UCSP ( SOCIALIZATION)

• Socialization is a lifelong process where individuals develop a self-concept and prepare for roles, which in turn shape personality.
• Socialization is the process by which humans acquire a sense of self or a social identity, develop their human capacities, learn the culture(s) of the society in which they live, and learn expectations for behavior.
• Socialization is not a one-way process; it involves resisting, ignoring, negotiating, and accommodating agents of socialization.
• The family is the basic unit of society and the primary social institutions or social group where one is born, serving as the main link between the child and society.
• The peer group is an informal grouping of two or more members, more or less of the same age, the neighborhood, or school is called peer group, friends, clique, gang, or barkada.
• The peer group is the only agency of socialization not controlled primarily by adults.
• The church provides spiritual guidance, norms of conduct, and rules of behavior.
• The school is a formal agency for weaning children from home and introducing them to society.
• Mass media informs, educates, and entertains, affecting the audience’s behavior and attitudes, positively or negatively.
• The workplace is where the individual gets socialized to its norms and values and finds his or her place in its hierarchy of statuses.
• Socialization is not simply molding an individual according to a standard social pattern, as he or she is afforded some leeway in his or her action.
• When does socialization start?

  after birth
• the most critical stage

  early childhood
• agents of socialization

  the family

  the peer group

  the church

  the school

  mass media

  the workplace