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Freud on Socialization

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Freud held that the self forms as innate drives are constrained by social rules internalized from caregivers, producing lasting internal conflict.

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A child learns to suppress an impulse and, in time, feels guilt at merely having it.

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Sociology takes the internalization claim seriously and does not adopt the full theory.

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