Chapter 5.1 Socialization
Socialization - the complex set of lifelong processes by which infants become functional individuals and a member of the society by learning the necessary knowledge, skills and attititudes.
- Sociologists focus on how people learn the basic rules and attitudes of human behaviour that are considered acceptable in our society
- Psychologists focus on the development of the human personality, and the acquisition of those personal characteristics that make each individual unique.
- Anthropologists views socialization as the means by which permanent human societies are produced.
Chapter 5.2 Agents of Socialization
Read case studies on pg. 122-123 and the stories here, then answer the following:
(1) What are the importances of socializatIon?
(2) How are isolates and ferals commonly different from the norm?
Family
School
Peer Group
Media
Religion
Workplace
Total Institutions