Chapter 4 - Key Figures - Socialization

Question 1

Sigmund Freud

Answer 1

• 1856-1939
• Founder of psychoanalytic theory
• posited that personality is comprised of the id, ego, and superego
• subject to harsh criticism
• analysis drew attention to importance of early childhood experiences in healthy socialization

Question 2

George Herbert Mead

Answer 2

• 1863-1931
• divided the self into the “I” (subjective self) and “me” (objective self)
• “I” develops 1st, “me” develops during 3 stages

Question 3

Charles Horton Cooley

Answer 3

• How we see ourselves is based on how we see others

- “looking-glass self”