SO 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Moral Reasoning, Behaviorism, Preadolescence
6 Mar 2017
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Socialization - the lifelong social experience by which people develop their human potential and learn culture. Personality - a person"s fairly consistent patterns of acting, thinking and feeling (freud) basic human needs: Thanatos - aggressive drive - death instinct . Ego - a person"s conscious efforts to balance innate pleasure-seeking drives with the demands of society. Arises when we gain awareness of our distinct existence and face the fact that we can"t have everything we want. Superego - the cultural values and norms internalized by an individual. Operates as our conscience telling us why we can"t have everything we want. Begins to form as a child becomes aware of parental demands and matures as the child comes to understand that everyone"s behavior should take account of cultural norms. Culture (in the form of superego) represses selfish demands, forcing people to look beyond their own desires. Sublimation - changes selfish drives into socially acceptable behavior.
