SOCI 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Peer Pressure, Critical Role, Symbolic Interactionism
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Occurs in early socialization (childhood: we learn to become a member of society by discovering the attitudes, values, and actions are culturally and socially appropriate. Occurs during adolescence & early adulthood and takes place outside of family: we learn the appropriate behaviours and attitudes of a subculture within our large society. This takes place when we join smaller group. The family is the rst and most powerful agent off socialization. Socialist of children is a key function of the society. Approach to socialization varies from family to family an culture to culture. Schools are the rst source of information that children receive about a social group than their own. Students are socialized through teachers, curriculums, textbooks and the social environment of the classroom. Teachers play a critical role : a teacher"s social location determined their gender, age, ethnicity, and so on, can be a powerful effect on the educational socialization of the student.
