SOC 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Sociobiology, Double Consciousness, Total Institution
28 Mar 2016
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Chapter 6 reading socializaion & social interacion. Sociobiology a science that uses evoluionary theory and geneic inheritance to examine the biological roots of social behaviour. Evoluionary psychology relabelled form of sociobiology that states that darwinism inheritance can explain contemporary human behaviour. We become who we are through social interacion. Social interacion helps us to develop and to act as everyday beings and isolaion could lead to impaired abiliies and understanding. According to cooley in order to be aware of one"s self, we must be aware of society and that the. Mead says that the self is composed of 2 parts: the i spontaneous, compulsive and creaive, the me socialized element of the self. Mead says children pass through 3 stages as they grow: preparatory stage (0-3 years old) Imitate what they see others doing in order to please signiicant others: play stage (3-5 years old)
