SOCI 100 Chapter : Socialization
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Without social experience, a human being in incapable of thought, emotion or meaningful action. Socialization lifelong social experience by which individuals develop their human potential and learn culture. Social experience is the basis of personality a person"s fairly consistent patterns of acting, thinking and feeling. Humans are not born with instincts that determine their personality and behavior. John b. watson behaviorism: behavior is not instinctive but learned, people everywhere were equally human, differing in their cultural patterns, human behavior is not rooted in nature, but nurture, nurture is our nature. Confirmed how important it is that adults cradle infants lovingly. Can recover from isolation of 3 months, but not 6. Isolated children: showed improvement after being showered with social contact (after isolation of five years) Showed interest in other people and learned to walk. Feed herself and play with toys: permanent damage. Age 8, mental development was like a 2 year old.
