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    buy. We use to listen every day news in radio about what is happening in Namibia. As we have seen radio has a lot of roles and function when it comes to socialization. Let us look the role and function of television on socialization now day television occupies a key position in house hold and play an extremely important role in the socialization of people. This powerful system of mass communication makes it possible to convey information‚ attitudes and ideas to enormous number of people all over

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    This perspective seemed to leave little room for other influences for how children turn out; influences such as biological factors and personality type‚ cultural and peer influences‚ and the child’s own choices. Judith Rich‚ however‚ in her Group Socialization Theory of Development‚ proposes that influences outside the home‚ with peer-groups‚ carry greater importance in development than parental influence. Using biological evidence‚ studies of twins and immigrant families‚ and studies of teenage smoking

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    ‘Dead Poets Society’‚ directed by Peter Weir‚ demonstrates the theme of conformity and the ideas surrounding it using various film techniques. The methods are comprised of; mise-en-scene‚ dialogue‚ long shots‚ symbolism and camera angles. These display the lack of individuality within the school‚ Mr Keating’s alternative viewpoints‚ and the impact of conformity on student’s lives. Weir exhibits the alternative outcomes of conformity via the characters Neil‚ Todd‚ Charlie‚ Knox‚ Richard‚ Steven‚ and Gerard

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    CONFORMITY 1 Conformity Most individuals are aware of the physical pressure such as iron weights or a heavy backpack‚ but who is consciously aware of the finite pressure involved in our everyday social lives? One main form of social pressure is conformity‚ which is changing or manipulating your thoughts or actions in order to match others around you. Are you a rebel or a conformist? “Most consider themselves not to be considered terribly strange or frightening yet nonconformist enough

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    family or if you’re a teen hang out with your friends. But we might just be underestimating the real power such places have over our society. There are plenty of subtle messages being sent to us and those messages in fact play a huge role in the socialization process and shaping of our society as a whole. For example thinks of a card store. We all love to give and receive cards for a variety of occasions. But let’s assume a child’s birthday is coming up and we need to purchase a cute card. Let’s

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    Understanding why Family is the most Important Agent Socialization Lonzie Logan Jr Sociology in a Global Perspective | SOC110 A01 Argosy University Online Prof. Carolyn Paul January 16‚ 2012 Understanding why Family is the most important Agent Socialization Erik Homburger Erikson (1902-1994)‚ a brilliant Germen-born American Psychoanalyst once said that “It is human to have a long childhood; it is civilized to have an even longer childhood. Long childhood makes a technical and mental

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    Acts of non-conformity should either be admonished or admired‚ I feel‚ depending on circumstance and the effect that act has on people. Each and every act is unique and different and may either have a negative or positive effect on people. It is the result of the act of non-conformity where we can truly decide whether it should be admired or admonished. Acts of non-conformity which have a positive effect on people‚ or show that a person is comfortable being an individual‚ should be admired as they

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    Conformity to majority influence Types of Conformity Kelman (1958) proposed three types of conformity: Compliance – going along with others to gain their approval or to avoid their disapproval Internalisation – going along with others because you have accepted their point of view because it is consistent with your own Identification – going along with other because you have accepted their point of views because of a desire to be like them Compliance When exposed to the views or actions of

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    from one to the next‚ drives conformity. These efforts toward conformity create a schism between who a person is in reality and what they try to be‚ often leading that person to question whether they feel justified in their conformity. Ultimately though‚ guilt coming from a questioning of conformity is easier to live with than the admittance of unchangeable insecurities. In The Bluest Eye‚ Pecola Breedlove shows that when stripped of any ability to achieve outward conformity‚ the pointlessness of self-hatred

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    abruptly. Rather‚ gaining them is a cumulative process which is perpetual for most of an individual’s existence. Thus enters the phenomena of political socialization. This essay will define what the phenomena is‚ what it encompasses and how it contributes to the transformation of the political system of a community‚ state or globally. Political socialization can be simply describe as the life long process by which individuals develop a relationship to the political world and acquire knowledge‚ beliefs

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