Evaluate the view that the family is the most important agency of socialisation? The essay title is asking me to debate whether the family is the most important agency of gender role socialisation or not. This means that throughout our lives while we learn gender role culture have we learnt it mainly from our family? There are many reasons why this claim is correct one reason is that your family has canalised you into gender role socialisation. This means that family members will channel you as a child
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Culture Culture is assimilated with a common term that everyone beliefs. There are different understanding of the cultural patterns and learned behaviour in society. Culture is peoples understanding of the world in their own mind and lives within. According to Edward B. Tylor culture is I quote "that complex whole which includes knowledge‚ belief‚ art‚ law‚ morals‚ custom‚ and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society." Cultures relate to each other by nationality
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Since its conception as a discipline‚ sociology has consistently questioned the significance of agency and of structure in relation to the defining aspects of social reality‚ such as social organisation‚ hierarchy and action. Initially more concerned with structure‚ social theorists did not delay in providing the counter argument that was agency‚ sparking the structure/agency debate that is still relevant in social thinking today. More recently‚ attempts to synthesise the two have been made‚ where
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‘Discuss how far sociologists would agree that teenage criminal and deviant behaviour results from parents failing to socialise their children correctly’ In this essay I will be discussing how far sociologists would agree that teenage criminal and deviant behaviour results from parents failing to socialise their children correctly. Teenage criminal and deviant behaviour is when teenagers (13-19 yr olds) participate in activities which breach the law and are involved in activities which are seen
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something biologically inherited or is it a product of socialisation? Identity is usually defined as the characteristics of how a person presents themselves in society. However in Mudrooroo’s Wild Cat Falling‚ The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S Eliot‚ and Going Home written by Archie Weller suggests that there is something from within that will always remain as our core identity. The persona in the three texts‚ are passive victims of socialisation and adopt a “mask” that conceal their identity.
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evidence‚ while striving to maintain objectivity and value freedom in their work. 2. Define norms‚ values and culture‚ include a reference. (criteria 1.2‚ Level 2 and Level3) Norms are present in all societies; they are general guidelines for socialisation that define correct and satisfactory behavior e.g. the norms for dress. Customs are norms‚ which have been present for a long period of time and have become part of a society’s tradition. Although norms are usually informally enforced‚ they can
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certain toys and games to establish anticipatory roles expected of them as the family is the primary form of socialisation. Women are provided with fewer opportunities to partake in crime due to social control‚ as they are perceived as vulnerable and fragile they are monitored more closely by their parents than their male counterparts (Browne‚ 2011). The police as a formal social control agent may notice a young lady by herself and be more attentive this limits crime opportunities‚ (Becker and Mc Corkel
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Discuss the impact that agencies have in defining identity and status There are a range of agencies of socialisation which influence our identity and status in society. Primary socialisation is the first stage in a lifelong process. The family‚ particularly the parents‚ are seen as central to primary socialisation. Baumeister (1986) said that family socialisation provides children with a sense of identity‚ in that they learn to be part of a family and have pride in a family name. Parents can use
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is important to first understand what Milgram meant. This essay will first consider what is meant by destructive obedience and briefly look at Milgram’s work. It will then look at what is inferred by situational factors‚ focusing on conformity‚ socialisation‚ obedience to authority and group dynamics and what Milgram termed the agentic state. The essay will consider the work of Asch and Zimbardo to cross reference and build on Milgram’s work. In conclusion it will evaluate the statement and why Milgram’s
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The last six weeks have challenged my preconceived ideas about sociology and the role that it plays in society in the popular and social media‚ my values‚ behaviours and belief system. What I hope to highlight throughout this reflective essay is what I have learnt and how that has shaped my new thought process and reinforced old thought patterns. Week one I learnt about the Sociological imagination where to quote C Wright “The sociological imagination enables us to grasp the connection between
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