Social Development: Crash Course Sociology #13

What makes you… you? How did you get to be that way? Today we’re talking about social development, starting with the role of nature and nurture in influencing a person’s development. We’ll discuss socialization, the importance of care & human interaction, as well as theories of development from a range of theorists.


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[subtledating]

Parents have a TREMENDOUS impact on who we become as adults. We spend the majority of our childhood (18 years) with them - so they have a HUGE influence on who we become

[ProfessorPolitics]

Not to discount the fantastic explanation of these developmental paradigms, I did think it was important to point out that a number of biologists argue that thinking about "nature" and "nurture" as being dichotomous is pretty artificial. Very very little is expressed solely by genetics and very very little can solely be explained by society. What matters, instead, is how these forces *interact* with each other. It's rarely nature or nurture but rather nature AND nurture that explains our behavior.

Also, as an aside, I love how you guys write these to make them accessible to those who haven't seen the preceding episodes. Gonna start working my way back!

[lauravilbiks]

On the slide of Erik Erikson there's a question "Gues what his middle name is?" and well, turns out it's Erik Homburger Erikson :D

[tosht]

The effects of social isolation is important to discuss as well as extreme isolation but Anna is not the best case study. (As a side, Anna may have been discovered in a shed but she was kept in a room in the family home.) Kingsley Davis himself said that Anna's case is flawed because Anna's mother was mentally disabled so heredity may be in play with Anna's development. Also, Anna was not given ideal post rescue treatment/education which may have influenced her lack of advancement. Still a very sad case and yes, social isolation is extremely detrimental.

[poorplayer]

There's always so much good info in this series. The five theories of development put me in mind of The Bard's seven ages of man. Arguably, another astute observer of the study of social problems, in his own right. Thanks Nicole and Crash Course!

[ycordero]

Thanks for another great video on sociology! Totally loving this series, Nicole (and team)! ❤️

[kimlip_tree]

" I love meeting people's parents. It's like seeing a manual on why people are crazy" -ted lasso

[fangirlfortheages]

This area is super interesting to me. I'm in a research program at my school and I'm hoping to do something like this next year. Thanks u guys!

[luciapuchades]

As a Psychology student that knows about his theory on psychosexual development, when Freud was mentioned I wanted to scream

[noahpparentreason]

I had an exam on this exact topic today, it also involved the agents of socialisation and Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs which is something I'd love to see a video on. I love the series by the way of you hadn't caught on already.

[elliotstahlmann]

I love your videos, they're always so informative! You need to do more videos on post-modernity and digital sociology/economy!

[talayafrancois]

African, Asian, and Latino psychologists and sociologists would enhance these courses by adding different perspectives and more information

[alexanderryan-jones]

Best episode yet :)
(Do you think you could add a second break between sentences and perhaps keep a graphic at the side of the screen (like the one at the end of the video) so we can keep things focuses?)
Would sure help me.

[saadhasnain]

This has been my favorite CC Sociology lesson. 👌👌

[kamasoutrek]

I believe the Shoulder devil and angel analogy to be an inadequat choice, enclosing Freud's topic into a binary system of value. Both the id and the super ego are neither moraly nor religiously good or bad.
They just are.
One of Freud's greatest influences on our society was to weaken the Church's denny of our most basic needs, and this analogy takes a step back.

[Sordatos]

Studies suggests that peers, as in friends, class mates are way more determination on how a person turns out than parents ( taking aside genetics of course)

[UpcycleElectronics]

6:00 I wish to explore this difference further.

[Teo]

I'm learning an enourmous amount. Thank you for your time and effort. I'm grateful.

[christinegorskikh]

Thank you for this amazing lesson, dear creaotors)
Your channel takes me an opportunity to improve my "English Level" every day.

[alisonyroses]

Nature vs Nurture, Freud- how personalities dev
Piaget 4 Stages
Khol's moral and Gilligan's expansion moral on boy/girl
Herbert Mead- symbolic interactionism
touch on Erikson