ADMS 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: George Herbert Mead, Tuning Fork, Tabula Rasa

• School: York University
• Department: Administrative Studies
• Course: ADMS 1010
• Professor: Deborah Davidson

Document Summary

Think about and be able to relate this to. Socialization is the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and motivations to participate in social life. It is a process by which people learn in interaction with others. They learn to survive, function, and become members of society. Sociologists believe that socialization is a life-long process that enables us to develop our selves, roles, and identities social self emerges. Many believe that human behaviour is determined by biological forces. Others argue that behaviour is influenced by the environment (the nurture argument). One of the most exciting advances in the study of socialization is the emerging science of epigenetics. This is the study of how the environment modifies the ways that genes are expressed. According to shenk, epigenetics represents a new paradigm for understanding human behaviour. Epigenetics reveals how bankrupt the phrase nature versus nurture really is ". Socialization is an essential part of acquiring traits associated with being human.