PUTTING SOCIOLOGY TO WORK
INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
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The result of the process of Socialization is the social development of people, or more simply said, human development. Scientific literature reveals the first origins of human being discussed in the following websites:
Homo Sapiens Who are they?
New Research Discovery Concerning Neanderthals
People have unique brains in that people have a Neocortex that allows cognition and symbolization.
Human Development begins at birth. The following websites reveal the beginnings of the socialization process during which infants begin to learn about their social environment through a process of encoding.
Biological(physical) Development
Sensitive Periods in Brain Development
Psychological (mental) Development is discussed by the following social scientists:
Social
Stages of Human Development: Piaget, Erikson- Infancy: Birth to 18 months
- Early childhood: 18 months to 3 years
- Middle childhood: 3-5 years
- Late childhood
- Adolescence
- Early adulthood
- Mature adulthood
- Old age