SOCI-102 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: George Herbert Mead, Jean Piaget, Sigmund Freud
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Chapter 3 socialization: from infancy to old age. 3. 1 describe how social interaction is the foundation of personality. (textbook pages 84 87) socialization the lifelong social experience by which people develop their human potential and learn culture. Humans depend on others to provide which types of care: physical care, genetic care, social/emotional care, both a and c. One of the ways we can see the importance of socialization is in observing what happens in its absence. Social isolation studies cannot ethically be conducted with humans, but researchers have been able to study its effects on other primates in laboratory studies and on humans in cases of abuse and neglect. Harry and margaret harlow (1962) placed rhesus monkeys in various states of isolation to observe its effects. The harlows found that rhesus monkeys suffered permanent damage after approximately how many months of social isolation (with proper nutrition): 6 months, 3 months, 1 month, none of the above.
