Socialisation and Social roles
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- Created on: 02-04-18 11:00
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- Socialisation and social roles
- What is socialisation?
- The passing on of culture.
- Primary and secondary
- Cultural norms and values are not fixed
- They vary according to time and place.
- Through socialisation norms and values are internalised
- Primary socialisation
- The family
- In early childhood
- Children internalise norms etc. by imitating their parents
- They are rewarded for socially acceptable behaviour and punished for what society views as deviant.
- Children who are deprived of socialisation during their early developement often cant function as a social adult I.e. Genie wilder
- Secondary socialistion
- Education
- aims to pass on Knowledge and skills
- Durkheim- schools promote consensus.
- Bowels and Gintis - Hidden curriculum.
- Religion
- The workplace
- The Media
- Althusser argues that the media has now replaced religion in **.
- Peer groups
- They can influence either conformity or deviance
- Subcultures
- Education
- Social Roles
- An important part of socialisation is that each individual ends of with a number of roles
- Roles are associated with different types of status.
- Status = your position in a social hierarchy
- Roles = the behaviours and actions you take on because of your status.
- Status can be ascribed (fixed at birth) or it can be achieved through education and work.
- An important part of socialisation is that each individual ends of with a number of roles
- What is socialisation?
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