SOCA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Abstraction, In Olden Days, Thomas Theorem
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Rene spitz: did natural experiment: children raised in prisons vs. those raised in an orphanage, prison children had normal growth; orphans growth was much slower, concluded childhood socialization is important in making us fully human. W/o childhood socialization, human potential remains undeveloped adolescence: turbulent period of rapid self development agents of socialization: families, schools, peer groups, mass media. Freud founder of psychoanalysis theory: self emerges during early social interaction and early childhood experience exerts a lasting impact on personality development. Ego: balances conflicting needs of pleasure seeking id and restraining superego. [personal conscience: criticism of freud"s argument, 1. The connection b/w early childhood development and adult personality are more complex than freud assumed. Failed to anticipate that depth, problem solving ability, maturity might derive from painful experiences: 2. Gender bias in freud"s analysis of male and female sexuality. Freud: normal women are immature n dependent on men b/c they envy male sexual organ.
