SOA 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Behaviorism, Middle Ages, Work Ethic
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Socialization the lifelong social experience by which people develop their human potential and learn culture o. Humans need social experience to learn their culture and to survive. Personality a persons fairly consistent patterns of acting, thinking, and feeling o. We build a personality by internalizing our surroundings. Humans depend on others to provide the care and nurture needed not only for physical growth but also for personality to develop. John b. watson developed the behaviorism theory o o. Claimed biology plays a major part in human development. Humans have two basic needs/drives that are present at birth o o o. Rooted in biology, id is present at birth. A persons conscious efforts to balance innate pleasure seeking drives with the demands of society. The cultural values and norms internalized by an individual. Acts as our conscience id and super-ego conflict, but the ego manages this. If conflicts are not resolved during childhood, it may become a personality disorder.
