1.3- the process of socialisation

• what are the agents of socialisation?

  institutions responsible for transmitting norms and values through socialisation
• what are the main agencies of socialisation?

  family, school, peers, media, religion, and government.
• what is social control?

  the different ways in which society makes sure members conform to law, rules and norms
• what is informal social control?

  based on unwritten rules and have agencies like family and school
• what is formal social control?

  based on written rules. agents include police, government, courts and prison.
• what is socialisation?

  the process of learning appropriate behaviour for our culture
• what is informal socialisation?

  socialisation through family and peers
• what is formal socialisation?

  this is when people set out to change us deliberately
• what is primary socialisation?

  skills learnt during childhood where we learn basic behaviours, language and skills needed as we get older. agencies include family
• what is secondary socialisation?

  second stage of socialisation where we learn societies norms and values. agencies include school, religion, workplace and peer groups
• what is canalisation?

  children are given gender appropriate toys
• what is manipulation?

  deliberate encouragement
• what is language?

  certain ways of being spoken to
• what is ethnic identity?

  person's sense of belonging to a particular ethnic group, based on shared cultural, historical, and social experiences.
• what is ethnocentric?

  curriculum may be biased towards main culture of country
• what is imitation of role models?

  children model behaviour by copying others
• what is double standards?

  one gender is praised while others are praised
• what is the hidden curriculum?

  transmits gender messages, genders are taught differently
• what is class identity?

  the sense of belonging and shared experiences among individuals in a particular social class.