Learning Task 3: THINK IT OVER
Answer the following questions.
1. What is the importance of the following icons representing the agents of socialization
to your development as a person?
Schools as Agents of Socialization
Schools teach specific knowledge and skills
and they also have profound effects on our self
image, beliefs and values as a person. Also
schools teach us to be productive member of a
society
Family as an Agent of Socialization
Family is the primary source of our emotional
support. Family is where we acquire our specific
social position in the [Link] families are the
primary locus of procreation and socialization of
humans.
Peer Groups as Agents of Socialization
Peer Groups helps us to contribute to our
sense of belonging and our feelings of self worth.
It also helps us to earn our acceptance by meeting
the other group’s demands for a high level of
conformity to its own norms, attitudes,speech,
and dress codes.
Religion as Agent of Socialization
Religions teach us words of God and to do
good deeds . Also churches teach us to contain
specific messages and practices concerning the
nature of being a good human person.
Life Course as Agent of Socialization
Life course helps us to learn new set of rules
,roles, and relation by each time we experience a
change in status . Even before we enter a new
status, we often participate in anticipatory
socialization - the process by which knowledge
and skills are learned for future roles.