CHAPTER 3:

Becoming a
Member of the
Society
LESSON 7:
Identity and
Personality
Formation
Socialization
– a process in which society
molds the individual to conform
to established social norms and
rules
Personality vs.
Identity
1. Personality – as the
body of a person
2. Identity – may be
likened to sense of
fashion
 DETERMINANTS OF
PERSONALITY FORMATION
1. Biological Inheritance (Nature)
2. Environment (Nurture)
a. Geographic Environment
b. Cultural Environment
c. Social Environment
STATUSES
AND
ROLES
Status

- socially defined - we each have

positions that multiple status at
people occupy any given time
Two Classification of Social Status

1. Ascribed Status 2. Achieved Status

– given to us – we work for
Ascribed Status
Predetermined status.
No choice to choose his /her
position in the society

Examples: race, gender, wealth

Achieved Status
Obtained by choice.

Examples: club membership,

educational degree
Status
Status comes in pairs and can
be classified into two:
complementary and
symmetrical
Complementary Status
pairs are expected to behave in
different but compatible ways
Symmetrical Status
pairs are expected to react to
one another in similar ways
Roles

- rules of behavior - we each have

associated with a multiple roles
particular status
Role Strain
This happens when multiple
expectations are required from
a single role.

Ex: school athlete and scholar

Agents of Socialization:
family
peer group
school
membership
mass media
Family
prime agent of socialization
Peer Group
help a person experience
things beyond what his /her
family allows
School
an institution that teaches or
educate member of society
Membership
in socio-civic groups, such as in
church and interest groups also
has a share in a person’s life
Mass Media
agent of socialization that is
too influential at present