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Theoretical Development in Socialization and Personality Development
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Looking Glass Self
In the early 1900’s, Cooley theorized the concept of the looking glass self. The idea is that when a person looks in the mirror, they themselves in the way they think that the rest of the world sees them. A person pictures himself or herself in the view of how they think others picture them as. -
Taking the Role of the Other
Theorist George Herbert Mead came up with the theory of Taking the Role of the Other. In simple terms, this meant a person’s ability to “put themself in another person’s shoes” or be empathetic. It was Mead’s belief that there were certain phases in a child’s development that he or she must go through before reaching this ability. These phases could be broken down into three separate stages. -
Psychoanalytic theory of Sigmund Freud
In 1916, Freud founded the Psychoanalytic theory. The concept of this theory was, that the human mind is divided into three parts, the id, the superego, and the ego. The id is made up all of the mind’s inner, and sometimes forbidden, drives, desires, and impulses. The superego is the part of the mind that held cultures rules, norms, and standards. In between these two conflicting parts, is the ego. The ego acts as the part of the mind that is constancy balancing the id and the superego. -
Stages of Cognitive Development
In 1926, Jean Piaget determined that there were certain stages of cognitive development that children went through as they grew up. These stages were labeled sensorimotor stage, preoperational stage, concrete operational stage, and formal operational stage. -
Moral Development Theory
In 1969, awrence Kohlberg came up with the Moral Development Theory. This theory was the process of developing moral reasoning.
