SOCI 1001 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Symbolic Interactionism, Crystallization, Lev Vygotsky
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Social isolation and the crystallization of self identity. The ability to learn human culture is only a potential. It is realized through socialization, the process by which people learn their culture. This is done through (1) entering and disengaging from a succession of roles and (2) becoming aware of themselves as they interact with others. A role is the behaviour expected of a person occupying a particular position in society. normal children do. Socialization is key to the development of self-identity. When children are left isolated they do not develop the same way that. Social interaction enables us to develop our sense of self-a set of ideas and attitudes about who we are as independent beings. Freud was the first to develop a theory of how our sense of self emerges. We develop our id-the part of self that demands immediate gratification- as babies.