SOC 1 Final: 5) Socialization
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Socialization: the process through which humans learn and adopt a social reality (cultural and social world). Definition: the first socialization an individual undergoes in childhood, through which [they] become a member of society. The most important one for an individual and hardest to change. Always takes place under circumstances that are emotionally charged . Agents of socialization: significant others (family members) Imposed on the child: children internalizes the significant other"s roles, attitudes, and. Objective reality: the reality that the significant others project to them. Base reality: this social reality that they have internalized understanding of the social world to the children conception of reality. For primary socialization to take place: the child must identify with and want to emulate the significant others, must be an emotional bond for primary socialization to stick . When children have developed what berger and luckmann call the generalized other.
