SY101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: George Herbert Mead, Hidden Curriculum, Sigmund Freud
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Children who are raised in isolation are typically uninterested in games, cannot form intimate social relationships, and only develop the most basic language. May even suffer from congenitally low intelligence. The ability to learn culture and become human is only a potential. To be actualized (make reality) socialization is required. Socialization: the process by which people learn their culture. This is done by a. ) entering into and disengaging from a succession of roles and b. ) becoming aware of themselves as they interact with others. A role is a behavior expected of a person occupying a particular position in society. Rene spitz compared children raised in an orphanage to those raised in a nursing home attached to a women"s prison. The childrens mothers cared for their babies in the nursing home whereas only 65 nurses cared for 45 babies in the orphanage.
