Sociology 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: George Herbert Mead, Symbolic Interactionism, Millennials
12 Feb 2018
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Greatly affects for those who were abandoned at birth. The brains of those isolated in childhood were smaller and less developed than they should be, resulting in a wide array of emotional and intellectual deficits. During the first few months of life, children must be exposed to other humans who will love and care for them. Otherwise, the neutral structures responsible for emotional and intellectual development wither and die. Socialization is the process by which people learn to function in social life. Entering and disengaging from a succession of roles. Becoming aware of themselves as they interact with others. A role is a behaviour expected of a person occupying a particular position in society. Self is a set of ideas and attitudes about who they are as independent beings. Proposed the first social-scientific interpretation of the process by which the self emerges. Infants begin to form a self-image when their demands are denied.
