Thursday, October 14, 2010

Nature or Nurture? How about both?

There are some things that come naturally to us. The ability to suck is one example. Some things we know because we learn them either consiously or subconsiously. Almost everything else we do is an example of this. Studies have shown the importance of human interaction in the early stages of life. Simple human interaction can be the difference between fifty I.Q. points. We need to be nutured especially between the ages between 0 and 6 because are brain is the most absorbant at those ages so to speak. We learn a ton of basic skills and norms during these ages such as sexual differences between males and females in terms of their roles in society. All of this learning process is due to agents of socialization. Agents of socialization are groups that influence us and helps us to form our social construction of reality. These inclued groups such as family, friends, school or neighborhood. These agents of socialiation form our lives from the begining and continue to throughout it and that is why it is important that we understand them well.

2 comments:

  1. I agree 0-6 years of age is where most of our development takes place, where most of our socialization takes place. And if we do not have human interaction in our lives our development can be halted.

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  2. I agree that the learning process really does contribute to our forming of socialization in society. They truly do make up who we are in life.

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