UCSP Flashcards
According to John Locke
(British Enlightenment philosopher)
“The human mind at birth is nothing but a blank
slate or
tabula rasa.”
it is the lifelong process of social interaction
through which individuals acquire a self-identity
and the physical,
mental, and social skills needed for survival in
society.
Socialization
❑ It is considered as the central process of social
life, and is also a process of member recruitment
and replacement.
Socialization
❑ the process where an individual or a group
learns culture through experience or observation
Enculturation
❑ an important part of socialization because it
enables culture to be shared among members of
society
Enculturation
- a human child who has lived
isolated from human contact from a very young
age, and has no (or little) experience of human
care, loving or social behavior, and, crucially, of
human language
feral child
4 THEORIES ON HOW THE SELF IS
FORMED
Enumerate
- conscience consists of the
moral and ethical aspects of personality
superego
.
- a person’s conscious efforts to
balance innate pleasureseeking drives
(id) with the demands of society
(superego).
D
represents the human being’s basic
drives, or biological and physical needs
which are unconscious and demand
immediate satisfaction
Id
children develop the ability to think in
highly abstract thought; think more moral,
philosophical, ethical social and/or political
❑ formal operational stage (age 12 and
up):
children learn to reason and take the role of the
other; begin to understand the concept of
conservation
❑ concrete operational stage (ages 7-11):
: children
develop ability to use words or mental symbols
and to form mental images; learn to pretend
play but struggle with logic and taking the point
of view of others
❑ preoperational stage (age 2-7)
the level of
human development at which individuals know
the world only through the five senses; period of
dramatic growth and learning – as they interact
they make new discoveries
sensorimotor stage (age 0-2):
It is the product of social experience
Self
.
❑ G.H. Mead linked the idea of self-concept
to
role-taking
.
awareness of the demands and expectations of
the society as a whole
generalized other
: children understand not only
their own social position but also the positions of
those around them
❑ game stage
: children learn to use language
and other symbols, thus making it possible for
them to pretend to take the roles of specific
peoplemimportant aspect:
role playing - mentally assuming the perspective
of
another in order to respond from that imagined
viewpoint
❑ play stage
: children largely imitate
the people around them
❑ preparatory stage
individuals who are most important in the
development
of the self.
“significant
other”
❑ Used the phrase looking-glass self to mean a
self-image based on how we think others see us.
Charles Horton Cooley’s Looking-glass
Self (1864-1929)
What is the significant result of socialization
Acquiring self - identity
)
- the way somebody considers their
characteristics as a particular individual,
especially in relation to the social
environment they live or work in
(Oxford)
Self - identity
