Socialization

• Life long process where we develop our human potential
• Process of becoming human
• Foundation of personality

Social Isolation Cases

• 1800 France boy captured running in the wild
• Anna - 5 yrs in an attic-no human contact
• Genie 1970 restrained in a harness-isolated for 20 months - 13.5 yrs

Nature VS Nurture

• Twins separated at birth

genetic inheritance vs environmental factors

human development

Behavorism

• Development of self
• Evaluation of self
• behaviors are acquired through conditioning
• belief that behaviors can be measured, trained, and changed

Sigmund Freud

• Psycho = Analytic theory
• Psycho determinism = Born Personality
• Psycho-analysis Basic Human Needs Bonding life instinct
• Struggle Eros/Thantos
• Id-ego-super-ego / want-balance-need

Jean Piaget