Socialisation Flashcards
Socialisation is Carried out by who?
Agencies of socialisation
An example of agencies of socialisation?
The family, the educational system, religious institutions or the media
Culture is socially transmitted (passed on trough socialisation) through what?
One generation to the next
Socialisation plays a cruel part in what?
Forming identities
What is socialisation?
The lifelong process by which people learn the culture of the society in which they live
What is identity?
About how we see and define ourselves and how other people see and define us
An example of what we might define our selves with?
Gay, Muslim, black, white, Welsh, English a women, man, student, mother
Many aspects of our individual identities are formed through what?
The socialisation process
What helps to form put individual identities?
Friends, families…and other agencies of socialisation
Although lifelong socialisation plays an important part to helping us form our identities…what else do individuals have to help them clave out there personal identities?
Free will
What else does free will enable?
Influence on how others see us rather than simply bein influence by them
Individuals are not simply the passive victims of what?
The socialisation process
The choices an individual makes can have a impact on what ?
There identity
An example of our identities being effected by our choices
Media influence our lifestyles, individuals may react to what they see or read differently
