• How Does Secondary Socialisation Influence Deviance?
How does secondary socialisation influence deviance ?
Secondary socialisation is the way by which we learn how to behave appropriately as the member of a smaller group within the larger society. It is mostly associated with adolescents and adults and involves smaller changes than in primary socialisation.
Influences on socialisation include the family, education, religion, peer groups and the media.
If we define deviance as a ‘violation of social norms’ it can be characterised as any thought feeling or action that members of a social group judge to be a violation of their values or rules. These values or rules are not always defined by law nor can they be classed as moral values, as these can differ from culture to culture and also can change over time.
Albert Bandura’s social learning theory based deviance as something that was learned through observational conditioning. I.e. we learn deviant …show more content…
During adolescence the need to conform and be accepted within a peer group is at its strongest and this importance makes peer groups an effective socialisation agent either negative or positive.
Peer groups have their own behavioral standards which will be and has to be followed by the group, these are transmitted by peer pressure and lays down group ‘norms’ and nurtures loyalty to the group.
Adolescents are more willing to act negatively to those who are not members of their own group, and may lack the maturity to handle pressure from friends within these peer groups and readily accept the groups ‘social norms’, even if they deviate from the wider ‘social norms’ accepted by conventional society. Anti social behavior, underage drinking and drug use all threatens the authority of parents, educators and conventional society and are the most common forms of deviant behavior in
Secondary socialisation is the way by which we learn how to behave appropriately as the member of a smaller group within the larger society. It is mostly associated with adolescents and adults and involves smaller changes than in primary socialisation.
Influences on socialisation include the family, education, religion, peer groups and the media.
If we define deviance as a ‘violation of social norms’ it can be characterised as any thought feeling or action that members of a social group judge to be a violation of their values or rules. These values or rules are not always defined by law nor can they be classed as moral values, as these can differ from culture to culture and also can change over time.
Albert Bandura’s social learning theory based deviance as something that was learned through observational conditioning. I.e. we learn deviant …show more content…
During adolescence the need to conform and be accepted within a peer group is at its strongest and this importance makes peer groups an effective socialisation agent either negative or positive.
Peer groups have their own behavioral standards which will be and has to be followed by the group, these are transmitted by peer pressure and lays down group ‘norms’ and nurtures loyalty to the group.
Adolescents are more willing to act negatively to those who are not members of their own group, and may lack the maturity to handle pressure from friends within these peer groups and readily accept the groups ‘social norms’, even if they deviate from the wider ‘social norms’ accepted by conventional society. Anti social behavior, underage drinking and drug use all threatens the authority of parents, educators and conventional society and are the most common forms of deviant behavior in