Basic Concepts Paper 1

• Socialisation


  is the process of learning how to behave as part of society
• Primary Socialisation


  is socialisation that takes place between the age of 0-5
• Secondary Socialisation


  takes place from the age of 6 and continues into adulthood
• social control

  is the way society keeps social order and ensures people follow society's norms
• Sanctions


  (rewards and punishments) are used by the family. For example a treat, The naughty step, or by the peer group exclusion activities, gossip to encourage people to conform
• formal social control 


  is used by agencies of social control. For example the police, law courts. More severe example: prison sentence or the removal of a child from the family home.
• Feral Child


  a human child who has lived isolated from human contact from a very young age and so has had little to no experience of human care, behaviour, or human language.