Transcript agents of socialization

Agents of Socialization
Bell Work
• Agents of Socialization
• Peers
• Mass Media
• Resocialization
Objective
• Identify and analyze the agents of
socialization.
Introduction
• Every social experience we have
affects us in some small way.
The Family
• The most important “agent”
• Unintentional family socialization
• Parental attention intellectual
growth
The Family (cont.)
• Family passes to children a
_________ social position.
• Sociological Research
–Low SES teach conformity and
obedience
–High SES teach judgment and
creativity
Family (cont.)
• Even though children are born
into high or low SES, most of our
hopes and dreams come from our
_________.
Schooling
• School enlarges children’s social
world
• Two types of socialization in
schools
–Formal
–Informal
Formal
• Knowledge of content
–Math
–Reading skills
Informal (Hidden Curriculum)
• Values
• Punctuality
• Reward systems
• Authority
• Gender Roles
Peers
• How does it differ?
• Develop an identity separate
from the family
• Opportunities to discuss certain
item that would be
uncomfortable with adults
Peers (cont.)
• The greatest appeal of the peer
group?
–“Generation gap”
• Anticipatory socialization
–What is it?
Mass Media
• Does t.v. mirror society’s patterns
of inequality?
• Is t.v. dominated by a liberal,
cultural elite?
• Is American society socialized by
the sex of violence on t.v.?
Other Areas of Socialization
• Religion
• Sports