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4-3 Agents of Socialization

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-S.3.6 Identify the major agents of socialization and evaluate the role each plays (family, play group, peer group, school, mass media, job, religion, total institutions, including re-socialization).
-S.3.5 Identify the goals of socialization (transmission of culture including values inculcation, self-control and social control, appropriate role behavior, skills attainment).

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-S.3.6 Identify the major agents of socialization and evaluate the role each plays (family, play group, peer group, school, mass media, job, religion, total institutions, including re-socialization). -S.3.5 Identify the goals of socialization (transmission of culture including values inculcation, self-control and social control, appropriate role behavior, skills attainment).

by Lance Hiles
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Starts with A

Peer Group is composed of individuals roughly the same age and interests, and it is the only agent of socialization that is not controlled by _____ , unlike family, religion, and schools.

Contains B

Bad propaganda is inaccurate & one-sided. Good propaganda is _____ .

Starts with C

Just on the basis of televised reports of violence, a rash of ____ ____ followed the shooting massacre of 13 students and 1 teacher at Columbine High School.

Starts with D

Religious socialization can make the family stronger, because it teaches against _____ , which can destroy the family.

Starts with E

Religious beliefs and practices help the ____ (and everyone) as they prepare for death

Contains F

_____ _____ is very helpful when trying to function in a society that is changing, and _____ _____ can be developed in a peer group when a child forges friendships with people who are different from the child.

Contains G

Effects of mass media are usually hidden, subtle, and long-term. Sociologists point out that mass media can be used as vehicles for _____ , or the use of ideas, information, or rumors to influence opinion

Starts with H

In addition to English and math, school socialization includes a _____ _____ , which teaches students all the skills necessary to be successful in the workplace.

Starts with I

Middle-class parents hold jobs in which _____ is valued, so they attempt to instill in their children qualities that will help them in similar jobs.

Starts with L

In schools, sometimes _____ is not as important as completing a set number of math problems during a class period, or so it seems when the bell goes off and the child must move on without understanding the process.

Starts with M

Many popular images presented in the ____ ____ are distorted . e.g. police work is not as exciting as depicted in television. Nevertheless, it is through ____ ____ that children are first introduced to aspects of their culture.

Starts with O

Working Class parents assume their kids will have jobs similar to their own, so they raise their kids to have qualities that those jobs value, such as being _____ .

Starts with P

Schools have rules and regulations to cover all activities: Dress, hair, where to walk, when to speak. Teachers reward children with ____ when they behave “properly” & exhibit “desirable” attitudes.

Contains R

invisible _____ means there are religious values underlying much of American culture, even though we can no longer see the original roots of these values.

Starts with S

The impact of the family reaches far beyond childhood. Our family’s ____ ____ shapes what we think of ourselves and how others treat us, even into adulthood

Starts with T

Regarding the socializing agent of mass media, most researchers agree that society will be more violent, if we have more people viewing violence via a _____ .

Starts with W

Socialization process in school involves more than reading & arithmetic. Underlying these formal goals is the hidden curriculum, teaching children discipline, order, & conformity, characteristics required for success in the adult ____ of ____ .

Contains X

Family is the primary agent of socialization, because it is through a family that a child has their first _____ to the world.

Contains Y

The child’s first exposure to the world occurs within the family, so the family is the _____ agent of childhood socialization. Essential developments occur through close interactions with a few people.

Contains Z

The only agent of _____ not controlled by adults is the peer group, opposed to the schools, religion, & the family.