Influence Of Self Development

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Socialization across the life course
Socialization is something that every individual shall go through during their life whether they are a child or adult. It is what prepares and teaches us to adjust to the customs and norms of a society. Peer Group is an important factor when it comes to socialization. This is what helps during our earliest years to find our identity. To figure out where it is that we 'fit in'. But next to peer groups, parental influence is also, equally important. I can personally vouch for this factor, because it is what helped me to figure out my true identity as a young adolescent, transitioning into adult hood.
Personal Milestone
Personally, for me it wasn’t easy finding my identity. But, what helped was the influence …show more content…

Self-development is especially important for college students. It helps us to learn new life skills that could mature our minds for life after college and to overcome bad habits, such as partying every weekend. But there are different views and theories when it comes to self-development.
George Herbert Mead
Meads point of view was called 'self'. He felt that it was important for an individual to be able to view themselves through the eyes of others. Kind of like Charles Cooley's perspective of self-development "the looking glass self". Through this theory of self-development. We learn to put ourselves in someone else's shoes and look at the world from someone else's point of view other than our own. He explained that it is important to have a "self". To be able to imagine how we are viewed by others. I feel that this theory best explains my personal socialization because as I continue to grow older, I still sometimes wonder how I am perceived by others. I always wish that I could see myself through the eyes of the people that hang around me because I know it is way different than how I see …show more content…

Different jobs require different types socialization. In today's society it is common for adults to switch where they work if not monthly, yearly, so with those work place changes, they must become socialized wherever they decide to work.
Religion
Religion is important aspect of socialization as well. Cities all over are filled with churches, and holy temples where people who practice a certain religion go to worship and learn more about their culture. These people that meet at these ceremonies usually share the same socialized values within their society.
Government
Being that the government sets its own "norms" that we basically live by today for example, having to be 18 to get a driver's license, each time a new norm is set we have to be socialized into our "new role".

Defining Groups
Groups can be defined as two or more people that interact on a frequent basis and share a sense that their identity is aligned with the rest of the group. Charles Cooley suggested that groups could be divided into two categories, Primary groups and Secondary

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