Family
is usually considered to be the most important agent of socialization. They not only teach us how to care for ourselves, but also give us our first system of values, norms, and beliefs.
Despite increasing recognition of the entire life course,
childhood (including infancy)
certainly remains the most important stage of most people’s lives for socialization and for the cognitive, emotional, and physiological development that is so crucial during the early years of anyone’s life.
Are those persons whose care affection and approval are especially desired and who are most important in development of the self?
According to sociologist George Herbert Mead,
significant others
are those persons whose care, affection, and approval are especially desired and who are most important in the development of the self. You just studied 60 terms!
What term is used for the subjective element of the self that represents the spontaneous and unique traits of each person?
“I”
is the subjective element of the self, represents spontaneous and unique traits. “Me” is the objective element of the self, which is composed of the internalized attitudes and demands of other members of society and the individual’s awareness of those demands.
Is the rational reality oriented component of personality?
According to psychologist Sigmund Freud,
the ego
refers to the rational, reality-oriented component of personality that imposes restrictions on the innate pleasure-seeking drives of the id.
The socialization process can be separated into two main stages:
primary socialization and secondary socialization
.
The role of socialization is to
acquaint individuals
with the norms of a given social group or society. … Socialization is very important for children, who begin the process at home with family, and continue it at school. They are taught what will be expected of them as they mature and become full members of society.
What are the two categories of self-concept?
The self-categorization theory developed by John Turner states that the self-concept consists of at least two “levels”:
a personal identity and a social one
. In other words, one’s self-evaluation relies on self-perceptions and how others perceive them.
What are the most important aspects of your self-concept?
According to Carl Rogers
What is the real self?
an individual’s true wishes and feelings and his or her potential for further growth and development
.
Sociobiology
is defined as the systematic study of the biological basis of all forms of social behavior, including sexual and parental behavior, in all kinds of organisms including humans. As such, it is a discipline–an inevitable discipline, since there must be a systematic study of social behavior.
What is the component of personality that includes all of the individual’s basic biological drives and needs that demand immediate gratification?
According to Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theory
In the United States, the primary agents of socialization include
the family, the peer group, the school, and the mass media
.
Fredric Jablin articulated three basic stages of organizational socialization:
anticipatory socialization, organizational entry/assimilation, and organization disengagement/exit
. Anticipatory socialization is the period of time before an individual enters into an organization.
The process of
socialization ends once a child has reached adulthood
. Through the process of socialization, we often internalize the norms and values of our culture.
Through the process of socialisation, the individual becomes a social person and attains his personality. Green defined socialisation “as the process by which the child acquires a cultural content, along with selfhood and personality”. … Socialisation takes place at different stages such as
primary, secondary and adult
.
