SOCI 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Death Drive, George Herbert Mead, Structural Functionalism
28 Sep 2018
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Socialization: the lifelong social experience by which people develop their human potential and learn culture. So(cid:428)ial e(cid:628)perien(cid:428)e is also the (cid:427)asis o(cid:468) people"s personality: a person"s (cid:468)airl(cid:629) consistent patterns of acting, thinking and feeling. Debates as to what parts of the self are a result of biological determinism (nature) and what parts are socialized by a culture (nurture) Sociologists are hesitant to use (cid:1657)human nature(cid:1658) as an e(cid:628)planation (cid:468)or behavior. Freud claims that biological urges are an important component of human development. Eros: the life drive; the urge to bond. Thanatos: the death drive; the innate aggression that drives human behavior (war, etc) Ego: efforts to balance innate pleasure-seeking drives with the demands of society. Superego: cultural values and norms internalized by the individuals (ideal culture) represses selfish demands. To the id, the world is a jumble of physical sensations that bring pleasure or pain.
