Agents of Socialization Review

Agents of Socialization

are the persons, groups, or institutions that teach us what we need to know in order to participate in society.

The Family

is the most important agent of socialization in all societies.

The function of families is for the procreation and socialization of children, as well as the primary source of emotional support.

Education

The school is the agency responsible for socializing groups of young people in particular skills and values in our society.

The Function of Education

• (1) socialization, or teaching students to be productive members of society; 

• (2) transmission of culture; 

• (3) social control and personal development; and 

• (4) the selection, training, and placement of individuals on different rungs in the society.

Peer Groups

• a group of people who are linked by common interests, equal social position, and (usually) similar age

• function as agents of socialization by contributing to our sense of belonging and our feelings of self-worth.

• Individuals must earn acceptance with their peers by meeting the group's demands for a high level of conformity to its own norms, attitudes, speech, and dress code.

The Mass Media

is an agent of socialization that has a profound impact on both children and adults.

Mass Media reaches large audiences and lacks face to face interaction

The media function as socializing agents in several ways:

• (1) inform us about events;

• (2) introduce us to a wide variety of people;

• (3) provide an array of viewpoints on current issues;

• (4) advertise to consumers

• (5) entertain us

Resocialization

• The process of learning new norms, values, attitudes, and behaviors. 

• By discarding former behavior patterns and accepting new ones as part of a transition in one's life.

• can be intense with the individual experiencing a sharp break with past and the learning and exposure to radically different norms and values.  

• An example would be the experience of a young man or woman leaving home to join the Marines.  

• Radical resocialization occurs in a total institution.

Total Institutions

• A society which is generally cut off from the rest of society but yet still provides for all the needs of its members.

• total institutions have the ability to resocialize people either voluntarily or involuntarily.

• The following would be considered as 

  total institutions: prisons,

   the military, mental hospitals

   and convents

Multiple Choice

_________ refers to the people and organizations that teach a culture’s norms, language, values, and other aspects.

• Peer groups

• Agents of socialization

• Sociologists

• Sociobiologists

Multiple Choice

Which agent of socialization has the most impact on our development?

• Education

• Family

• Mass Media

• Peer Groups

Multiple Choice

Breaking with past experiences and learning new values and mores

• Resocialization

• Internalization

• Socialization

• Assimilation

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of a total institution?

• a day camp

• a prison

• a public university

• a hospital emergency room

Multiple Choice

Which of the following are NOT an agent of socialization?

• family

• peers

• school

• food

Multiple Choice

unofficial aspects of culture that children are taught in school

• hidden curriculum

• rites of passage

• role taking

• peer group

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of a peer group?

• students and teachers

• children and parents

• classmates and friends

• players and coaches

Multiple Choice

The four primary agents of socialization in the U.S. are

• family, work, religion, peers

• school, parents, heredity, culture

• family, school, peer group, mass media

• mass media, family, school, culture 

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT an example of a total institution?

• Prison

• Mental Institute

• Military boot-camp

• Public library

Multiple Choice

Socialization happens best by:

• Living in a cave

• Interacting with animals

• Interacting with other humans

• Interacting with chemicals

Multiple Choice

Socialization by outside influences other than those that have raised you is known as:

• Primary Socialization

• Secondary Socialization

• Outside Socialization

• Media Socialization

Multiple Choice

Which term refers to the cultural learning you experience as a child?

• Agents of Socialization

• Primary Socialization

• Socialization

• Resocialization

Multiple Choice

Secondary Socialization usually takes place first in:

• School

• The home

• Teenage friend groups

• Adulthood

Multiple Choice

Education is important to society because:

• It teaches children facts about the world in which they live

• It teaches children how to interact with their peers and helps them to gain social graces

• It teaches children how to react to authority and how to behave in group and one-on-one situations

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

During her first day of kindergarten, Marie does not understand how the lunch line in the cafeteria works. She hesitates and watches as the older kids pick up their trays and silverware and then get in line. She follows their lead and successfully buys herself lunch. Marie’s experience in the lunchroom is an example of _____.

• Socialization

• The looking glass self

• Resocialization

• Anticipatory socialization

Multiple Choice

How do schools prepare children to one day enter the workforce?

• With a standardized curriculum

• Through the hidden curriculum

• By socializing them in teamwork

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

Sherry is in her mid-eighties and is moving to a nursing home. She is used to getting up at 5 o’clock each morning and making breakfast for herself. Her new roommate likes to sleep until 7 o’clock and breakfast is not served at the nursing home until 8 o’clock. What is Sherry most likely to experience through this transition?

• A shift in her desire to enjoy life

• A shift in her reading habits

• Resocialization

• A complete and permanent loss of herself

Multiple Choice

This is an example of an Institutional Agent

• Peer Groups

• Sport Team

• Video Game

• Religion

Multiple Choice

Mass media does not contribute anything to socialization.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which term means giving up one's norms, values, attitudes, and behaviors?

• Desocialization

• Maturation

• Rebellion

• Social Detachment

Multiple Choice

How long are we socialized for?

• Our entire lives

• Just as we are young

• Just as we are old

• When we choose to be

Multiple Choice

Which of these is an example of  hidden curriculum?

• Learning how to factor in math class

• Learning how to get along with your siblings at home

• Learning to cooperate with others on a group project at school

• Having your friend teach you how to play guitar

Multiple Select

Which of these are examples of mass media (select all that apply)

• Social Media

• Radio

• Newspapers

• Televison

• Your Diary

Multiple Choice

The voluntary process of preparing to accept new norms, values, attitudes and behaviors.

• Desocializaiton

• Total Institution

• Resocialization

• Anticipatory Socializaiton

• Reference Group

Multiple Choice

Web of social relationships that join a person to other people

• informal organization

• social aggregate

• secondary group

• social network