chapter 3

Human developement can be a sensitive growth experience ,as a child ,they grow with fthe feel of being held and cuddled with . They develop judgement on their behavior and feel good or bad at the age of three to four years .The sensorimotor stage is defined as the level of human developement at which individuals experience the world only through their senses,the first 2 years of life as infant is all based on touching ,tasting,smelling,looking,and listening . The next stage is the level of developement is which individuals begin to use symbols and languages. Next in the Piagets theory is the concrete operational stage which individuals first see casual connections in their surroundings . The formal operational stage is the last in Piagets theory ,the level of human development at which individuals think abstractly and critically.Meads theory on social self is the part of an individuals personality composed of self awarenessand self image.Development of the self is the learning totake the role ofothers ,infants for example ,mimicks the behavior of others withouth understanding why,and so at this point they have no self.To the children parents play as role models to them as significant others and are of special importance for socialization as a mommy and a daddy.They are growing in a culturally taught household ,between parents .Gender also plays a big part in what is being absorbed by an infant or child as they recognize the difference between the two genders.School and peer pressure begins at the teenage state,individuals or teens begin to want to fit in society and need the feel to be a part of something or and a group .
Society plays a role in this becasuse it shapes a self esteem and confidence to be able to socialize com,fortably and have a comfortness beteween one another ,thus allowing one to grow with society at the same pace .This gives an individual an idea of what to thinkbofthemselves