The social sciences: the role of nurture: behaviourism holds that behaviour is not instinctive but learned. Isolation (being cut off from the social world) can cause permanent development damage. There are 6 researchers that made lasting contributions to our understanding of human development: sigmund freud, jean piaget, lawrence kohlberg, carol gilligan, george herbert mead, erik h. erikson. Basic human needs: eros and thanatos are opposing forces. Personality development: id and superego are in constant states of conflict, and ego acts to balance the two. Critical review: studies reflect gender bias, influence the study of personality, sociologists note freud"s contributions (internalization of social norms, childhood experiences have a lasting affect)