SOCL 2001 Chapter : SOCL2001 Ch 3
Document Summary
Children with little human interaction: feral & isolated children can"t speak; language can still be taught, no language = no culture. Humans lack instincts to replace language: culture --> behaviors, attitudes & values not biology. Who would talk and walk first: findings. Have human bonding and learn language to: develop normal intelligence, be sociable, follow norms. Looking-glass self (cooley: we imagine how we appear to those around us. At first - only take roles of significant others. Eventually take role of group as a whole. Ex: kids pretending to be superheroes, playing house/school. Ex: playing baseball - have to understand how to hit the ball, players, bases, etc: mead. Passive: self as object, attitudes internalized from interactions with others. "i" evaluates others" reactions & organizes them into unified whole. "i" monitors "me" fine-turning our ideas and attitudes. Piaget"s stage of development www. youtube. com/v/trf27f2bn-a: sensorimotor (0-2) Don"t understand cause & effect: preoperational (2-7) Can"t interpret meaning or role-take: concrete operational (7-12)
