Personality
Individual differences in characteristic patterns (thinking, feeling, behaving)
Social development
The gradual acquisition of certain skills that enable the individual to interact with others and to function in society
Socialization
A process that occurs when individuals are taught patterns of thinking, behaving, and relating, that are necessary for fitting into society
Socialization over time
Over time, we are socialized by an increasing range of systems and relationships.
Socialization is…
A product of reinforcement, parenting syle, evolution
Diathesis-Stress/Dual-Risk Model
Whether in negative or positive environments, outcomes are capped
Differential Susceptibility Model
The plasticity of an individual will result in positive or negative outcomes based on said person’s environment
(modern) Socialization is a product of…
Internalized self-regulation, bi-directional exchange
Genetic determinism
Our genes determine who we are (absence of susceptibility)
Nature-Nuture
Environment and genes work together to produce outcomes
Gottlieb’s Probabilistic Epigenesis
Genes are probabilistic, and interact with the environment, behavior, and neural activity
Moderation
The outcome of A and C relies on B. Explains why two people may have different outcomes in the same environment
Differential susceptibility
Proposed by Boyce/Ellis and Belsky. Explains genetic plasticity and the variation in susceptibility to the environment
Ecological context
Studying human behavior in a way that is applicable to real human llife
Process-person-context time model
Reciprocal interactions between people and their environments
Process-person-context time model
Property 1: Process
Day-to-day interactions a person has with the environment. Primary mechanism of human development
Process-person-context time model
Property 2: Person
Character differences
Process-person-context time model
Property 3: Context
Proximal processes between child and environment. interactions with the microsystem
Process-person-context time model
Property 4: Time
Microtime: continuity and quality of proximal processes
Mesotime: Recurring events
Macrotime: historical events and life events
