SOCI 100A Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Sociobiology, Assisted Suicide, Inner Peace
23 Oct 2016
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Humans are the only organism that can think about thinking. Personality: an individual"s relatively stable pattern of behaviours and feelings. Nature versus nurture: the debate between whether biological forces or environment define the person we become. Nurture: we are product of our socialization. Socialization: the life long process by which we learn our culture, develop our personalities, and becoming functioning members of society. Social interaction: the ways in which people interact in social settings, recognize each person"s subjective experiences and/or intentions. Our behaviour is determined by our genetic make up. Sociobiology: uses evolutionary theory and genetic inheritance to examine the biological roots of social behaviour. Most important achievement for an organism is to leave as many offspring as possible. Evolutionary psychology: a relabeled form of sociobiology that argues that darwinism inheritance can explain contemporary human behaviour. We are who we are through our socialization.
