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Chapter 4 Section 3Agents of Socialization
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
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
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
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
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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