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Personality

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sum of the total behaviors, attitudes, beliefs, and values of an individual

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Personality Development

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no two the same
determines how we react and adjust
develop at different rates

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Heredity

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transmission of genetic characteristics from parent to child
-nature

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Instinct

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unchanging biological inherited behavior patterns
-nature

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Social Environment

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experiences and learned behavior that develop a person
-nurture

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Pavlov’s Dog (Ivan Pavlov)

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showed dogs could salivate when hear a bell
-nurture

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John Watson

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“any healthy human could be trained to be anything”
-nurture

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Sociobiology

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1970s
study of the biological basis of all social behavior
-nature

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4 Largest Environmental Factors

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Heredity
Birth Order
Parents
Cultural Environment

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Heredity (factor)

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aptitude
biological needs
culture determines how needs are met
sets limits

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Aptitude

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capacity to learn a particular skill or knowledge
some can be learned

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Birth Order

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Siblings affect how we perceive the world

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Oldest/Only Child

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confident
perfectionist
organized
scholarly
conservative (safe/less risks)

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Middle Child

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flexible
diplomatic
independent
balanced
generous

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Youngest Child

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risk taker
outgoing
creative
rebellious
persistent

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Parental Characteristics

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age of parents
level of education
religious orientation
economic status
cultural background

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Cultural Environment

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determines the basic types of personalities that are found in that society
boys and girls treated differently
sub-culture difference

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Feral Child

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raised without influence of social environment
no reasoning skills, manners, or control of their body functions
show our personality comes from social environment

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Isolated Children Examples

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Anna
Isabelle
Genie

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Anna

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attic from 5 months to 6 years
died at 10
couldn’t walk, talk, or feed self

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Isabelle

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attic with deaf mother until 7
at first slow
within 2 years was age appropriate

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Genie

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isolated from 20 months to 13 years
father yelled, barked, and beat her
mother kept hidden from attention after being found

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Institutionalization

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studied children raised in hospitals and orphanages

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Spitz Study (Rene Spitz)

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orphanage with little attention for kids
stunted height, weight, motor functions, emotions, relations, and affective expressions
some irreversible and even led to death

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What happens to those who lack a caring environment
Children who lack caring environment develop their mental, physical, and emotional skills slower
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Socialization
process through which people learn the basic skills, values, beliefs, and behavior patterns of a society`
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Self
your awareness of possessing a distinct identity that separates you from others
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4 Theories of Socialzation
Tabula Rasa "Looking-glass Self" Role Taking Presentation of Self
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John Locke
Tabula Rasa- clean slate personality made through social experiences can mold a newborn into anything few believe it today
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Charles Horton Cooley
Looking-glass Self develop an image of ourselves based on how we imagine we appear to others other people are our mirrors 3 step process -imagine appearance to others -reactions help determine if others view us the same as ourself -feelings of ourself are developed by our perceptions of others thoughts Primary group shapes us
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George Herbert Mead
Extends looking-glass not only do we see ourselves as others do, we also begin to take on, or pretend to, the roles of others Role Taking 3 step process -Imitation- under 3 years, no sense of self, imitate others -Play -ages 3-6, begin to see relations of others, recognize roles, act out roles -Organized Games - over age 6 or 7, take part in organized games, have own roles and anticipate actions of others, represents "real-life" situations I vs Me
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Role Taking
learn to see ourselves through the eyes of others and then we act accordingly first, internalize expectations of primary group with age, internalize attitudes of generalized others
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I vs Me
self consists of two parts
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I
unsolicited, spontaneous, self-interested component
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Me
aware of the expectations and attitudes of society socialized self
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Erving Goffman
Extended Mead's Ideas Dramaturgy Impression Management change self depending on audience
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Dramaturgy
social interaction is like a drama being performed on a stage people are audience judging performance
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Impression Managment
people try to play their roles well and manage the impressions that others recieve
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Agents of Socialization
specific individuals, groups, and institutions that enable socialization to take place
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4 Agents of Socialization
Family Peer Group School Mass Media
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Family
most important in most societies child learns values, norms, and beliefs deliberate or unintentional differs from family to family
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Peer Group
Primary Group composed of individuals of roughly the same age and social characteristics more influential during pre-teen and early teen years focus on sub-culture may go against larger society goals
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School
spend about 30wks/y in school class activities planned for teaching reading, writing, math, etc. extracurricular activities prepare students for life in society Unintentional Socialization- teacher become a role model
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Mass Media
instruments of communication that reach large audiences with no personal contact can desensitize us broaden world
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Resocialization
break with past experiences and learning of new values and norms voluntary involuntary
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Voluntary Resocialization
chose to assume new status every time we learn norms that are different, we're being resocialized
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Involuntary Resocialization
occurs against wishes or control often takes place in total institution
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Total Institution
a setting in which people are isolated from the rest of society
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Total Institution Goals
change one's personality or behavior
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Steps of Total Institution
take away person's semblance of identity replace with institutional identity (hair, uniform) losing sense of self replace with new patterns of wanted behavior

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