SOC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: George Herbert Mead, Lawrence Kohlberg, Jean Piaget

• 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 cultural 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 developmental damage. Six researchers have made lasting contributions to our understanding of human development: The others represent a mirror in which we see ourselves (charles horton cooley) Our self-image is based on how we think others see us. Mead"s i and me: the i (subjective element) is in constant interplay with the me (objective element) From grade school through college, gender-linked activities are encountered. Sometimes it"s unintended to inflict harm or be malicious. Message comes across as isolation and calling someone out. Meeting needs is difficult because we are all different.