Socialisation is the process of learning the accepted culture of the society in which we live in. There are two stages of socialisation -- primary and secondary. Primary socialisation takes place in the early years of a person’s life, where we mainly learn from the family -- our parents, siblings and further external family. These people have great influence upon the child, and are able to teach them and socialise them into social norms and values. Secondary socialisation then is the socialisation we receive in later life from a range of different socialising agencies, such as peer groups, education, mass media and the work place.
Shaun Fuller 9/30/13 SOC 210 Mrs. Deibert Kids are exposed to a lot of different things growing up, that can shape his or her personality. Toys can shape a child’s views on gender. Another key component to the shaping of a child’s personality is the realization of social class. Kids, depending on what social position their family are in, have to sometimes learn at a young what less/ more privilege kids are. There are many factors that play a part to the socialization process in a child life.
It looks at the factors which end in us behaving in a given way and look at the conditions in which cause us to behave in that way. Social psychology looks at a wide range of social topics which include group behaviour, social perceptions, conformity, aggression and prejudice. When children learn they acquire their behaviour from their parents and other children, from a young age they learn from their parents how to behave in public, the correct use of manors and social norms. But on interaction with other children they learn how to share, society’s values which other children have picked up and how to behave in social situations. Also evolutional (inherited from parents) could have an effect on how a child behaves as in the child’s genetics it might be that they are susceptible to violence this means that the child may have more violent tendencies.
Using material from item A and elsewhere assess the view that the education system exists mainly to select and prepare young people for their future work roles. The education system is the social institution in which children are taught formal knowledge, which includes reading, writing and arithmetic, and also they are taught the norms, values and morals of society. The education system plays a vital role in wider society as it prepares young people and equips them with everything they need to become fully functioning members of wider society. One way to select and prepare pupils for their future work roles is by selecting and allocating pupils of education a role in society, as mention in item A: “it also selects and allocates them to their future work roles” this means that social inequality is justified because of the Hierarchal system in society – someone is on top as the head and someone has to be at the bottom as taking orders and obeying to the head. This ideology is said to be derived from having a society based on meritocratic principles where everyone has an equal opportunity that is provided to them in education and then in the workplace.
Modelling, also known as social learning is where a child engages in gender role behaviour through observation of same-sex models, internalizing and imitating their behaviours and attitudes. However a child must be able to differentiate between gender role models in order to learn what is right or wrong to do in terms of gender appropriate behaviours. The key to social learning theory is that our understanding of gender comes from our social environment. Often it is our parents who are our main role models from a young age as they are with us from birth. Based on their understanding of their gender will then influence the behaviours and
Charles Wright Mills’ concept of The Sociological Imagination states that in order to understand yourself and your place in the world you have to be able to see the connection between the two. It starts with how your family came to be. Based on where they lived, their financial status and even their religion shapes them into who they are. You have to be able to understand that your family’s beliefs and social status have a direct impact on you. You grow up believing, thinking and acting accordingly based on how your family functions.
Some families may move house a few times throughout live. This can affect the child as they have to make new friendship and get use to a new area they have moved too. Children and young people can not do anything to their transition and can be daunting like: first day that school, first exam, first sexual experience, most of these are navigated. The experience they gain can help them learn to deal with the challenges of life ahead. The range of transitions faced by children and young people includes: Moving schools or class Puberty Bereavement Parents splitting up Illness (Parents or siblings) Changing friend Groups:
Who and what we are can be determined by the morals and values which were taught to us as children. Children have rights as well as needs. One of these rights is the right to an education. It is the duty of the parent to ensure that the child is enrolled and attends school, but, it is the job of the teacher to encourage or motivate the child to learn and be educated. By realizing how essential, children are to our future and encountering some critical events during my adolescence and early adulthood, I have an awakening desire to become a teacher.
In contrast obedience is a social influence defined as following orders usually from a figure of authority, whereas conformity has an element of free will. Obedience starts very early in childhood with the parent / child relationship , as children you obey your parent and do as you are told to avoid unpleasant consequences usually punishment and this trait continues through life at school and then work . Obedience is a trait which allows humans to follow laws and orders and can
“Most of us form an emerging sense of self and acquire most of our beliefs and values within the family context. We also learn about the larger dominant culture (including language, attitudes, beliefs, values, and norms) and the primary subcultures to which our parents and other relatives belong. The role of the family is especially significant because young children have little social experience beyond the family’s boundaries (Kendall, 2013, p. 104). “For many years the standard sociological definition of family has been a group of people who are related to one another by bonds of blood, marriage, or adoption and who live together, form an economic unit, and bear and raise children” (Kendall, 2013, p. 434). When I was a child in the 60s, the typical family was a married couple consisting of a man and a woman.