SOC 105 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Social Reproduction, Gender Role, Cognitive Development
6 Feb 2017
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Chapter 4 - socialization and the life course. The social self is the identity conferred upon an individual by the reactions of others. A person achieves self-consciousness by becoming aware of this social identity: self-consciousness - awareness of one"s distinct social identity as a person separate from others. Human beings are not born with self-consciousness but acquire an awareness of self as a result of early socialization. The learning of acquire an awareness of self as a result of early socialization. The learning of language is of vital importance to the processes by which the child learns to become a self-conscious reading: generalized other - a concept in the theory of g. h. Egocentric thinking involves understanding objects and events in the environment solely in terms of one"s own position: concrete operational stage - a stage of cognitive development, as formulated by. Piaget, in which the child"s thinking is based primarily on physical perception of the world.
