SY101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: George Herbert Mead, Biological Determinism, Drug Rehabilitation
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Biological determinism the belief much of our behaviour reflects in built biological traits such as the need to reproduce, the need to survive, and so on. The social development of the self, mind, and emotions, The overall process by which we learn the ways of society is called socialization. This is what sociologists have in mind when they say, society makes as humans . In the 1800s, charles horton cooley (1864-1929), pioneering sociologist at the university of michigan, theorized about the emergence of human identity. In contrast to the biological explanation of his day. Term looking-glass self to describe the process by which a sense of self develops, which he summarized in the following couplet: Another influential analyst, george herbert mead (1863-1931), who taught at the university of chicago, suggested that play is also a critical element in the development of a self.
