SOCIALIZATION

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SOCIALIZATION

• Chapter 3 Mrs. Madison

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What Is Human Nature?

• How much of a persons characteristics come from
  nature (heredity) and how much from nurture (the
  social environment)?
• Social Environment The entire human environment,
  including direct contact with others.

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What Is Human Nature?

• Socialization The process by which people learn
  the characteristics of their group- the
  knowledge, skills, attitudes, values, and actions
  thought appropriate for them.

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What Is Human Nature?

• Heredity or Environment?
• The Case of Oskar and Jack, Identical Twins

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What Is Human Nature?

• It seems fair to conclude that the limits of
  certain physical and mental abilities are
  established by heredity (such as sports and
  mathematical ability), while attitudes are the
  result of environment.

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What Is Human Nature?

• Feral Children
• Children assumed to have been raised by animals,
  in the wilderness, isolated from other humans.
• Ex The Wild Boy of Aveyron
• Unable to study feral children, sociologists
  study children raised in isolation.

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What Is Human Nature?

• Isolated Children
• Because isolated children are unable to speak,
  sociologists have concluded that humans have no
  natural language.
• Without language
• People have no way to develop and communicate
  thought
• People live in isolation, without shared ideas or
  connection to others
• There can be no culture

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What Is Human Nature?

• Institutionalized Children
• Skeels Study Children Raised in Orphanages
  (1930s)
• Conclusion High-intelligence depends on early
  close relations with other humans.
• A recent similar experience in India confirmed
  Skeels study.

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What Is Human Nature?

• Secrets of a Wild Child Genie (1970)
• California authorities found a 13 year old girl
  who had been locked in a small room and tied to a
  chair since she had been 20 months old.

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What Is Human Nature?

• Deprived Animals- The Harlow Study

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What Is Human Nature?

• Harlow Study Conclusions
• Conclusion Infant-mother bonding is not the
  result of feeding, but is the result of intimate
  physical contact (cuddling).
• The monkeys raised in isolation were never able
  to adapt to the monkey world.

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What Is Human Nature?

• Summary
• Babies do not develop naturally into human
  adults.
• If children are reared in isolation, they become
  little more than large animals.
• Without language, these children cant experience
  or understand relationships between people
• Without warm and friendly interaction, they dont
  become friendly or cooperate with others.