Agents of Socialisation
The different ways in which people are socialised into roles and behaviours by various institutions.
- Created by: Thomas Maiden
- Created on: 02-05-13 11:39
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- Agents of Socialisation
- Family
- Primary socialisation.
- Norms and values of society.
- Positive reinforcement [reward system]
- Negative reinforcement [punishment]
- Politeness and etiquette.
- Helps set up gender roles.
- Manipulative parents?
- Education
- Secondary socialisation.
- Norms, values beyond family unit.
- School rules, assemblies, curricula, expectations...
- Positive reinforcement [awards, certificates, encouragement...]
- Negative reinforcement [detentions, exclusions...] - discourage undesired behaviour
- Religion
- Own moral codes and ethics for followers to live by.
- Written rules and commandments encourage people to follow codes.
- Sanctions.
- Encourage certain behaviours.
- More formal sanctions asserted by religious leaders.
- Close link with family background.
- Family
- Primary socialisation.
- Norms and values of society.
- Positive reinforcement [reward system]
- Negative reinforcement [punishment]
- Politeness and etiquette.
- Helps set up gender roles.
- Manipulative parents?
- Family
- Own moral codes and ethics for followers to live by.
- Media
- Adverts
- May glamourise certain behaviours - imitability.
- Newspapers and reports.
- Influence ideas of society and world.
- Stereotypical imagery and messages.
- Impression of how 'society' wants us to act.
- Role models
- Adverts
- May glamourise certain behaviours - imitability.
- Adverts
- Role models
- Impression of how 'society' wants us to act.
- Adverts
- Family
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