SOCI 100A Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sociobiology, Cultural Capital, Total Institution
23 Oct 2016
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Socialization is the life long process by which we learn our culture, develop our personalities and ideally become functioning members of society. Essentially, socialization is the process by which you become you. Nature versus nurture debate is overly simplistic but is an interesting way to begin our analysis. Nature: assumes a biological basis (genes) for social behaviours while nurture: assumes a sociological (environment) Harvard professor, edward o. wilson"s research into the genetically based behaviours of ants. The most important act for evolutionary success is to leave offspring (have a ton of babies). Anything (behavioural or genetic) that increases your offspring"s ability to survive is considered: selective advantage. Sociobiology: wilson"s research, which is now commonly referred to as: evolutionary. This approach studies the process of how natural selection shapes the human mind. Example: time magazine (15 august 1994) article our cheating hearts .
