Tabula Rasa
John Locke believed that every new born is a tabula rasa, or a clean slate, on which anything can be written. He said that every person is born without a personality and then our personalities are formed as a result of our social experiences. He said the human beings could be molded into any type of character. Because of this belief, Locke said that if he was given a newborn child, he could shape the child's personality of any characteristics he chose.
Sociologists believe socialization is a process where individuals absorb the aspects of their culture with which they come into contact. Therefore, humans develop the sense of being their own, unique members of society through the socialization process.
For example, if a child's parents teaches the child to be polite, and they are rewarded whenever they do something nice or polite, the child will continue to act that way for the rest of his or her life because he or she was molded to act that way.
Sociologists believe socialization is a process where individuals absorb the aspects of their culture with which they come into contact. Therefore, humans develop the sense of being their own, unique members of society through the socialization process.
For example, if a child's parents teaches the child to be polite, and they are rewarded whenever they do something nice or polite, the child will continue to act that way for the rest of his or her life because he or she was molded to act that way.