Transcript Personality Development (JF

SOCIALIZATION &
PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT
CH 5
PERSONALITY =
– SUM TOTAL OF BEHAVIORS, ATTITUDES,
VALUES, & BELIEFS THAT ARE
CHARACTERISTIC OF AN INDIVIDUAL
SOCIALIZATION =
– PROCESS THROUGH WHICH PEOPLE
LEARN THE BASIC SKILLS, VALUES,
BELIEFS AND BEHAVIOR PATTERNS OF
SOCIETY
NATURE vs. NURTURE
WHAT HAS MORE INFLUENCE….HEREDITY
OR ENVIRONMENT???
SOCIOLOGISTS FOCUS MORE ON
NURTURE
NATURE
SOCIOLOGISTS DO RECOGNIZE THE
ROLE OF HEREDITY THROUGH….
– APTITUDE = POTENTIAL
– INSTINCT = BIOLOGICALLY
PRE=PROGRAMMED BEHAVIOR
PATTERN
Personality Development
How could each of these factors
affect personality?
–Parental characteristics
–Cultural Environment: Society
–Heredity - (sociobiologists)
–Birth Order
Influences on Personality
Parental Characteristics
– Young vs. older parents
– Education
– Religious Background
– Economic status
– Occupation
Influences on Personality
Cultural Environment
– Example:
• US = competitive, assertive, individuals
• Japan = cooperative, passive, group
Sex differences
– Girls = pink & dolls vs. Boys = blue &
soldiers
Ethnic backgrounds
Birth Order
– Position born in family
– Birth order is another attempt to
gain insight into the development
of personality
Which of the following lists of
personality traits best fits you or
your characters?
A. perfectionistic, reliable, conscientious, list
maker, well organized, critical, serious,
scholarly
B. mediator, fewest pictures in the family
photo album, avoids conflict, independent,
extreme loyalty to the peer group, many
friends, a maverick
C. manipulative, charming, blames others,
shows off, people person, good salesperson,
precocious, engaging
If you picked…
A = first born

B = a middle child

(second born of three or possibly
third born of four children).
C =the baby of the family

Identify whether or not the following
behaviors are learned, or instinct:
– Speaking
– Walking
– Crying when sad
– Smiling when happy
– Yelling when angry
WHAT IMPACT WOULD THERE BE ON
A CHILD WHO WAS ISOLATED FROM
BIRTH….OR IN OTHER
WORDS….NEVER BEEN
SOCIALIZED???