Analysis_of_Police_Corruption_-_in-Depth_Analysis_of_the_Problem

Seven Agents Of Socialization And How Important They Are To Each Of Us Individuals or groups carry out socialization. They are called agents of socialization. Society relies on these agents to do most of the socialization: family, neighborhood, religion, day care, school, peer groups, and the work place. Family is the most influential agent of socialization. Our experiences in the family establish our initial motivations, values, and beliefs. In family we start to think of ourselves as being smart or dumb, good looking or ugly. We learn emotion control so when we get out into the world, we know how to get along with others without physical violence. We also learn public rules and moral values. Some neighborhoods are better than others in a lot of different ways. Neighborhoods can also be an influence in socialization. Kids that grow up in poor neighborhood are more likely to get into trouble than kids that grow up in a wealthier neighborhood. Pour neighborhoods are also more likely to have more high school drop outs than the wealthier neighborhoods. Usually kids that grow up n a poor neighborhood have lower standards later on as an adult than a kid that grows up in a wealthier neighborhood. Religious plays an important role in socialization. People who attend religious services learn beliefs about the here after and values. They learn how to act and dress for formal gatherings. Religion also provides the foundation of morality for people who are religious and for people who never attend religious ceremonies. Studies have proved that daycare plays an important role in socialization. The studies prove that kids who spend more time in a day care have a weaker bond with their mother than a kid that stays at home with a parent. They have also proven that kids are meaner if they spend a lot of time at a day care. On the other have kids that spend a lot of time at a daycare have higher language test scores. School plays an important role in socialization also. School is where we learn to read and write so we can communicate with others in our culture and other cultures. We also learn cultural values, tradition, and heritage. School reinforces what we learn in the family. But in school kids learn to communicate and get along with people outside their family and friends. Peer groups are groups of people roughly the same age. Peer groups in early life are supervised by adults but as we get older peer group interaction is less observed adults. That’s when kids start to learn more complex strategies of negotiation, leadership, and dominance. Standards of peer groups tend to influence others to go against their values learned as a kid. If peers in their group are alcoholics, then they are likely to start drinking alcohol themselves. Same as the music they listen to, Clothes they wear, etc. Our workplace comes into play in socialization later in life. We learn more than just a particular skill. We also learn world perspectives. To some the workplace plays a bigger role than others. Some people learn a lot about responsibility when they take on a job. They go from doing what ever they want to learning how to manage time and money. We also learn more about communicating and getting a long with others. All of these agents of socialization are important for each of us as we prepare for the adult world of formal organization ad workplace authority. They all play a role in learning to control behavior, fitting into the groups, and working with teams.