1. Socialization Into the Self and Mind

2. If We Could Erase Your Mind…  Our ability to reason?  Our personality?  Our morality?  Our concept of self?

3. Key Terms  Natural Socialization  Planned Socialization  Positive Socialization  Negative Socialization  Prior Socialization  Future Social Learning  Self-Actualization

4. Maslow’s Hierarchy

5. The Looking Glass Self  Charles Horton Cooley  Our sense of self develops from interaction with others

6. Elements of the Looking Glass Self 1. We imagine how we appear to those around us. 2. We interpret others’ actions. 3. We develop a self- concept.  A favorable reflection leads to a positive self- concept  A negative reflection leads to a negative self-concept

7. George Herbert Mead and Role Taking  Learning to take the role of another 1. Imitation  Children under 3 mimic others

8. George Herbert Mead and Role Taking  Learning to take the role of another 2. Play  Ages 3-6 children pretend to take on the role of others

9. George Herbert Mead and Role Taking  Learning to take the role of another 3. Games  Early school years children move into organized play and team games in which they must take on multiple roles (the generalized other)

10. Jean Piaget and the Development of Reasoning  The sensorimotor stage (from birth to about 2) Infants understanding is limited to direct contact. Infants do not think in any sense we would understand.

11. Jean Piaget and the Development of Reasoning  The preoperational stage (from about 2 to 7) Children develop the ability to use symbols. They do not understand the concepts of size, speed, or causation. They could not take on the role of another.

12. Jean Piaget and the Development of Reasoning  The concrete operational stage (from about 7 to 12) Children can now understand numbers, size, causation, and speed. They can take on the role of others They remain concrete in their thinking, not able to think abstractly.

13. Jean Piaget and the Development of Reasoning  The formal operational stage (after the age of 12) Capable of abstract thinking. They can come up with their own concepts.

14. How Do We Develop  Our personality?  Our morality?  Our emotions?