Social control The family & children Agencies of secondary socializati
Refers to the idea that people's behavior & thoughts are Arguably most important agency of Peer groups: made up of people who are the sam
regulated by society. Agencies of socialization are -> also socialization. Learn basic rules of our necessarily friends. Your peer group are probably
agencies of social control bc they are concerned with culture through family – primary you encounter as you develop independence from
training people to fit into their cultures: socialization. Family socialization is not they can be very influential, particularly in your te
• Formal control necessarily a one-way process with adults
• Informal control controlling children. There may also be Early friendships – young children are very respon
complex social interactions between parent children & begin to form friendships when they a
& child, where the child may influence the
The family & socialization of adults adult – pester power.
Talcott Parson believed that marriage performed a vital function for Peer pressure – is the process whereby people m
society & the individual. He claimed that one of the most important behavior to fit in with the group. People are very
functions of the family was the stabilization of the adult personality. rejection, so groups can exert a powerful pressure
He believed that parents have separate roles within the family. Male = fail to conform to group norms.
instrumental role. Female = expressive role. Family socialization is -> a
continuing process with adults passing on their expectations to their
Religion
partners & encouraging them to fit into socially expected patterns of
behavior. Theory is controversial & criticized by feminists.
How do agencies of Collective conscience – Durkheim claimed it was impos
socialisation pass form of social life without a set of socially accepted & s
values, called the collective conscience. He argued that
Media
There is claimed to be a link between youth violence & the media.
on culture? the CC bc it established the principles & beliefs that ma
stable & well-ordered.
Albert Bandura claimed that there was a direct link between exposure
to watching violence & violent play among children. Despite some Work Parental faith – in religious families, children will be pro
criticisms of his experiment, it is seen by many as powerful evidence People have to adapt to the the beliefs of their parents. Erikson pointed out that ch
that the media have a major impact on children, & this impact can be demands of their work position. no choice but to take on the beliefs of their parents wh
negative. children in the community aspects of religious beliefs
Copycat behavior – Bandura's claims is that children model their Canteen culture – workers need
behavior on the behavior of the role models they see on television. to understand the practices of Education
other employees, their beliefs, All sociologists agree that schools socialize children & prepare th
Hypodermic syringe model – early Marxist theories of the media how to deal with certain work. However, functionalists see this as generally a good thing,
suggested that the media acts as a drug directly injected into people's problems & the attitudes that critical of what may be taught to children.
minds & affecting their beliefs – people cannot escape from the media, they will need to survive. They
it is everywhere. will be expected to be punctual & Formal curriculum – schools deliver knowledge of culture to chil
work hard
Hidden curriculum – set of assumptions & beliefs that are taught
schools.
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