Survive or Thrive?
Why did early humans rely on stone tools instead of just using their hands?
Stone tools were stronger, sharper, and allowed hunting and processing food more efficiently.
What is the meaning if "Tabula Rasa"?
Tabula rasa is the idea that humans are born without innate knowledge and learn from experience. The term comes from Latin and means "blank slate" or "clean slate".
Compare primary socialization with secondary socialization.
Primary happens in family during childhood; secondary happens outside family in school or peers.
What role does school play in socialization?
Teaches knowledge, discipline, teamwork, and societal rules.
How did early humans learn to cooperate in hunting?
Through observation, imitation, and social learning within their group.
Give three strong explanation on how cave paintings helped early humans survive.
Shared hunting knowledge/strategies, Marked territories, Passing knowledge across generations, strengthening group cooperation
Why is socialization essential for human development?
It teaches norms, values, behaviors, and helps individuals adapt to society.
Predict how secondary socialization changes during adolescence.
Teens rely more on peers, school, and media for guidance and identity formation.
Predict what happens if a teenager has no peer group interactions.
May experience poor social skills, isolation, and difficulty adapting to society.
Analyze how culture was passed in the Stone Age.
Through oral communication, rituals, cave paintings, and teaching survival skills.
Explain why the Mesolithic period is called a “transition period.”
Humans were moving from nomadic hunting to semi-settled life with new tools and domestication.
Give three strong analytical explanations on how lack of socialization affects children later in life.
Struggle with communication and understanding social norms, Difficulty in forming healthy relationship, Weak Emotional Regulation and Decision-Making, Limited Social and career adaptation
Analyze why developmental socialization is continuous throughout life.
People face new roles, challenges, and social situations requiring adaptation.
Analyze how the workplace socializes adults.
Introduces professional norms, responsibilities, teamwork, and organizational culture.
Compare social learning in Paleolithic humans with modern socialization
Paleolithic: survival-based and observation-focused; Modern: formal education and media-driven.
Evaluate why the Mesolithic period is important in human history.
It was a bridge between hunting-gathering and agriculture, with innovations like microliths and early domestication.
Give strong explanation on how socialization influences decision-making in teenagers.
Teenagers adopt behaviors and values from family, peers, school, and media, which guides choices.
Compare reverse socialization with primary socialization.
Primary: adults teach children; Reverse: children teach adults.
Compare church influence with school influence on social values.
Church teaches morality and ethics; school teaches societal norms and practical skills.
Predict what would happen if early humans didn’t teach social norms to children.
Children would struggle with cooperation, survival, and passing culture to the next generation.
Analyze how microliths improved hunting and fishing.
They made weapons sharper and lighter, increasing efficiency and success in capturing food.
Evaluate why socialization continues throughout a person’s life.
Life changes, new roles, and environments require ongoing learning and adaptation.
Analyze how anticipatory and resocialization help individuals adapt to society.
Anticipatory prepares for future roles; resocialization helps adjust to major changes, ensuring smoother social integration.
Evaluate the role of total institutions in resocialization.
They help individuals discard old behaviors and adopt new ones to fit strict societal roles.
Evaluate how understanding Stone Age social behaviors helps explain modern human socialization.
Shows the importance of observation, teaching, group norms, and cooperation in shaping behavior.