1. SOCIALIZATION & PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT
CH 5

2. PERSONALITY =
SUM TOTAL OF BEHAVIORS, ATTITUDES, VALUES, & BELIEFS THAT ARE CHARACTERISTIC OF AN INDIVIDUAL
SOCIALIZATION =
PROCESS THROUGH WHICH PEOPLE LEARN THE BASIC SKILLS, VALUES, BELIEFS AND BEHAVIOR PATTERNS OF SOCIETY

3. SOCIOLOGISTS FOCUS MORE ON NURTURE
NATURE vs. NURTURE
WHAT HAS MORE INFLUENCE….HEREDITY OR ENVIRONMENT???
SOCIOLOGISTS FOCUS MORE ON NURTURE

4. NATURE SOCIOLOGISTS DO RECOGNIZE THE ROLE OF HEREDITY THROUGH….
APTITUDE = POTENTIAL
INSTINCT = BIOLOGICALLY PRE=PROGRAMMED BEHAVIOR PATTERN

5. Personality Development
How could each of these factors affect personality?
Parental characteristics
Cultural Environment: Society
Heredity - (sociobiologists)
Birth Order

6. Influences on Personality
Parental Characteristics
Young vs. older parents
Education
Religious Background
Economic status
Occupation

7. Influences on Personality
Cultural Environment
Example:
US = competitive, assertive, individuals
Japan = cooperative, passive, group
Sex differences
Girls = pink & dolls vs. Boys = blue & soldiers
Ethnic backgrounds

8. Birth Order Position born in family
Birth order is another attempt to gain insight into the development of personality

9. Which of the following lists of personality traits best fits you or your characters?

10. A. perfectionistic, reliable, conscientious, list maker, well organized, critical, serious, scholarly B. mediator, fewest pictures in the family photo album, avoids conflict, independent, extreme loyalty to the peer group, many friends, a maverick C. manipulative, charming, blames others, shows off, people person, good salesperson, precocious, engaging

11. If you picked… A = first born
B = a middle child (second born of three or possibly third born of four children).
C =the baby of the family

13. Identify whether or not the following behaviors are learned, or instinct:
Speaking
Walking
Crying when sad
Smiling when happy
Yelling when angry

14. WHAT IMPACT WOULD THERE BE ON A CHILD WHO WAS ISOLATED FROM BIRTH…
WHAT IMPACT WOULD THERE BE ON A CHILD WHO WAS ISOLATED FROM BIRTH….OR IN OTHER WORDS….NEVER BEEN SOCIALIZED???