SOCI201 Lecture 7: 9/18 Class Notes

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI201
• Professor: all

Document Summary

Ch 4 notes - socialization and the life course. Interaction of heredity and environment (nature and nurture) shapes human development and influences socialization process. Socialization: lifelong process in which people learn attitudes, values, and behaviors appropriate for members of a particular culture. Personality: person"s typical patterns of attitudes, needs, characteristics, and behavior. Concluded all children need socialization in the form of love, care, and affection. Attention must be given not only to physical needs but also to social development. Twins have similar intelligence test scores when reared apart in roughly similar social settings. Different scores when reared in different social settings. The self and socialization through the life course. Views of ourselves comes from contemplation of personal qualities and impressions of how others perceive us. Self; distinct identity that sets us apart from others. Sociologists and psychologists both interested in how individuals develop and modify their sense of self as a result of social interaction.