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Unit 2 Lecture 1: Socialization, Self, and Human Behavior
- Socialization
- agents of socialization
- primary group
- secondary group
- reference group
- generalized other
- significant other
- the self
- the "looking-glass self"
- "I" and "me"
- symbolic interaction and the formation of the self
- socialization and phases of the life cycle
- advanced modern societies tend to have more life cycle phases; less developed societies tend to have fewer life cycle phases
- United States: infancy, early childhood, school age, adolescence, young adult, adult, older adult, elderly status
- Mayan communities: infancy, child worker, espouse/adult, elderly
- Nature vs. Nurture
- Biological Determinism
- Social Darwinism (biological factors determine social rankings and survival; public assistance programs promote the survival of the unfit)
- Environmental Determinism
- Behaviorists (all human behavior is learned)
- Interaction between biology (genes) and environment
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