Popular Definitions

Theories/definitions of
personality & socialization
Wilson’s Theory

• Genes
• Heredity
• Chromosomes
A Critique against the
Wilson’s Theory
Freudian Theory of
Socialization

 Id
 Ego
 Superego
Theory of Id, Ego, and
Superego
 Cultural Determinism

 ‘culture shaping personality’

 Organized social behavior
Symbolic Interactionism

 Social self through language and symbols

 George Mead’s

 ‘Generalized Other’
 ‘Role-playing’
 Charles Cooley’s

 ‘Looking glass self’

 Impressions and perceptions of others
 Goffman’s Presentation of Self

 “All the world is a stage”

 A dramaturgical approach in the analysis of
personality.
 The Socialization Process

 Theoretical perspectives:
Kendall – “The child must be socialized to function effectively
in society.”; calls for the teaching of values, beliefs, norms,
among others, to the child.
Broom & Selznick – “Socialization is the process of
fitting into an organized way of life and established
cultural tradition and includes the complementary
process of transmission of the culture and social
heritage and the development of personality.”
 Medina – identifies functions of socialization:
transmission of cultural traits, developing a socially
functioning person; & means of social control to
make one conform to group norms and values.
Wright, Weiss & Unkowic – “Socialization is directed
at the problem of continuity which occurs when
children become productive adult members”;
conformity or non-conformity to norms as an issue.
 Agents of Socialization

 1. Family: gender role socialization

 2. Peer Group: “sometimes a primary group”;
a support group
 3. School: furthering knowledge/
development of skills,
competence & personality.
 4. Church: development of moral standards,
spirituality
 5. Media: shaping of public opinion; influence
on one’s values, beliefs, etc.
 Workplace: enhancing work ethics,
professionalism, responsibility, etc.
“As an agent of socialization, the ultimate goal of
MIT is to produce globally competitive engineers
who can help build a ‘better’ Philippines and a
‘better’ world to live in…”
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