1.2: Socialisation Flashcards
Socialisation
Socialisation is:
- A lifelong process of learning
- The process by which an individual learns the norms and values of society
Socialisation is a lifelong process of learning and it is the process by which an individual learns the norms and values of society.
In other words, socialisation is the way in which we learn to be what?
In other words, socialisation is the way in which we learn to be members of society
What can socialisation be divided into?
Socialisation can be divided into:
- Primary socialisation
- Secondary socialisation
Socialisation can be divided into primary socialisation and secondary socialisation.
Primary socialisation is the first and most important stage of learning whereby children up to age 5 learn the basic norms and values.
What is secondary socialisation?
Secondary socialisation is the continuation
Socialisation can be divided into primary socialisation and secondary socialisation.
Primary socialisation is the first and most important stage of learning whereby children up to age 5 learn the basic norms and values.
Secondary socialisation is the continuation.
Socialisation continues throughout what?
Socialisation continues throughout an individual’s lifetime
Agencies of socialisation
Agencies of socialisation are the: 1. Groups Or, 2. Institutions that play a part in our socialisation, through which we learn the norms and values of society
Primary socialisation:
The early years of life (what ages) are very important in what?
The early years of life (ages 0 - 5) are very important in the learning process
Primary socialisation:
The early years of life (ages 0 - 5) are very important in the learning process.
This is the stage of primary socialisation when we are normally in what?
This is the stage of primary socialisation when we are normally in:
1. Intimate
2. Prolonged
contact with our family
Primary socialisation:
The early years of life (ages 0 - 5) are very important in the learning process.
This is the stage of primary socialisation when we are normally in intimate and prolonged contact with our family.
Our family play a key part in teaching us what?
Our family play a key part in teaching us basic:
- Norms
- Values
Primary socialisation:
The early years of life (ages 0 - 5) are very important in the learning process.
This is the stage of primary socialisation when we are normally in intimate and prolonged contact with our family.
Our family play a key part in teaching us basic norms and values.
It is what that the feral children like Oxana and Genie did not experience?
It is primary socialisation that the feral children like:
1. Oxana
2. Genie
did not experience
Primary socialisation:
The early years of life (ages 0 - 5) are very important in the learning process.
One way children learn from their parents is through what?
One way children learn from their parents is through imitation
Primary socialisation:
The early years of life (ages 0 - 5) are very important in the learning process.
One way children learn from their parents is through imitation.
Example
For example, they may copy:
1. The way their parents talk
Or,
2. Their table manners
Primary socialisation:
The early years of life (ages 0 - 5) are very important in the learning process.
One way children learn from their parents is through imitation.
They will see their parents as role models and model their behaviour on what?
Children will:
- See their parents as role models
- Model their behaviour on that of their parents
Primary socialisation:
The early years of life (ages 0 - 5) are very important in the learning process.
One way children learn from their parents is through imitation.
They will see their parents as role models and model their behaviour on that of their parents.
Children also learn what is acceptable and what is unacceptable by a process of what?
Children also learn what is acceptable and what is unacceptable by a process of:
- Trial
- Error
Primary socialisation:
The early years of life (ages 0 - 5) are very important in the learning process.
One way children learn from their parents is through imitation.
Children also learn what is acceptable and what is unacceptable by a process of trial and error.
Parents will apply sanctions to behaviour to show what?
Parents will apply sanctions to behaviour to show whether it is:
1. Desirable
Or,
2. Not
Primary socialisation:
The early years of life (ages 0 - 5) are very important in the learning process.
One way children learn from their parents is through imitation.
Children also learn what is acceptable and what is unacceptable by a process of trial and error.
Parents will apply sanctions to behaviour to show whether it is desirable or not.
An example of a positive sanction
An example of a positive sanction is praise
Primary socialisation:
The early years of life (ages 0 - 5) are very important in the learning process.
One way children learn from their parents is through imitation.
Children also learn what is acceptable and what is unacceptable by a process of trial and error.
Parents will apply sanctions to behaviour to show whether it is desirable or not.
An example of a negative sanction
An example of a negative sanction is a telling-off
Primary socialisation:
The early years of life (ages 0 - 5) are very important in the learning process.
One way children learn from their parents is through imitation.
Children also learn what is acceptable and what is unacceptable by a process of trial and error.
Parents will apply sanctions to behaviour to show whether it is desirable or not.
An example of a positive sanction is praise and an example of a negative sanction is a telling-off.
This is a form of what?
This is a form of social control
Primary socialisation:
The early years of life (ages 0 - 5) are very important in the learning process.
As well as teaching us basic norms and values, the family also make an important contribution to what?
As well as teaching us basic:
1. Norms
2. Values
,the family also make an important contribution to our identity
Secondary socialisation:
Though the family is obviously important, the other agents of socialisation also have an important impact on our what?
Though the family is obviously important, the other agents of socialisation also have an important impact on our:
- Norms
- Values
Though the family is obviously important, the other agents of socialisation also have an important impact on our norms and values.
