NAME: UGWU CHARITY CHIGOZIE DEPARTMENT: ECONOMICS/POLITICAL SCIENCE REG NO: 17109712 GROUP: A NO: 28 LEVEL: 100 QUESTION: Mention and explain 10 reasons for Military interventions in Politics
The main role of every military force in every country is to protect the country from external military forces. The Army is expected to provide and construct plans for the effective protection of citizens from the external threats 1. Socio-Economic Development According to this theory, a military intervention can happen as a result of disbelief in the socio-economic development of the country. Socially and economically stable countries are less prone to military coups. Military interventions usually take place in countries with low-income status. Nigeria experienced this problem during the military coups up to the beginning of the 1990s. Nigeria may not be able to survive another economic crisis. 2. Corruption and Political Development Another great reason for military intervention in politics is political crisis in a country; like in the case of military interventions during the Cold War because the communistic regimes failed against capitalism and democracy. Corruption always weakens the government and results in high chances of military coups. 3. The Centrality of the Military This theory provides the idea that the greater the resources and power the military has, the greater the chances of a military coup. A weak civilian institution may provoke strong military forces to take over power in the country; this is why the actions of military forces should be monitored! 4. Conflicts based on issues in the society These conflicts may include religious and ethnic problems; this happened in Nigeria during the first rise of Biafra. Nonetheless, it can still happen as Boko Haram and other terrorist organizations are a threat to the democratic regime. Nigeria is multicultural with various religious beliefs. Nonetheless, the extremist religious groups may become a real threat and destroy the government in Nigeria. ISIS is the most obvious example of how religious fanatics can destroy a country. 5. Regional Differences Regional differences are always provided as the reason for military intervention in the political affairs of Latin America. Nigeria also has some problems existing between some states. Nigeria is a country where more than 400 tribes coexist peacefully. Nonetheless, the political climate could change. Nigerian tribes may carry out actions that will cause political instability in the country and increase the likelihood of military coups. Conclusion If you try to examine military intervention in Nigerian politics throughout history, you will see that it happened due to a combination of factors. Therefore, it is necessary to stabilize the economic and social life of the country.
Name: Abah Joy Kasiemobi Department: Economic/Political Science Reg. No: 17109423 Level: 100 Course Code: Pol. 126 Course Title: Military in politics Date: 28/04/2018 Semester: Second Semester Group: A No.1
Question Mention and explain 10 reasons for military intervention in politics. Answer Military rule means the system of administration under the authority of the armed forces. In this type of administration they exercise the executive, legislative and judicial functions. Before the Nigerian military got itself in politics, the country was at that time alleged with a lot of crises. These crises ranged from census crises and action (ag). The constitutional role of the military in Nigeria is purely to defend the country against any external attack. Since 1966 the military have added the administration of the country to its defensive role. From 1966 to date, Nigeria had experienced about ten successful and unsuccessful coups, that usher in the era of the military in Nigeria politics. 1 bribery and corruption: this is one of the reasons for military intervention, which has to do with corrupt practices like inflation of the award of contrasts, over-voicing of goods services, looting of public treasury. 2 low level of economic development: some individuals were so rich and have succeeded in developing their towns and villages at the expense of the development of the country . 3 absence of honest and reliable leader: this has been a problem since independence . Many of the rulers were dishonest and not reliable, so they actually refused to push the country forward. 4 regional differences: differences among the regions were so acute as to precipitate crises leading to direct assumption of power. 5 the personal ambition of soldiers to rule: this is because political offices in Nigeria have become the quickest way of acquiring wealth, prestigious and respectful. So for this reason soldiers get involved in order to satisfy this desire. 6 foreign influence: as a matter of suspicion, it has been alleged that the west and some multination al companies sponsor coups to remove any government that does not protect its business interests or dance its tunes. 7 protection of sectional or ethnic interest: the military is polarized to reflect the ethnic groups, to protect the interest of their groups, correct any act of injustice or marginalization. 8 mist management of public funds: the extent at which money meant for development is diverted into other projects and into private accounts. 9 absence of a free, fair and credible election : election in Nigeria have always been bedeviled with electoral malpractices such as rigging , falsification of elections, results, violence etc. Because of that it caused protest and civil disturbance which led for their intervention . 10 regional / state based political parties: the polarization of political parties caused friction among them and of course does not make for unity.
