Examine the Sociological Explanations of the Process of Socialization

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socialization sis the process where and individual learns the norms, values, customs and ideologies, providing them with skills and habits necessary for participating with their own society. socialization comes under two parts, primary and secondary socialization. primary socialization occurs during childhood, in the first few stages of an individuals life and is often taught through the family. secondary socialization is taught through different agents, such as media, peer groups, schools, and government. there are different theories that have different ideas on socialization. Functionalists have explained the process of socialization is by arguing that it is needed for value consensus. This is the idea that in order for a society for function correctly, everyone must have the same norms and values. A norm can be defined as an unwritten rule that is followed by a group of people. values are what people regard as desirable e.g. value for education, value for money. The process of socialization then passes on these norms and values onto the future generations. As functionalists are structuralists, they believe that primary socialisation starts in the younger years of life, like before the child starts school. and example being learning how to walk and talk, and adapting to what a society see's as normal for its people to behave and act. they also believe that secondary socialization happens later in a later stage of a child's life and is passed on through the agents of social control which try to regulate the individual to society, this is a key way structuralist sociologist look at society. they see it in a macro form, meaning in a big way and that the individual is a lot less
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