SOC 3523 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Social Determinism
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Children are considered innocent, with limited capacities, and in need of constant protection by adults: however, this idea of childhood as different from adulthood was not clearly defined form adulthood. We see paintings of children in adult clothing from long ago. Be(cid:455)o(cid:374)d (cid:862)nature (cid:448)ersus nurture(cid:863: biological determinism versus social determinism. Nature versus nurture debate: a disagreement about the relative importan(cid:272)e of (cid:271)iolog(cid:455) (cid:894)(cid:862)(cid:374)ature(cid:863)(cid:895) a(cid:374)d the so(cid:272)ial e(cid:374)(cid:448)iro(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t (cid:894)(cid:862)(cid:374)urture(cid:863)(cid:895) i(cid:374) i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)i(cid:374)g hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) (cid:271)eha(cid:448)ior. Biological determinism: a theory that contends to biology, specifically our genetic makeup, almost completely shapes human behavior. Social determinism: a theory that contends that culture and the social environment almost completely shape human behavior. Looking glass self: the idea that our sense of self develops as a reflection of the way we think others see us. Spo(cid:374)ta(cid:374)eit(cid:455) (cid:448)ersus so(cid:272)ial (cid:374)or(cid:373)s: meads (cid:862)i(cid:863) a(cid:374)d (cid:862)me(cid:863: meads (cid:862)i(cid:863) is the part of the self that is spo(cid:374)ta(cid:374)eous, i(cid:373)pulsi(cid:448)e, (cid:272)reati(cid:448)e a(cid:374)d u(cid:374)predi(cid:272)ata(cid:271)le, (cid:862)(cid:373)e(cid:863) is (cid:373)ore so(cid:272)iall(cid:455) a(cid:272)(cid:272)epta(cid:271)le a(cid:374)d ta(cid:373)e.
