Test 2: CH 4 Socialization Flashcards
what will happen to children if they are not exposed to other humans who care for them in their first few months of life?
the neural structures responsible for emotional and intellectual development will wither
people can only become fully human if they undergo…
socialization
socialization
when people learn to function in social life and become aware of themselves as they interact with others
2 things socialization “involves”
- individuals taking on and disengaging from roles
- becoming aware of themselves as they interact with others
what does our self consist of?
our ideas and attitudes of who we are as an independent being
Freud said infants begin to develop a self image when?
when their demands are not immediately met
Freud argued that the self emerges only as a result of what?
social interaction
Before Freud, scholars thought the self developed how?
naturally, how a seed germinates
idea of Cooley’s “looking glass self”
just as we see our reflection in the mirror, we see our social selves reflected in people’s responses to us
“I” and “me” according to Mead
I: impulsive aspect of the self present from birth
Me: objective component of the self that emerges as people communicate symbolically
Mead’s 4 stages of development: role-taking
- children imitate the significant others in their lives
- children pretend to be others by role-playing games “school”, “doctor”, etc
- children learn to take the role of several people while playing complex games
- children take the role of the generalized other
life course
the distinct phases of life through which people pass
what marks the different stages of life in one’s life course?
rites of passage
which stage of human development has only been recognized in the past few hundred years?
adolescence
age cohort
category of people born in the same range of years