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Men, who also have tendencies to act in certain ways, come into contact with situations which stimulate some of their activities and repress others. Those who are stimulated have their growth increased'.
Cooley has discussed the possible sources for these changes in conception of differentiated unities, wholes, or realms encompassing and encompassed in human social life and its situation. Cooley is of the opinion that the human social life and its perspective can be desolated, but at the same it is connected and dependent upon the organic domain in which the situation occurs. According to him, the social life can initiate social changes; however, the social life itself is to be categorized into sub-systems based on cultural divisions.
Cooley has termed that the real cause behind any specific change or growth is based on the dynamic and convincing tendencies of the members' personalities. This is the reflection of the Cooley's romanticist chapter, which he has regarded as the 'of the beneficence of diversity' (Charles, 1924). He has argued that the element of individualistic, and idiosyncratic exist because of human nature and its affinity towards it. According to him, 'we do everything a little different from any one else, each person as a whole is always more or less novel or innovating' (Charles, 1924). The differences in the threshold of the power, inventiveness, obstinacy, astuteness,...
The variation in the original nature and element of socialization and experience has contributed towards the differences in the level of proclivity. Cooley has termed these variations of slight magnitude, and has termed its occurrence without any confirmation by their custodians. The Adaptive changes are therefore attained through these deviations.
CONCLUSION
Cooley has contributed towards development of their own field as having its raison deter in contributing to and expediting progress. It is observed that the individual sociologists has expressed differences in their assessment as per the demand of social process, however Cooley's quest and objective was in harmony with the contemporaries. The core objective of the Cooley's research was to offer these recommendations to aid progress.
References
Walter B. Bodenhafer. "Cooley's Theories of Competition and Conflict." Publications of the American Sociological Association, Vol. 25. 1930.18-24.
Coser. The Primary Group. Publications of the American Sociological Association. 1977. 307-310.
Charles Horton Cooley. "Now and Then." Journal of Applied Sociology 8 (1924): 259-262.
Charles Horton Cooley. Social Process. Southern Illinois University Press. Carbondale, IL. 1966. 24.
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