Culture, Society, Impulse, and Socialization

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ID2200594
AuthorsJohn Dollard (corresponding author)
Year1939
Volume45
Issue1
Pages50-63
Publication date1939-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/218208
OpenAlexW2004742887
LanguageEN
Citations received8

The question is: "What are the basic concepts in the field of social psychology?" Discussed first are the uses and limits of the terms "culture" and "society" important is the fact that the society idea points at the individual in associated life and not merely at his abstracted habitual outfit. Some conception of impulse of necessary to an effective social psychology; the movement away from instinctivist views has overlooked this fact. Crucial but much neglected is the socialization conception. No one knows in detail how children grow up in in our or any other society. Hypothetical examples and fragmentary observations are not a sufficient basis for a theory of human learning; minute studies will have to be made which are specifically oriented from the societal and impulse standpoints

Epistemology · Field (mathematics) · Impulse (physics) · Socialization · Sociology · Cultural Differences and Values · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Representations and Identity

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