Case studies on socialisation
Evidence for the importance of socialisation
Anna and Isabella
· 1940s- Anna and Isabella were separately discovered who had been living totally isolated from human contact.
· Neither of the girls could walk, talk or feed themselves.
· They had difficulty in understanding everything that was explained or done for them.
· Both of them made a good progress, after being taken care of.
· They able to feed themselves and speak a few sentences.
· It shows the essential role played by the environment and education in the stages or child development.
Wolf children of Midnapore
- There was several cases where children had been raised by animals.
- Two females, aged two and eight were found in wolf den in
- They walked on all four, eat raw meat and lack any form of speech.
- However, it is still unclear that weather they were raised by a wolves or simply abandoned and left to their own devices.
Reference
- According to Parsons (1951) socialization serves to maintain social order.
- Deviant behaviour- behaviour that goes against social norms, e.g. student don’t wear school uniform properly.
- However, according to C.H. Cooley, socialization is where the child’s identity is formed. Also, in this way we learn to be human.
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