Understanding Socialization: classwork follow-up While many psychologists point to childhood as the crucial time when personality takes shape, he took a broader view of socialization identifying personality formation as life-long- having 8 stages. Erik Erikson
Swiss psychologist who studied cognition Jean Piaget Known for his famous glass experiment (with kids) Jean Piaget
Sociology: the Socialization - TEST ON NOVEMBER 1 st !!!!! Sigmund Freud Coined the term “id” Sigmund Freud Physician trained Austrian psychologist who lived during a time when most Europeans believed human behavior was biologically fixed yet he considered the role of/ impact of society on the formation of personality.
Sociology: 2 tests left this quarter This female educational psychologist at Harvard University is a pioneer in recognizing the importance of gender in research – by ignoring gender, we end up with an incomplete view of human behavior. Carol Gilligan This psychologist studied moral development Lawrence Kohlberg
Psychologist whose work claims that while males have a “justice perspective” relying on formal rules to define right and wrong, females have a “care and responsibility perspective” judging a situation with an eye toward personal relationships. Carol Gilligan A major problem with this psychologist’s work was studying only boys and then generalizing the results of male subjects to all people. Lawrence Kohlberg Psychologist whose work claims that while males have a “justice perspective” relying on formal rules to define right and wrong, females have a “care and responsibility perspective” judging a situation with an eye toward personal relationships.
Developed “social behaviorism” to explain how social experience creates individual personality – introduced “the looking glass self” – a self image based on how we think others see us. George Herbert Mead