SOC 1100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Stiff Upper Lip, Ascribed Status, Role Theory

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

Document Summary

Id: basic drives, ego: efforts to achieve balance, superego: culture within. Human development: nature vs nurture differences to biology: id and superego are constant states conflict, with the ego balancing the two. Socialization: the lifelong social experience by which individuals develop their human potential and learn culture not instinctive but learned. Isolation (cut form social world) can cause permanent developmental damage. Personality: a person"s fairly consistent patterns of thinking, feeling, and acting: biological sciences: the role of nature; initially, europeans linked cultural, social sciences: the role of nurture; behaviourism holds that behaviour is. Sigmund freud"s elements of personality: basic human needs: eros and thanatos as opposing forces, freud"s model of personality, personality development. Jean piaget"s theory of cognitive development: sensorimotor stage: sensory contact understanding, preoperational stage: use of language and other symbols, concrete operational stage: perception of casual connections in surroundings, formal operational stage: abstract, critical thinking.