SOCI 1F90 Lecture Notes - Behaviorism, Hidden Curriculum, Double Consciousness
24 May 2014
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Socialization: lifelong social process by which we learn our culture, develop our personalities and become functioning members of society. Personality: a person"s relatively stable pattern of behaviours and feelings develop personality by interpreting our surroundings and experiences. Nurture is our nature (nature vs. nurture) Behaviourism: behaviour is learned and not based on instinct (nurture, not nature) Actions and feelings stem from biological roots. We are a product of our socialization. Six months of complete isolation was enough to permanently disturb development. When put back into their groups they were passive, anxious and often violent. Years of isolation left children damaged and after intensive rehabilitation effort only capable of approximating a normal life. Anna was permanently damaged; genie"s language remained that of a child. Orphanage study shows socialization is sometimes a matter of life or death 1/3 of the orphans died by age four.
