Growing Man

In class this week, we've been learning about socialization and how we are dependent on each other to survive and grow in this world today. One day, on the board, Sal drew a diagram of a baby on the left side, and then an adult on the right. He then went on to teach that as a baby we are ruled by emotions, instinct and training. As we grow up to become adults we depend on others to help us along they way. In the short reading, Human Instinct, there were many examples on children that had other interactions with humans and others who didn't. One story that struck me as very odd was the child who was raised in the wild. What was very weird about this was his ability to survive being brought up by the wild animals. When being observed, he would run around on all fours, growl, scratch, and hunt and eat live uncooked meat just like an animal would do. This shows how the environment a child is brought up in has a lot of effect on their behavior. Through other people, and in this case animals, we become a human, socialization.