Socialization, the lifelong social experience by which people develop their human potential and learn culture. To take a macro-level orientation look at socialization we can examine the theory that Erik H. Erikson states about how personality formation is a lifelong process that has certain successes at each stage of life. Based off of Erikson’s theory he states that there are eight stages of development: infancy, toddlerhood, preschool, preadolescence, adolescence, young adulthood, middle adulthood, and old age. Each stage has a certain requirement that you are supposed to meet in order to be deemed successful. Though comparing my life up through the stages that I have completed so far I can discuss my understanding of the topic of socialization.
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EXAMPLE. In my preschool years, I developed a sense of experiencing guilt at failing to meet the expectations of parents and others. For example, when I was play fighting with my dad, I bit him and when he started bleeding and screamed because it hurt, an instant wave of guilt came over me because I knew what I had done was wrong and I disappointed him. Adolescence is the challenge of gaining identity versus confusion. When I was in middle school I had started to develop my own identity through extracurricular activities such as team sports, choir and honors classes. Once I got to highschool is when my personality really started to develop though, I played high school softball, joined many types of clubs, found true friends, became our senior class president and learned my likes and dislikes such as, I like doing community service. Performing community service improves my overall self-esteem and makes the value of my self-worth increase. Although I may not have reached the particular age group for young adulthood I believe that I have passed this challenge. The challenge of intimacy versus …show more content…
The social conflict approach is a framework for building theory that sees society as an arena of inequality that generates conflict and change. My grandmother has her own social conflict approach and I have my own social conflict approach that is very different from hers. My grandmother generates conflict and sees society in a conflicting manner in the sense that she is a racist. She believes that the white race is superior to the African American race and that interracial dating should not be allowed. She deems interracial dating as bad and believes that the white race is too superior to date or marry an inferior race of color. My view on the social conflict approach however is far different from hers. As
EXAMPLE. In my preschool years, I developed a sense of experiencing guilt at failing to meet the expectations of parents and others. For example, when I was play fighting with my dad, I bit him and when he started bleeding and screamed because it hurt, an instant wave of guilt came over me because I knew what I had done was wrong and I disappointed him. Adolescence is the challenge of gaining identity versus confusion. When I was in middle school I had started to develop my own identity through extracurricular activities such as team sports, choir and honors classes. Once I got to highschool is when my personality really started to develop though, I played high school softball, joined many types of clubs, found true friends, became our senior class president and learned my likes and dislikes such as, I like doing community service. Performing community service improves my overall self-esteem and makes the value of my self-worth increase. Although I may not have reached the particular age group for young adulthood I believe that I have passed this challenge. The challenge of intimacy versus …show more content…
The social conflict approach is a framework for building theory that sees society as an arena of inequality that generates conflict and change. My grandmother has her own social conflict approach and I have my own social conflict approach that is very different from hers. My grandmother generates conflict and sees society in a conflicting manner in the sense that she is a racist. She believes that the white race is superior to the African American race and that interracial dating should not be allowed. She deems interracial dating as bad and believes that the white race is too superior to date or marry an inferior race of color. My view on the social conflict approach however is far different from hers. As