contrasting view‚ to highlight differences between sociological views. The factors and perspectives will be presented using past theories to support each aspect of this discussion. As a factor‚ family plays a crucial role in the development and socialisation of an individual. It teaches them the norms and the social role that they will be expected to fulfil. Murdock (1949)‚ a functionalist‚ described family as “a universal social institution found in all societies”
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tools of women subordination. However‚ there are 3 types of feminists that have different conflicting views on this‚ often resulting in the weakening of the overall arguments of feminism. In the family‚ feminists argue that during primary socialisation boys and girls are forced in to gender role stereotypes‚ for example‚ girls playing with toy cookers and baby dolls and boys playing with toy cars. Another way feminists argue that girls and boys are socialised in to gender roles is that typically
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society is held together by “Value Consensus” posited by Talcott Parsons (1902-1979)‚ which suggests that‚ “there is a basic agreement about values which in turn work to serve the interest of the society as a whole and this achieved through the socialisation process” (according to Course Material – Introduction to Sociology pg 68). The main assumption of the conflict perspective sees human beings as selfish and self preserving that is‚ in constant struggle or conflict with others to maintain control
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Gender stereotypes refer to the characterisation of groups based on their basic gender attribute as male or female. The gender-based stereotypes are the simplified evaluations of male and female groups that are shared by the community‚ a culture‚ a society. The evaluations usually encompass the attributes of physical capability‚ psychological state‚ personality‚ interests and behaviour. (Hogg & Vaughan‚ 2008) These attributions could be based on fact that such as the differences in the physiological
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performs four universal functions‚ one of these is "socialisation"‚ he believes that the family is responsible for providing the children with basic skills and habits that will allow them to conform to the norms and values of society and therefore giving them a sense of belonging. However‚ in the case of a feral child called Genie (November 4‚ 1970)‚ this was wrong as she was confined in a small room deprived of any human contact‚ this means the "socialisation" function of the family was never taught to
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the future. This is further highlighted by Althusser (1971) who believed that educations main function is to reproduce an efficient and obedient workforce‚ Althusser believes that the education system has taken over from the Church as the main agent of ideological transition. For example‚ in the past most people accepted their positions in life‚ no matter how unbearable‚ because they believed it was Gods will. They were poor because God wished it so‚ they were hungry because God wished it so‚
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Sociologists and psychologists both have different views on how much nature and nurture influences the human behaviour and identity. Sociologists tend to favour nurture over nature‚ while psychologists tend favour nature over nurture. The fact that both of these scholars tend to favoured one over the other through the ages has resulted in the constant recur of the nature verse nurture debate. This is a debate that explores the importance of biological (heredity) and cultural (Social environment)
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social labelling and differential treatment of boys and girls interact with biological factors to steer development. They suggested that prenatal hormones are what determine the sex of a child along with the postnatal labels and interactions from agents of society identity. The child’s gender is determined by the way they are treated socially in combination with their biological sex. (Rubin et al‚ 1974) interviewed 30 parents and asked them to use adjective pairs to describe their babies. His results
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directly involved – everybody’s contribution will make a difference to children’s learning and development. 2. Understand how the early years practitioner supports children’s behaviour and socialisation within play environment. 2.1. Describe the role of the early years practitioner in supporting children’s socialisation with
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Which social processes are more important in shaping individual identity: social structures or culture and socialisation? Social identity relates to how we identify ourselves in relation to others according to what we have in common. Belonging to a group or being a member gives a sense of belonging and worth. One’s social identity could be categorized according to religion‚ where they are from‚ their political views‚ employment or even relationship. They could be unwantedly placed on a person
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