DO you think you could possibly help me answer this question for my Sociology Theory Class?
41.(4) Discuss the meaning of human “social dependency” as a fundamental aspect of our humanness.What we are and what we can do and think and feel and who we are all derive from our interaction with others. Interaction with others is the point of origin for each of us. Interaction within structure with others is what we have instead of instinct. This gives us direction, correction, purpose, and example – in other words it gives us the foundational basis for our social being. Interaction within structure and with others produces the framework of order from which we as persons emerge and on which we build our lives.
What my teacher responded with “#41 social dependency — What you have is fine. However, what you have needs to be supplemented by and contrasted with what happens to individuals who are raised virtually without social interaction. This illustrates the fundamental nature of our sociality/dependency. The damage is severe and irreparable. (In class we talked about monkeys, solitary confinement, and so-called feral children like Genie.”
