CAS SO 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: George Herbert Mead, Lawrence Kohlberg, Fuzzy Logic
25 Nov 2016
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Modern sociologists view nurture as much more important than nature in shaping human behavior. Darwin: influence in late 19th century leads to social darwinism: people are born criminals, capitalism is an outgrowth of natural drives, etc. People from other cultures were biologically less developed, thus should be ruled via colonization. Watson, behaviorism: research on the effects of social isolation has demonstrated the importance of socialization. Desire: the ego, a person"s conscious efforts to balance innate pleasure- seeking drives with the demands of society. Rationality: the superego, the operation of culture within the individual. The id and superego remain in conflict, but in a well-adjusted person, the ego manages these two opposing forces. a. Conflict is childhood can lead to problems later. b. superego serves to repress id, hopefully can lead to sublimation of drives into socially positive channels (work, education).
