Title: The Role of Socialization | Boundless Sociology
Headings: The Role of Socialization
The Role of Socialization
The Role of Socialization
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Three Goals of Socialization
Nature vs. Nurture: A False Debate
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Sociobiology
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Deprivation and Development
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Isolation and Development
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Feral Children
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Depictions of Feral Children
Feral Children in Reality
Examples of Feral Children
Institutionalized Children
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Content: Sociobiology
Sociobiology examines and explains social behavior based on biological evolution. Learning Objectives
Discuss the concept of sociobiology in relation to natural selection and Charles Darwin, as well as genetics and instinctive behaviors
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Sociobiologists believe that human behavior, like nonhuman animal behavior, can be partly explained as the outcome of natural selection. Sociobiologists are interested in instinctive, or intuitive behavior, and in explaining the similarities, rather than the differences, between cultures. Many critics draw an intellectual link between sociobiology and biological determinism, the belief that most human differences can be traced to specific genes rather than differences in culture or social environments. Key Terms
biological determinism: The hypothesis that biological factors such as an organism’s genes (as opposed to social or environmental factors) determine psychological and behavioral traits. natural selection: A process by which heritable traits conferring survival and reproductive advantage to individuals, or related individuals, tend to be passed on to succeeding generations and become more frequent in a population, whereas other less favorable traits tend to become eliminated. sociobiology: The science that applies the principles of evolutionary biology to the study of social behavior in both humans and animals.