SOC101Y1 Lecture : Sociology.docx
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Isolation is not the only attribute to the lack of social and regular development. Spitz: natural experiment, on the importance of certain effects on children (development of children in the orphanage vs prison care facility ) Delayed development in the orphanage because of lack of regular interaction with a parental figure. Biology sets broad limits and potentials, it however accounts for specific patterns of behavior and social practices. Darwin: the less useful traits are weeded out over time to create a stronger and surviving species. Socio-biologists claim that there are universal human trait. Ie: for men to want more sexual partners then females. They deduce this from the amount of reproductive material that can be produced. Genes are the hard wiring of humans according to socio-biologists. Genes never develop without external social impacts (ie the pregnant mother that does drugs for example) Its only in the last century has childhood became a distinct period of life.
