SOCA01H3 Chapter 4: Sociology Chapter 4.doc
5 Mar 2012
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Like wild boy of aveyron, children who are raised without social contact (ex. Locked in attic) cannot form intimate social relationships with others, remain disinterested in games, and only develop the most basic language skills. Uncertain how much and what type of social contact they had before being discovered (could have been abused), so their condition may not be due to only social isolation. Ability to learn culture and become human is only a potential, to be actualized . Socialization: (process by which people learn their culture- including norms, values, and roles- and become aware of themselves as they interact with others) must take place. Rene spitz: compared children being raised in orphanage with children being raised in nursing home. Nursing home children had more contact with caregivers. Depriving infants of social stimuli for most of day made them less demanding.
