SOC101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Symbolic Interactionism, Upper Class, Chronic Poverty
24 Feb 2013
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Soc 101 readings for test 2: chapter 6, 7 and 9. Personalities: an individual"s relatively stable pattern of behaviours and feelings. Nature versus nurture: the debate between whether biological forces or environment define the person they become. Socialization: the lifelong process by which we learn our culture, develop our personalities and become functioning members of society. Social interaction: the ways in which people interact in social settings, recognize each person"s subjective experiences and/or intentions. Most of our behaviour is determined by our genetic makeup. Sociobiology: a science that uses evolutionary theory and genetic inheritance to examine the biological roots of social behavior. Evolutionary psychology: a relabelled form of sociobiology that argues that darwinian inheritance can explain contemporary human behaviour. Anna: 5 year old girl in 1938 found tied to a chair kept in the attic, out of wedlock, could barely stand on her own and couldn"t talk.
