IntroductionIntroduction
How did you become the person you are today? Are you the product of your genetics or of the environment in which you were raised? Or is it a combination of the two? Scientists have pondered these questions for centuries.
In an attempt to answer some of these questions, a study was conducted on identical twins in the 1960s and 1970s. The twins were separated at birth and raised in completely diffferent environments. Listen to the podcast below to learn details about the experiment:
NPR: Identical Strangers - Explore Nature vs. Nurture
In this lesson, you will explore the process of socialization, or in other words, how you become who you are.
Following successful completion of this lesson, students will be able to:
- Explain the significance of socialization in human development.
- Describe how environment and genetics affect personality, including self-concept and temperament.
- Describe the process of re-socialization.
- Describe George Herbert Mead's contribution to the study of socialization.
- Identify stages of development across the life cycle.
The above objectives correspond with the Alabama Course of Study: Sociology Objectives: 1.1, 3.3, 3.6, & 5.
 |