Ökospezifische Sozialisation

Abstract

Socialization is regarded as the species-specific form of the ontogenesis of the human behavior system, resting on a phylogenetically stabilized interrelation between adult members of a group and those growing up, destined to supply the latter with ecospecific knowledge, qualifying them to master their circumstances and making them fit for propagation. During ontogenetic development each person lives in a specific environment, including soil, water, air, climate, plants and animals, and also other persons and artifacts and mentifacts as well. As far as the reproductive and rearing ability depends on food acquisition and resource defence, many artifacts and mentifacts will refer to them. The usage of many most efficient artifacts, however, often has bad side-effects on the environment. The question is, whether this circle of enhancing efficacy and producing bad side-effects could be broken by means of socialization, when socialization itself must be regarded as a booster in this process.