POL101Y1 Chapter Notes -Role Theory, Proxemics, Gemeinschaft And Gesellschaft
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It is the vital link between individuals and society. A common language that allows us to communicate with others- knowledge about norms, laws, attitudes, beliefs and values. To interact with others we need a self; sense of individual identity that allows us to understand who we are in relation to others and to differentiate ourselves from them. Primary socialization is the learning process that occurs during our childhood and initiates our entry into society (it is important to becoming who we are and what we are) Secondary socialization occurs after people have already undergone primary socialization (learning to be a student, making new friends, joining new clubs etc) Nature is the biological inheritance where as nurture is the social environment. Proposed one of the first social scientific interpretations of the process which the self emerges. He stated that children demand immediate gratification but begin to form a self-image when their demands are denied.