3) Outline and briefly evaluate the view that agencies of socialisation create marginalised ethnic identities. (24 marks) Socialisation is the process individuals go through when learning the culture of their social group. There are lots of agencies that take part in socialising an individual including education‚ religion and the media. I will explain how some of these agencies contribute to create marginalised ethnic identities. These are people of minority background whose personality has been
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Agents of Socialisation Introduction Socialization is used by psychologists‚ sociologists‚ political scientists‚ educationalists and anthropologists to denote the constant process of acquiring and disseminating customs‚ ideologies and norms‚ giving a person the habits and skills that are needed for participation in a particular community or a group. It is an amalgamation of self-imposed as well as externally enforced rules and anticipations of other individuals in the society. Contrasting other
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Gender socialisation is when Children from an early age are taught to act a certain way‚ a way that is “appropriate” for their sex. Social construction is when something is made to look natural when it’s really determined by society‚ e.g. Gender role. Sociologists believe that gender role is built up from the process of primary and secondary socialisation. Primary socialisation is the early childhood learning of norms and values from the parents‚ for e.g. table manners. Secondary socialisation‚ however
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Unit/Module: Secondary Socialisation Educator: Joni Harvey Assessment Name: Interpersonal Communication Assessment Number: 1 Term & Year: 1 - 2014 Word Count: 500 DECLARATION I declare that this assessment is my own work‚ based on my own personal research/study . I also declare that this assessment‚ nor parts of it‚ has not been previously submitted for any other unit/module or course‚ and that I have not copied in part or whole or otherwise plagiarised
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Discuss the importance of socialisation. Socialisation is defined as “the process whereby the helpless human infant gradually becomes a self-aware‚ knowledgeable person‚ skilled in the ways of the culture into which he or she was born”. (Giddens‚ 284). Everybody‚ man‚ woman and child goes through the process of socialisation throughout the whole duration of their life not just when an infant. Socialisation or as anthropologists refer to it‚ enculturation does not end once the child becomes a teenager
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Socialisation is the ways in which people learn how to act in accordance with current social norms and values. Human behaviour is influenced by socialisation in as much as we are taught from a very early age that certain actions are acceptable in society and certain actions are not. For example young children are taught to use the potty instead of excreting faecal matter onto the floor. Socialisation is all around us‚ from our peers to our parents‚ but just how far is human behaviour actually influenced
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Agents of Socialisation Socialisation can be defined as a lifetime process wherein human beings constantly learn to be their unique selves through interactions with significant others in the environment. It is an absolutely essential guide in the navigation of life‚ establishing a sense of being and role in an ever changing world [1]. The nature versus nurture debate has provided an explanation for how human beings have evolved over time. Nature‚ the more scientific theory‚ suggests that hereditary
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Socialisation is the process in which we learn the norms and values of the society we live in. Agents of socialisation are people or groups that assist individuals in the socialisations. These include the family and peer groups among others. The family is a primary agency in socialisation. It can be argued that at a young age the family is the most dominant agent of socialisation and therefore has a direct influence on gender roles and identities. Ann Oakley (1981) argues that children are socialised
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The development of our identity is strongly influenced by socialisation. The environment and people around us form our lifestyles and create who we are and the values that we grow up to learn and accept. Family‚ peers and location are the some of the socialisation factors that influence an individual’s identity. There have been two particular theories which show the impact that socialisation has on identity. Jean Piaget based a theory around the cognitive development of a child up to adulthood. Abraham
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Socialization is the human process of learning to become a member of our society‚ and how each individual learns to fit into a group (Jureidini & Poole‚ 2003‚ p123). Jean Piaget (1896-1980) a Swiss psychologist described childhood and development in terms of distinct psychological stages and how these stages influence socialization and enculturation (see Jureidini & Poole‚ 2003‚ pp124 ¡V 127). Other important theorists to look at are George Herbert Mead (1863-1931) and Lev Vygotsky (1896-1934).
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