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SOCIALIZATION

PROCESS AND SELF-MAKING


SOCIALIZATION

• SOCIALIZATION IS TRADITIONALLY SEEN AS


ONE-WAY PROCESS IN WHICH SOCIETY
MOLDS THE INDIVIDUAL TO CONFORM TO
ESTABLISHED SOCIAL NORMS AND RULES.
SOCIALIZATION
• THE SOCIAL PROCESS THROUGH WHICH WE
DEVELOP OUR PERSONALITIES AND HUMAN
POTENTIAL AND LEARN ABOUT OUR SOCIETY
AND CULTURE

• IT IS THE PROCESS AND OUTCOME OF


INTEGRATION TO SOCIETY THROUGH
ASSOCIATION, SOCIAL INTERACTION AND
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
FUNCTIONS OF
SOCIALIZATION
• PERSONALITY AND ROLE DEVELOPMENT- IT IS
THROUGH THE PROCESS OF SOCIALIZATION
THAT WE DEVELOP OUR SENSE OF IDENTITY
AND BELONGINGNESS

• SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING- THE


MUCH NEEDED SOCIAL SKILLS SUCH AS
COMMUNICATION, INTERPERSONAL, AND
OCCUPATIONAL ARE DEVELOPED.
FUNCTIONS OF
SOCIALIZATION
• VALUES FORMATION- INDIVIDUALS ARE INFLUENCED
OR ENGULFED BY THE PREVAILING VALUES OF
SOCIAL GROUPS AND SOCIETY

• SOCIAL INTEGRATION AND ADJUSTMENT-IT ALLOWS


US TO FIT-IN AN ORGANIZED WAY OF LIFE BY BEING
ACCUSTOMED INCLUDING CULTURAL SETTING

• SOCIAL CONTROL AND STABILITY- IT BINDS


INDIVIDUALS TO THE CONTROL MECHANISM SET
FORTH BY SOCIETY’S NORMS WITH REGARD TO
ACCEPTABLE SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS AND SOCIAL
BEHAVIORS.
IMPORTANCE OF
SOCIALIZATION
CULTURE

SEX ROLES
PERSONALIT
DIFFERENTIA
Y
TON
SOCIALIZATION IS
VITAL TO:
AGENTS OF
SOCIALIZATION
• THESE REFER TO THE VARIOUS SOCIAL
GROUPS OR SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS THAT PLAY
A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN INTRODUCING AND
INTEGRATING THE INDIVIDUAL AS AN
ACCEPTED AND FUNCTIONING MEMBER OF
SOCIETY.

• MASS MEDIA, FAMILY, SCHOOL, CHURCH,


PEER GROUP, WOK PLACE
PRIMARY
SOCIALIZATION

• YOUR FIRST EXPERIENCES WITH LANGUAGE,


VALUES, BELIEFS, BEHAVIORS AND NORMS IN
THE SOCIETY
FAMILY
• PARENTS AND GUARDIANS ARE YOUR FIRST
TEACHERS OF EVERYTHING. FROM THE SMALL
STUFF LIKE HOW TO BRUSH YOUR TEETH TO
THE BIG STUFF LIKE SEX, RELIGION, THE LAW
AND POLITICS

• (THE GAMES THEY PLAYED WITH YOU, THE


SONGS THEY SING TO YOU, THE STORIES
THEY READ, THE TOYS THEY BUY)
GENDER
SOCIALIZATION

• LEARNING THE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL


TRAITS ASSOCIATED WITH A PERSON’S SEX
RACE SOCIALIZATION

• THE PROCESS THROUGH WHICH CHILDREN


LEARN THE BEHAVIORS AND VALUES,
ATTITUDES ASSOCIATED WITH RACIAL
GROUPS
CLASS
SOCIALIZATION

• TEACHES THE NORMS, VALUES, TRAITS AND


BEHAVIORS YOU DEVELOPED BASED ON THE
SOCIAL CLASS YOU ARE IN.
SECONDARY
SOCIALIZATION

• THE PROCESS THROUGH WHICH CHILDREN


BECOME SOCIALIZED OUTSIDE THE HOME,
WITHIN SOCIETY AT LARGE. THIS OFTEN
STARTS IN SCHOOL.
SCHOOLS
SCHOOLS

• R, R, R

• HIDDEN CURRICULUM
PEER GROUPS

• SOCIAL GROUPS WHOSE MEMBERS HAVE


INTERESTS, SOCIAL POSITIONS AND USUALLY
AGE IN COMMON.
1950’S RESEARCH

NERDS JOCKS

LEADING
BURNOUTS
CROWD
MEDIA

• TV , INTERNET ARE HUGE PARTS OF PEOPLE’S


LIVES.

• HOW WE CONSUME MEDIA IS AFFECTED BY


SOCIAL TRAITS LIKE CLASS, RACE AND AGE.
• SOCIALIZATION AS A CONTINUOUS PROCESS
SERVES AN AVENUE FOR DEVELOPING SELF
CONCEPT WHICH IS ESSENTIAL IN ROLE
IDENTIFICATION
• SOCIAL STATUS- REFERS TO THE POSITION
AN INDIVIDUAL OCCUPIES IN SOCIETY AND
IMPLIES AN ARRAY OF RIGHTS AND DUTIES.

• SOCIAL ROLES-THE PATTERN OF EXPECTED


BEHAVIOR IN A SOCIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH
ONE OR MORE PERSONS OCCUPYING OTHER
STATUSES.
2 CLASSIFICATION OF
SOCIAL STATUS
ASCRIBED STATUSES ACHIEVED STATUSES

THOSE WHICH ARE ACQUIRED BY CHOICE.


ASSIGNED TO THE ERIT OR INDIVIDUAL
INDIVIDUAL FRO BIRTH EFFORT

MADE POSSIBLE
IT INVOLVES LITTLE
THROUGH SPECIAL
PERSONAL CHOICE
ABILITIES OR TALENTS
CHOICE IN
IT CARRIES WITH IT
OCCUPATION,
CERTAIN EXPECTATIONS
MARRIAGE, RELIGIOUS
OF BEHAVIOR
ORGAIZATION
achieved
• INDIVIDUALS LEARN THEIR ROLES THROUGH
THE DIFFERENT AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION.

• THIS MOLDS THE INDIVIDUALS IN RELATION TO


THE EXPECTED BEHAVIOR PATTERNS.
ESSENTIAL IN ROLE
PLAYING ARE:
• A DEFINITION OF THE ROLE AND AN
IDENTIFICATION OF SELF

• BEHAVIOR IN GIVEN SITUATIONS APPROPRIATE


TO THE ROLE

• A BACKGROUND OF RELATED ACTS BY OTHERS


WHICH SERVES AS CUES TO GUIDE SPECIFIC
PERFORMANCES

• AN EVALUATION BY THE INDIVIDUAL AND BY


OTHERS OF THE PERFORMANCE OF THE ROLE

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