SOC 103 Chapter 4: Chapter 4 Socialization and Social Interaction.docx

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 103
• Professor: Tonya Davidson

Document Summary

Personality: an individual"s relatively stable pattern of behaviours and feelings. Nature versus nurture: the debate over whether biological forces or environment define the person we become. Socialization: life-long 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 which recognizing each person"s subjective experiences and/or intentions. Sociobiology: science that uses evolutionary theory and genetic inheritance to examine the biological roots of social behaviour: core assertion is that social behaviour among humans, like all organisms, evolved over time to secure the survival of the species. Evolutionary psychology: a relabelled form sociobiology to explain human behaviour. Overall assertion that human behaviour is determined by genetics remains contentious and limited support in social sciences: suggests biological theories of behaviour disregard the ability of humans to think before they act.