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Sigmund Freud’s Theory of Socialization
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G.H.Mead's Theory of Socialization
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Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) developed the theory of socialization in the early 20th cen. Since personality is the outcome of socialization, Freud’s theory of socialization associate, structure and development of personality with human psychological needs.
According to Freud, the human mind has three main regions- Consciousness,
Pre-consciousness and Unconsciousness. The conscious
region of mind relates the individual with present events and activities in
life. Preconscious region stores up memories called as mind which can easily be
recalled. For eg: If we say office, home, school etc we call an incident or
series of incidents related to that. The unconscious region is the store house
of all repressed desires and bitter experiences which come to the level of
conscious either in disguised form or in psychoanalysis. Moreover, unconscious
is the predominant content of mind that directs our behaviour. In other words,
our personality is the outcome of our unconscious mind.
Next, Freud shifts his emphasis from regions of mind to the
structure and function of personality which consists of three parts- id,
ego and superego. The id is the selfish part of
personality that knows nothing about rules, regulations, values and moralities.
It consists of biological instincts. For eg: The need for food and demand for
immediate gratification in infants.
The ego is the acting individual. It serves as the mediator
between desires and actions and acts according to reality. For eg: The infants
when grow and get older they learn that not all their needs can be immediately
satisfied and thus develops the ego or the rational part of personality.
The superego concerns itself with what is ideal. Its main
function is to decide whether the chosen object of satisfaction of needs is
right or wrong from the point of view of moral principles of society. As
children get older, they internalize society’s norms and values and thus, begin
to develop their superego.
If ego becomes weak and id becomes stronger, the individual
is more at risk of developing antisocial behaviours. And, if superego starts
dominating ego it results in suppression leading to neurosis. Therefore,
according to Freud a proper balance is to be maintained among id, ego and
superego for healthy and socially useful personality.
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