SOCI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Samuel A. Stouffer, Truancy, Postmodern Philosophy
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Test 2 notes becoming a social being chp 4, 5, & 6. S o c ia liza tio n : lifelong social experience by which individuals develop personality (a person"s fairly consistent pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting personality arises from social experience) and learn cultural patterns. *biology does play a role capacity or potential to be smarter, athletic, etc. but realization of potential depends on conditioning and environment. *importance of childhood experiences in development of personalities later in life: jean piaget : 4 stages of cognitive development, sensorimotor (0-2yrs, preoperational (3-7yrs, concrete operational (7-12yrs, formal operational (13yrs +) *links biological maturation with personality & cognitive development. *self doesn"t exist at birth, arises through social experience. *through the imitation (0-2yrs), play (3-6yrs), and game (7yrs +) stages, children develop sense of the generalized order (understanding situations from other"s point of view) Lower class (little education & jobs requiring close supervision) cultivate obedience.