1. What makes you you?
NATURE VS. NURTURE: Are you the product of your GENETIC INHERITANCE or your ENVIRONMENT?
SOCIOBIOLOGISTS: Biology (genetics, nature) is the basis of most social behavior
Most sociologists reject the sociobiological approach and see social factors as the key component of personality and social behavior
BIRTH ORDER: What do you think is the difference between first born vs later born children
FIRST BORN: ACHIEVEMENT ORIENTED, COOPERATIVE, CAUTIOUS
LATE BORN: MORE SOCIAL, AFFECTIONATE, FRIENDLY, CREATIVE

2. The Social Self
Socialization: Interactive process by which individuals learn the norms, values and behavior patterns of society.
Locke: The Tabula Rosa
Locke believed that we are born with no personality, that all is learned

3. The Looking Glass Self
The belief that we develop an image of ourselves based on how we imagine we appear to other people.

5. AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION
FAMILY: Most important!
PEER / SCHOOL: Next significant agent in socialization beginning at age 5 (school)
MASS MEDIA: Music, Television, Films
RELIGION
SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS: Girl Scouts, Sports, Chess club

6. RESOCIALIZATION
Changing the Norms and Values of your initial SOCIALIZATION process and adopting a new set of Norms and Values
TOTAL INSTITUTION: When individuals are isolated from society (by choice or force) and adapt to new norms and values