1. Peer group:
What are peers?
Peers are those of a similar age group
Though the family is obviously important, the other agents of socialisation also have an important impact on our norms and values.
1. Peer group:
Peers are those of a similar age group.
They will include friends, but your peer group is wider than just your friends.
The peer group is a very important agent of socialisation during school years (5 - 18), since an individual spends a lot of time with their peers during this time.
An individual will learn a lot about what from peers?
An individual will learn a lot about acceptable behaviour from peers
Though the family is obviously important, the other agents of socialisation also have an important impact on our norms and values.
1. Peer group:
Peers are those of a similar age group.
They will include friends, but your peer group is wider than just your friends.
The peer group is a very important agent of socialisation during school years (5 - 18), since an individual spends a lot of time with their peers during this time.
An individual will learn a lot about acceptable behaviour from peers, because of what?
An individual will learn a lot about acceptable behaviour from peers, because of the desire to ‘fit in’ (conformity)
Though the family is obviously important, the other agents of socialisation also have an important impact on our norms and values.
1. Peer group:
It may be that peers become more influential than parents during these school years.
Within peer groups there are often what?
Within peer groups there are often hierarchies
Though the family is obviously important, the other agents of socialisation also have an important impact on our norms and values.
1. Peer group:
It may be that peers become more influential than parents during these school years.
Within peer groups there are often hierarchies.
Some individuals will be what and have what?
Some individuals will:
- Be ‘leaders’
- Have higher status than the ‘followers’
Though the family is obviously important, the other agents of socialisation also have an important impact on our norms and values.
1. Peer group:
It may be that peers become more influential than parents during these school years.
Peer groups can also be a source of what?
Peer groups can also be a source of rebellion
Though the family is obviously important, the other agents of socialisation also have an important impact on our norms and values.
1. Peer group:
It may be that peers become more influential than parents during these school years.
Peer groups can also be a source of rebellion.
Youth subcultures, such as goths, emos and punks, are peers who share norms and values and influence each other to resist what?
Youth subcultures, such as goths, emos and punks, are peers who share norms and values and influence each other to resist the:
1. Norms
2. Values
of wider society
Though the family is obviously important, the other agents of socialisation also have an important impact on our norms and values.
1. Peer group:
It may be that peers become more influential than parents during these school years.
Peer groups can also be a source of rebellion.
Youth subcultures. such as goths, emos and punks, are peers who share norms and values and influence each other to resist the norms and values of wider society.
Who was this rebellion studied by?
This rebellion was studied by a group of sociologists at Birmingham University
Though the family is obviously important, the other agents of socialisation also have an important impact on our norms and values.
2. Education:
Though this clearly overlaps with peer groups, the education system itself is what?
Though this clearly overlaps with peer groups, the education system itself is an agent of secondary socialisation
Though the family is obviously important, the other agents of socialisation also have an important impact on our norms and values.
2. Education:
At school, everyone learns what?
At school, everyone learns the formal curriculum
Though the family is obviously important, the other agents of socialisation also have an important impact on our norms and values.
2. Education:
At school, everyone learns the formal curriculum.
This will be based on what and reflect what?
This will:
- Be based on the language and culture of society
- Reflect its values
Though the family is obviously important, the other agents of socialisation also have an important impact on our norms and values.
2. Education:
At school, everyone learns the formal curriculum.
This will be based on the language and culture of society and reflect its values.
Example
For example:
- English, Maths and Science are highly valued
- History is mostly from a British perspective
- Child development is usually taught by and taken by females
Though the family is obviously important, the other agents of socialisation also have an important impact on our norms and values.
2. Education:
At school, everyone learns the formal curriculum.
This will be based on the language and culture of society and reflect its values.
However, sociologists argue that we also learn the informal curriculum or ‘hidden curriculum.’
This is all the other what?
The informal curriculum or ‘hidden curriculum’ is all the other:
1. Norms
2. Values
you are learning at school outside of your formal lessons
Though the family is obviously important, the other agents of socialisation also have an important impact on our norms and values.
2. Education:
At school, everyone learns the formal curriculum.
This will be based on the language and culture of society and reflect its values.
However, sociologists argue that we also learn the informal curriculum or ‘hidden curriculum.’
This is all the other norms and values you are learning at school outside of your formal lessons.
For example, you learn that there are sanctions for those who do what?
For example, you learn that there are sanctions for those who disobey
Though the family is obviously important, the other agents of socialisation also have an important impact on our norms and values.
2. Education:
At school, everyone learns the formal curriculum.
This will be based on the language and culture of society and reflect its values.
However, sociologists argue that we also learn the informal curriculum or ‘hidden curriculum.’
This is all the other norms and values you are learning at school outside of your formal lessons.
For example, you learn that there are sanctions for those who disobey, such as what?
For example, you learn that there are sanctions for those who disobey, such as detention
Though the family is obviously important, the other agents of socialisation also have an important impact on our norms and values.
