Sociological Theories and Socialisation
Quick rundown of types of socialisation and the Functionalist and Marxist views on the role of socialisation. Enjoy :)
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- Sociological Theories and Socialisation
- Primary Socialisation
- Earliest stage of socilaisation
- Begins at birth and continues into early childhood
- Mostly takes place within the family
- Occurs between the individual and the people they have a primary (close) relationship with
- Important in helping to shape human beings
- Involves learning basic social skills
- Earliest stage of socilaisation
- Secondary Socialisation
- Begins when children become more independent
- Usually when they enter the education system
- Occurs between the individual and those people with whom they have secondary relationships
- The function of S.S is to build on what has already been learned in P.S
- Children learn how to participate and understand wider society
- Parsons- liberate the individual from a dependence upon the primary attachment and relationships formed within the family
- Main agents of S.S are education, the mass media, the peer group, the workplace and religion
- Begins when children become more independent
- Functionalist theory of the role of socialisation
- Society is held together and avoids breakdown through the creation of value consensus
- Members of society must hold the same core values, they learn this through socialisation
- Individuals internalize these values which then become part of their identity
- Everyone is socialised in accordance with core values, this ensures that people's behaviour becomes predictable which contributes to social order.
- Members of society must hold the same core values, they learn this through socialisation
- The most important agent is the family
- Parsons- a child in a family is like a empty vessel, which must be filled with shared cultural values and norms.
- Ensures the child is committed to society's value consensus and therefore feels a strong sense of belonging to society
- Parsons- a child in a family is like a empty vessel, which must be filled with shared cultural values and norms.
- Social control is necessary and beneficial
- Ensures people are correctly socialised into society's norms and values
- Ensures that dysfunctions are dealt with quickly
- Criticisms
- Underestimate the amount of conflict that can take place in the process of socialisation
- Gouldner-training children can be a continual........ battle
- Fail to recognise that people don't always conform to the rules; deviating from social norms and values is commonplace
- Dennis Wrong-over socialised view of man
- View that children are 'empty vessels' that are filled with norms and values passed down to them.
- Children play an active role in development
- Underestimate the amount of conflict that can take place in the process of socialisation
- Society is held together and avoids breakdown through the creation of value consensus
- Marxist theory of the role of socialisation
- Socialisation is the process by which society is programmed into believing the values of the bourgeoisie
- Zartesky- family is used by the bourgeoisie to instil values such as respect for authority. Which are exploited more easily in life.
- Only the bourgeoisie benefit from socialisation
- Socialisation is part of ruling-class ideology, which maintains and promotes the exploitation of the proletariat.
- Social control is exploited by the bourgeoisie
- Used to force or persuade the proletariat to behave as they want them to
- Capitalism creates crime by creating vast social inequalities and promoting greed
- Then when the proletariat commit crimes such as theft, they are punished by the police and judiciary
- The blame is placed on the individual, never on the capitalist system
- Then when the proletariat commit crimes such as theft, they are punished by the police and judiciary
- Criticisms
- Over-socialised view
- Don't account for conflict in the socialisation process
- Socialisation is the process by which society is programmed into believing the values of the bourgeoisie
- Primary Socialisation
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