SOC 1101 Lecture 4: SOC Lecture 4

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1101
• Professor: Halyna Mokrushyna

Document Summary

Socialization: the lifelong process of social interaction through which individuals acquire. It is essential for our survival and human development. It is essential or the survival and stability of society. Agents of socialization: persons, groups, institutions that teach us what we need to know how to participate in society, family, school, peer groups, mass media. Mass media: organizations that use print, video, audio, and electronic means to communicate with large numbers of people, boys are more likely to play video games, while girls write blogs. Sigmund freud and the psychoanalysis: human behaviour and personality originate from unconscious forces within individual, people have two basic urges: to survive and to procreate, three stages of human development: Id: i(cid:374)dividual"s basic biological drives and needs that demand immediate gratification. Ego: the rational, reality oriented component of personality that imposes restrictions on the innate please seeking that drives the id.