2. Education:
At school, everyone learns the formal curriculum.
This will be based on the language and culture of society and reflect its values.
However, sociologists argue that we also learn the informal curriculum or ‘hidden curriculum.’
This is all the other norms and values you are learning at school outside of your formal lessons.
For example, you learn that society values what and you learn how that is what?
For example, you learn:
- That society values achievement
- How that is measured
Though the family is obviously important, the other agents of socialisation also have an important impact on our norms and values.
2. Education:
At school, everyone learns the formal curriculum.
This will be based on the language and culture of society and reflect its values.
However, sociologists argue that we also learn the informal curriculum or ‘hidden curriculum.’
This is all the other norms and values you are learning at school outside of your formal lessons.
For example, you learn about the school what itself?
For example, you learn about the school structure itself
Though the family is obviously important, the other agents of socialisation also have an important impact on our norms and values.
2. Education:
At school, everyone learns the formal curriculum.
This will be based on the language and culture of society and reflect its values.
However, sociologists argue that we also learn the informal curriculum or ‘hidden curriculum.’
This is all the other norms and values you are learning at school outside of your formal lessons.
For example, you learn about the school structure itself, like what?
For example, you learn about the school structure itself, like the genders of the teachers at different levels of authority in the school
Though the family is obviously important, the other agents of socialisation also have an important impact on our norms and values.
3. Media:
The influence of media is what all the time?
The influence of media is growing all the time
Though the family is obviously important, the other agents of socialisation also have an important impact on our norms and values.
3. Media:
The influence of media is growing all the time and it is arguably the most important source of what?
The influence of media is:
- Growing all the time
- Arguably the most important source of secondary socialisation
Though the family is obviously important, the other agents of socialisation also have an important impact on our norms and values.
3. Media:
The influence of media is growing all the time and it is arguably the most important source of secondary socialisation.
Use of the media has exploded, with new forms of media such as what?
Use of the media has exploded, with new forms of media such as:
- The internet
- Mobile phones
- Games
- TV
- Films
- Magazines
Though the family is obviously important, the other agents of socialisation also have an important impact on our norms and values.
3. Media:
The influence of media is growing all the time and it is arguably the most important source of secondary socialisation.
Many of us like to claim that we are not influenced by the media and that we just use it to communicate or to find out things, but most sociologists would disagree.
One way we may be socialised by the media is through its what?
One way we may be socialised by the media is through its representation of different social groups
Though the family is obviously important, the other agents of socialisation also have an important impact on our norms and values.
3. Media:
The influence of media is growing all the time and it is arguably the most important source of secondary socialisation.
One way we may be socialised by the media is through its representation of different social groups, which may do what?
One way we may be socialised by the media is through its representation of different social groups, which may influence our views
Though the family is obviously important, the other agents of socialisation also have an important impact on our norms and values.
3. Media:
The influence of media is growing all the time and it is arguably the most important source of secondary socialisation.
One way we may be socialised by the media is through its representation of different social groups, which may influence our views.
Example
For example, women are represented in very stereotypical ways, according to feminist sociologists
Though the family is obviously important, the other agents of socialisation also have an important impact on our norms and values.
3. Media:
The influence of media is growing all the time and it is arguably the most important source of secondary socialisation.
One way we may be socialised by the media is through its representation of different social groups, which may influence our views.
For example, women are represented in very stereotypical ways, according to feminist sociologists.
This may affect what?
This may affect:
1. The way we judge women
Or,
2. Women themselves and their own self-image
Though the family is obviously important, the other agents of socialisation also have an important impact on our norms and values.
3. Media:
The influence of media is growing all the time and it is arguably the most important source of secondary socialisation.
An area of concern often expressed is what?
An area of concern often expressed is media influence on violence in society
Though the family is obviously important, the other agents of socialisation also have an important impact on our norms and values.
3. Media:
The influence of media is growing all the time and it is arguably the most important source of secondary socialisation.
An area of concern often expressed is media influence on violence in society.
Various films and games have been blamed for what?
Various:
1. Films
2. Games
have been blamed for ‘copycat’ acts of violence
Though the family is obviously important, the other agents of socialisation also have an important impact on our norms and values.
3. Media:
The influence of media is growing all the time and it is arguably the most important source of secondary socialisation.
An area of concern often expressed is media influence on violence in society.
Various films and games have been blamed for ‘copycat’ acts of violence, as viewers were what?
Various:
1. Films
2. Games
have been blamed for ‘copycat’ acts of violence, as viewers were apparently influenced by them
Though the family is obviously important, the other agents of socialisation also have an important impact on our norms and values.
3. Media:
The influence of media is growing all the time and it is arguably the most important source of secondary socialisation.
An area of concern often expressed is media influence on violence in society.
Various films and games have been blamed for ‘copycat’ acts of violence, as viewers were apparently influenced by them.
More widely, the media is seen to influence what?
More widely, the media is seen to influence culture