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| social interaction through which pple acquire personality and learn ways of a society or group |
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| Darwin's Natural Selection Theory |
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| individuals who are best adapted to the environments are most likely to survive and reproduce; 'survival of the fittest' |
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| Biological definitions of fitness and survival, and Altruistic behaviour |
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1. Personal fitness and survival: living a long life
2. Reproductive fitness and survival: numerous and healthy offspring
3. Genetic fitness and survival: continued existance of the same gene pool- direct family and relatives
Altruistic behaviour: actions tt reflect concern for others |
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| Personality: Cognitive, Behavioral and Emotional |
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Personality: the particular pattern of thoughts, feelings and self-concepts tt make up distinctive qualities of a particular indiv.
(a) Cognitive: thoughts, intelligence, memory etc
(b) talents, skills and competence
(c) Emotional: feelings and sentiments |
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A person's awareness of and feelings about his or her personal and social identities, who one is and how one differs from others.
Self identity is heavily reliant on dvpmt thru socialization |
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| Mead's view on socialisation- 'me' taking form in children (3 stages) |
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1. Imitation: conversation of gestures
2. Play stage: role taking of significant others in environment
3. Game stage: generalized other, relate to groups beyond family and friends e.g. a sports team on tv |
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1. Family: extensive face to face contact
2. Schools and day care centres: oriented to wider society
3. Peer groups: interpretive approach, produce own peer cultures, learn cooperation and independance
4. Mass Media: vulnerability in misinterpretation, violence, sexual content, views on family (simpsons vs brady bunch etc) |
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| Socialization thru' the life course |
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1. Adolescence and youth: anticipatory socialization; process of learning directed at playing future roles, experimentation and rebellion to discover identity
2. Adulthood: when primary socialization is completed n prep. for future roles in adult life. more freedom and sense of self. 'midlife transition' or midlife crisis
3. Later life: retirement, dependance
4. Death and Dying: denial, mourning, acceptance, bereavement, grief |
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| (a)Resocialization and (b)total institutions |
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(a) process in which old values and behavior patterns are unlearned, and new ones adopted e.g. brainwashing
(b) resocialization often happens in total institutions- places where pple are under ctrl 24hrs a day by authorities, changing values and beliefs, self identities e.g. military, cults
2 steps:
1) Stripping/Mortification(restrictions, loss of freedom, strict orders etc)
2) Construction of new self (new names, roles) |
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