SOCA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: George Herbert Mead, Symbolic Interactionism, Jean Piaget
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Social isolation & the crystallization of self identity. Wild boy of aveyron [was isolated from humans, and thus, abnormal] Suffer from congenitally subnormal intelligence: uncertain how much or what type of social control they had before. Socialization: process by which ppl learn their culture: unleashes human potential, they do so by: Entering and disengaging from a succession of roles. Becoming aware of themselves as they interact with others. Role: the behaviour expected of a person occupying a particular position. 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.
