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Chapter 4 Section 3 Agents of Socialization

Agents of Socialization. Most important agent of socialization Children’s first interactions Socialization can be both deliberate and unintended

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Chapter 4 Section 3Agents of Socialization

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Most important agent of socialization Children’s first interactions Socialization can be both deliberate and

unintended within a family Family socialization differs from one family

to another

The Family

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Peer group is a primary group composed of individuals of roughly equal age and similar social characteristics

Most influential during pre-teen and teenage years

Usually focus on the socialization within a subculture

The Peer Group

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Between ages 5 and 18, children spend roughly 30 weeks a year in school

School plays a major role in socializing individuals

Schools transmit social norms such as patriotism, responsibility, citizenship, appropriate social interaction, and transmission of necessary skills to be a part of society (i.e. reading, mathematics, writing, etc.)

The School

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Mass Media: instruments of communication that reach large audiences with no personal contact between those sending the information and those receiving it.

Ex. Television, newspapers, movies, internet, radio, etc.

Is the role of mass media positive or negative? Why?

Mass media

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Resocialization is a break with past experiences and learning new values and norms (can be voluntary or involuntary)

Voluntary: college, move to new state, etc. Involuntary: change happens against a

person’s wishes, usually in a total institution Total institution: a setting in which people are

isolated from the rest of society for a specific period of time and are subject to tight control◦ Ex. Military, prisons, boot camp, monasteries,

psychiatric hospitals

Resocialization

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