SOC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Hidden Curriculum
27 Nov 2017
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The views of cooley and mead provide theoretical explanations of the socialization process. Sociologists use the term agents of socialization to describe the specific individuals, groups, and institutions that enable socialization to take place. Sometimes enable is too soft of a word. In the united states, the primary agents of socialization include the family, the peer group, the school, and the mass media. The most important agent of socialization in almost every society. A family serves to reproduce society biologically, through procreation, and socially, through the socialization of children. Children first interact with other humans and learn the values, norms, and beliefs of society through their families. Socialization in a family setting can be both deliberate and unintended. Ex. , father teaching children about the importance of telling the truth. Unintended: can have an even greater effect on children than deliberate attempts at socialization. The socialization process differs from family to family.
