Personality Development
The debate around personality development revolves around ______ & _______
Nature & Nurture
Who coined the term "Tabula Rasa"
John Locke
What are the two types of socialization influence an agent could exert?
Deliberate & Unintended
What is meant by heredity; provide an example of a hereditary trait.
Genetically-inherited characteristics.
Define Socialization
The interactive process through which people learn basic skills, values, beliefs, and patterns of behavior.
True or False: Most of the school's socialization influence is unintended.
False
Define Aptitude
Capacity to learn a particular skill or acquire certain knowledge.
What is the term Cooley used to describe the self-development process?
Looking-Glass Self
What is the relation between involuntary resocialization and the self?
Weakens sense of self
How does Sociobiology relate nature and nurture?
Environmental experiences are, eventually, reflected onto humans' genetic code.
Explain the difference between significant others and the generalized other.
Significant other: Parent, sibling, or relative and their role within this specific context (in that case, the family)
How does Cooley's work explain the socialization influence of peer groups?
Driven by the need for acceptance, pre-teens/teens act according to perceived expectations of their peer groups.
Cite and explain one of the cases of personality development in an unhealthy social environment.
Anna & Isabelle
Genie
Spitz's Orphanage Study
List & explain the three stages of Mead's Development of Self.
Imitation Stage: Copying gestures and speech without understanding underlying meaning - not yet having a defined sense of self.
Play Stage: Sense of self is developed in relation to others - specific roles of significant others - self has somewhat developed.
Explain TWO different ways mass media acts as an agent of socialization.
TV & Children
Social Media
Beauty Magazines
Fairy Tale expectations of love & life
Good/Bad view of the world (Books, Movies, etc.)