SOC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Erving Goffman, Old Age, Total Institution

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1100
• Professor: Deanna Behnke- Cook

Document Summary

Socialization: the lifelong social experience by which individuals develop their human potential and learn culture. Personality: a person"s fairly consistent patterns of thinking feeling, and acting. The biological sciences: the role of nature; initially, europeans linked cultural differences to biology. The social sciences: the role of nurture; behaviorism holds that behaviour is not instinctive but learned. Isolation (being cut off from the social world) can cause permanent developmental damage. Six researchers have made lasting contributions to our understanding of human development: sigmund freud, jean piaget, lawrence kohlberg, carol gilligan, george herbert mead, erik h. erikson. Basic human needs: eros and thanatos as opposing forces. Freud"s model of personality: id (basic drives), ego (efforts to achieve balance), superego (culture within) Personality development id and superego are in constant stated of conflict, with the ego balancing the two. Preoperational stage: use of language and other symbols. Concrete operational stage: perception of casual connections in surroundings.