Written-report-on Socialization.docx

EDU 193: SOCIAL AND MULTI-CULTURAL FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION PROF: DR. JEAN SOLIS-MACASERO SHEILA T. SAYSON SOCIALIZATION AND ITS BIOLOGICAL BASIS

What is Socialization?  A process beginning from childhood by which individual acquires the values, habits, norms and culture of a society  A process whereby an individual learns to adjust to a group and behave in a manner approved by the group

What are the Biological Basis of Socialization?     

Lack of Instinct Social needs contact Childhood Dependence Capacity to Learn Capacity for Language

 LACK OF INSTINCT  Human have reflexes but not instinct, thus they must learn all that they know  Reflexes Is our ability to react automatically to a certain stimuli  Instinct A natural ability that helps you decide what to do without thinking; behavior that has not been learned

 SOCIAL CONTACT NEEDS  Human needs on social contact are a strong biological imperative.  Research shows that lack of social contact leads to development of lower functionality.  Social isolation may result to loneliness and depressive ability

 CHILDHOOD DEPENDENCE  Humans are the most helpless of all creatures at birth, requiring love and care from other person.

 CAPACITY TO LEARN  Humans have higher level of intelligence and are capable to learn.  A high level of intelligence is an innate human biological potential. So, people are highly educable

 CAPACITY FOR LANGUAGE  Gives us the ability to use our reasoning power and to engage in symbolic and interaction and communication.  Humans have innate capacity to acquire language  According to Chomsky, humans are born with a set of language learning tools referred to as the LAD. The LAD is an abstract part of the human mind which houses the ability for humans to acquire and produce language.