Socialization Nature vs Nurture

Overview

1. Nature and Nurture: What do twin studies tell us about nature/nurture? Also, discuss the influence of heredity in explaining the process of one’s personality and intellectual development. Provide examples. (REFER TO Socialization content lesson 5.2 in this week's chapter for the TWIN STUDIES)
2. Watch the video about "Genie the Feral Child"Links to an external site.who was raised in isolation. Write 4 things that stood out to you from the video about the importance of socialization on a child's development.
3. What is the self? According to Charles Horton Cooley, explain the “looking glass self”. George Herbert Mead also discusses the stages of the self: Identify Mead’s three-stage process of self-development.
4. Explain the dramaturgical approach. How can Erving Goffman’s idea of impression management be used to understand social behavior? (This information can be found in Chapter 4Links to an external site.)
5. Identify the agents of socialization. What is the role of schools in gender role socialization? How do you think technology (computer, cell phone, email, & TV) has influenced the socialization process?
6. What are total institutions? Identify Goffman’s four traits of total institutions. Discuss how a degradation ceremony is used to mortify one’s sense of self.