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Understanding Socialization and Its Agents

The document discusses the debate between nature vs nurture and how socialization impacts human behavior. It describes Urie Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory, which proposes that a person's development is influenced by different environmental systems, including the microsystem of family and friends, the mesosystem of relationships between microsystems, the exosystem of social settings that influence indirectly, and the macrosystem of encompassing culture. The document also examines different agents of socialization like family, peers, media, school, and work and how they socialize individuals according to factors like social class, culture, and life experiences.

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Understanding Socialization and Its Agents

The document discusses the debate between nature vs nurture and how socialization impacts human behavior. It describes Urie Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory, which proposes that a person's development is influenced by different environmental systems, including the microsystem of family and friends, the mesosystem of relationships between microsystems, the exosystem of social settings that influence indirectly, and the macrosystem of encompassing culture. The document also examines different agents of socialization like family, peers, media, school, and work and how they socialize individuals according to factors like social class, culture, and life experiences.

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JOURNAL ENTRY

What is your reaction towards the video


that you have watched?
Do you agree with this law Republic Act
no. 9344 an act establishing a
comprehensive juvenile justice and
welfare system,
Chapter 6: Socialization:

Becoming Human and Humane


The Nature vs. Nurture Debate

The debate over whether


biology (genes, evolution)
or socialization explains
the self and all human
behaviors
The Nature vs. Nurture Debate
Sociobiology (evolutionary
psychology)- is a bio-determinist theory
that claims our genetic make-up “wires”
us for certain social behaviors
– Not well accepted by most sociologists >
1920s
– Greatly abused in from 1850 (Social
Darwinism) all the way to 1945 (Fascism)
The importance of socialization

Children need human


contact, affection, and
interaction in order to
fully develop
Socialization and the social world

 Mostof our experiences are a part


of our socialization experience
–Micro-level- e.g., parents, friends
–Meso-level- e.g., schools and religion
–Macro-level- e.g., national
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Urie Bronfenbrenner
URIE BRONFENBRENNER
URIE BRONFENBRENNER
Ecological systems theory
1. Microsystem —

The micro system's setting is the


direct environment we have in our
lives. Your family, friends,
classmates, teachers, neighbors
and other people who have a direct
contact with you are included in
your micro system.
2. Mesosystem — The
mesosytem involves the
relationships between the
microsystems in one's life.
This means that your family
experience may be related to
your school experience
3. Exosystem — The
exosystem is the third layer, and
contains elements of the
microsystem which do not affect
the individual directly, but may
do so indirectly.
4. Macrosystem — The
macrosystem setting is the
actual culture of an individual.
The cultural contexts involve the
socioeconomic status of the
person and/or his family, his
ethnicity or race and living in a
still developing or a third world
country.
5. The chronosystem--
includes the transitions and
shifts in one's lifespan. This
may also involve the socio-
historical contexts that may
influence a person
Value of the Theory
This theory, published in 1979, has
influenced many psychologists in terms of
the manner of analyzing the person and the
effects of different environmental systems
that he encounters. The ecological systems
theory has since become an important
theory that became a foundation of other
theorists' work
Agents of socialization
 Agents are the mechanism through
which the self learns the beliefs, values,
and behaviors of the culture
 The importance of various agents
change over the life course
 Agents can be formal or informal
 Socialization differs by parenting style,
social class, race, sex, etc.
Agents of socialization

1. Family
2. Peergroups
3. Media
4. School
5. Workplace
Families as agents of socialization
 Families use positive and negative
sanctions to help teach right from wrong
 The amount and type of sanctions differ
by family
 Family socialization differs by culture
 The number of children in a household
and birth order can influence individual
socializations
Social class and socialization
 Social class- the wealth, power, and
prestige rankings individuals hold in
society
 Parents socialize their children to enter
into adult roles common to other
members of their social class
 The unequal distribution of resources in
society have an impact on who we
become
ELECTRONIC MEDIA: MESO-LEVEL
AGENTS WITHIN THE HOME

 Children in the Philippines spend more


time watching television than any other
waking activity
 What messages do these agents of
socialization send to children?
The process of resocialization
 Resocialization- the process of
abandoning one or more social positions in
favor of others that are more suitable for a
newly acquired status
 Can be voluntary or non-voluntary
INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITY

Start making
reviewer in
Sociology.
INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITY

Make a diagram
of your own agent
of socialization.

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