SOC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Behaviorism

• 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 an learn culture. Cultural differences can be linked to biology. Behaviourism is not instinctive but is rather learned. When personality is being developed id and superego are in states of con ict with the ego to balance the two. Piaget"s theory of cognitive development: understanding the uses of our senses, using language and other symbols to make sense of things, perception of simple connections of their surroundings. Sees the mind as active and creative unlike freud abstract and critical thinking starts. Kohlberg"s theory of moral development: pre: young children see the world as pain or pleasure, con: teenagers learn right and wrong in terms of what their parents see as norms, post: thinking for yourself. Self: the part of a persons personality compose of self awareness/ image. Social interaction is important to create this. Cohort: a category of people with a common characteristic, usually their age.