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Agent ofsocialization

GROUP MEMBERS:

ALEX LIEW CHUN HUAKAREN LING YING

MUHAMMAD NAIMMUDINMIRA TEY WEE LING


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What is agent of

socialization?

oAgents of socialization are

both formal and informal,that help in replication ofthe social order.


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What is the function ofagent socialization?

is necessary for making an individualcapable of interacting within the societyand a society itself shares the common

values, customs, norms, traditions,languages.

it teaches one to behave in a society andthe accepted customs, norms, symbols,

languages and behaviour.


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Type of agent of

socializationPrimary agent of socialization: people that areclosest to an individual.

Such as family and friends

Secondary agent of socialization:thoseinstitutions or places that help an individual find

his place within the society

Such as work place, religious institution andschool


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Agent ofsocialization

Family

Peers

School

Media


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The most important- because of the emotionalbond between the child and parent result ingreater effects

Its shape the individual

Develop: Language ability

Emotional control

Body control

Moral values

Rules of public conduct


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Parenthavepreeminentcontrolovertheirchildduringtheir

youngageandadolescentyear..


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people of roughly the same age , similar socialidentity, and close social proximity.

They learn about basic rules of group interactionto more complex strategies of negotiation,dominance, leadership, cooperation andcompromise from peers.

linked to puberty and the all important role ofsexuality and sexual relations in life. Peer groups

are where teens largely learn about sex andbeing sexual and practice the skills of sexuality.


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o The peer group exerts a most powerful socialinfluence on the child.

o Interaction with a peer group loosens the child'sbonds to the family; it provides both an

alternative model for behaviour and new socialnorms and values


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Television

Books, magazine etc

Internet

Movies

Music

Through character, words, story lines andimages the influence will affect the anindividual since young.

Certain media specially at as agent of

socialization


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The influence will continue till adolescent year

and decrease during adult year.The influence is based on teen subculture,

counter culture, pop culture and cooperatemarketing.

Television news

Internet sport and entertainment


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Official curriculum learn about culturalheritage. E.g History.

Social curriculum learn how to interact,negotiate, dominate and cooperate out oftheir social cirlce (friends). E.g Sport and Club

Hidden curriculum learning on the behaviourneed to function in formally organized group.

E.g In classroom.


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EFFECTS OF AGENT OFSOCIALIZATION

Effect on Life Cycle -The effects of socializationcan cause an individual or a group of individualsto alter their beliefs and behaviour over time.

E.g During political revolutions, where massestend to follow the ideology of the political partythat inspired them.


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Period Effect - The period effect of socializationaffects not an individual, a group of people, butthe entire society.

Black Plague, Great Depressions, etc.

Cohort Effect - Cohort effect is a social eventthat creates a major impact on a specific group

of people.

E.g Hiroshima Nagasaki bombings or theVietnam War.


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A. Driscoll, N.G. Nagel, (2008). Early ChildhoodEducation: Birth - 8: The World of Children,Families, and Educators, p. 175-176. Merrill:Pearson Education Inc.

J.J. Macionis. (2010). Sociology. America:Pearson Education Inc.

B.N. Baxamusa. (2010).Agent of Socialization.

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/agents-of-socialization.html

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