4'3 Agents of Socialization

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4.3 Agents of Socialization

• I. The Family and Socialization
• The childs first exposure to the world occurs
  within the family, which is the primary agent of
  socialization.
• -think and speak
• -develop a capacity for intimate and personal
  relationships.
• -form some basic attitudes.
• II. Socialization in Schools
• School creates feelings of loyalty and allegiance
  to something beyond family.

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• Hidden Curriculum the informal and unofficial
  aspects of culture that children are taught in
  school.
• Discipline
• Order
• Cooperation
• Conformity
• III. Peer Group Socialization
• Peer Group set of individuals of roughly the
  same age and interests.
• Group in the neighborhood
• A clique at school
• An after-school club
• A sports team

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• IV. Mass Media and Socialization
• Mass Media Means of communication designed to
  reach the general population.
• Mass media offers children ideas about values in
  their society.
• -achievement and success
• -activity and work
• -equality and democracy
• What about violence in the mass media?
• -Are children more violent because of this?