Name: Ike Matina Nneka Department : political science/French Reg. No. 17109685 Course Title Military in politics Course code 126 Level 100 No. 170 Group: 4
QUESTION: SPECIFY THE IMPACT OF MILITARY RULE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF DEMOCRACY IN AFRICAN. Ibrahim Babangida’s impact of military rule in the development of democracy in African: The Economy. General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida identified the problems and tried to evolve some economic measures for a balanced structure to be attained. One of the economic measures is: A. The structural Adjustment programme was introduced on 26th September, 1986 by the military regime of .I.B. Bbangida. And it’s objectives are as follow: • To restructure and diversify the productive base of the economy in order to reduce dependence on the oil sector and on imports. • To achieve fiscal and balance of payment viability over the period • To lay the basis for sustainable non-inflationary growth • To reduce the dominance of unproductive investment in the public sector, improve that sector’s efficiency and enhance the growth potential of the private sector. B. National Directorate of Employment (NDE), the national directorate of employment was lunched on January 0th, 1987. The ealy 1980s, young school leavers unemployment surfaced in Nigeria. Gen. I.B. Babangida has this a one of the problems has administration had to contend with and they dealt with the problems by establishment of NDE. These are the NDE Essential programmes. • National youth Employment and Vocational Skills. • Small-scale industries and graduate Employment programme • Agricultural sector employment programme • Special public works programme C. Agricultural Development Programme. (ADP), this was set up in order to improve agricultural produce in order to reach farming methods in order to bost production. So then ADP was also an impact I.B. Babangida’s made during his regime as a military rule. D. Better Life Programme: Better life program was launched in 1987 by the wife of Gen. Ibrahim, Babangida, first Lady, Mrs. Marijam Babangida. The aim of the programme was to enhance the social economic and political status of Nigeria woman. E. Final move of federal seat to Anuja. On December 12, 1991. General Babangida moves the seat of the Government from lagos to Abuja. F On 1986, General Ibrahim Babangida embarked on a programme aimed at retiming the country to a democratic society. G On January, 1992. President Ibrahim Babangida announced the abolition of local government services Conclusion. The abolishment of local government services commission by I.B.Babangida means the local government could now recruit, promote and discipline their staffs without interference from any external body. All these are done or made in the regime of Gen. Ibrahim Badamosi Babagidas Administration as the impact of military rule.
SUMMARY OF ASSIGNMENT ON POL 223 NAME: NNADI DOMINIC OKECHUKWU DEPT: POL. SC/ CRS REG.NO:16108315 LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: POL 223 COURSE TITLE: NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY INTRODUCTION Nations seek to attain different goals and objectives in the process of governing their sovereign entities. While some of the goals can be attained by the States on their own, others can only be attained with the cooperation or active support of other similar entities beyond their borders. WHAT IS FOREIGN POLICY Foreign policy is one of the wheels with which the process of international politics operates. Foreign policy is not separate from the national policy, instead it is a part of it. It consists of national interests that are to be furthered in relation to other states. Almost all the states determine the course of their foreign policies within the limits of their strengths and the realities of the external environment. THE EXAMPLES OF FOREIGN POLICY Following General Abacha’s sudden death in June 1998, General Abdusalami Abubakar, his successor, initiated a ten month transition programme that resulted in the coming to power of President Olusegun Obasanjo on 29 May, 1999. President Olusegun Obasanjo, at inauguration inherited a nation with a battered image and without credibility externally. He made efforts to build the country's image and re-integrate Nigeria into the world while regaining her lost glory through shuttle diplomacy. Under his leadership, Nigeria assumed leadership of several international organizations like the ECOWAS, African Union (AU) and G- 77. Nigeria also hosted several international summits including those of the Commonwealth Heads of States and the AU in 2004, the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) in 2005 and ECOWAS since 1999. The foreign policy direction by the Obasanjo administration was intended to address and redress the perceived inadequacy inherent in concentricism African centred foreign policy): which was the fact that “concentricism was not at all an objective but a means; it was more or less a foreign policy tactic that had not been fully taken advantage of; and as a means to an end, concentricism had to have focus” HOW HAS THE INFLUENCE OF DOMESTIC AND EXTERNAL FACTOR AFFECTED THE NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY TILL DATE Foreign policy environment connotes the domestic and external variables (factors, dynamics, structures and processes) that determine and motorize foreign policy actions. It is also the sumtotal of the environment within which foreign policy actors operate. The foreign policy environment is made up of the domestic and external. The domestic environment consists of the socio-economic, political and cultural dynamics and institutional frameworks which inform policy choices within a country. The external environment refers to the configuration of power, the political and economic dynamics and institutional frameworks and structures which define the options and policy choices of actors outside a state’s territory. Environmental variables incorporate all the aggregate factors, domestic and international, ranging from living to nonliving things that contribute to, or detract from, national survival and affluence. These environmental factors affect states and are instrumental in dictating how they behave in the international arena. Generally, various environmental variables have had direct and indirect effects on states, in terms of influencing the trajectory of their objectives and the responses arising therefrom. Environmental variables can be categorised into domestic and external to depict The domestic environmental variables, in relation to international relations, refer to all the features, factors and forces, indeed the whole ensembles of natural, human and man-made resources peculiar to a state, which determine their national power (Wanjohi 2011).
SUMMARY OF ASSIGNMENT OF POL 223 NAME: OBETTA JECINTA CHINYERE DEPT: POL. SC/ CRS REG.NO:16108305 LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: POL 223 COURSE TITLE: NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY What is foreign policy There is no generally agreed definition of foreign policy; hence different scholars have attempted to define the concept from their own perspectives. Modelski in Obi defines foreign policy as the system of activities evolved by communities for changing the behaviour of other states and for adjusting their own activities to the international environment. Similarly, Frankel in Obi defines foreign policy as consisting of decisions and actions that involve some appreciable extent relationship between one state and another. A country's foreign policy consists of self-interest strategies chosen by the state to safeguard its national interests and to achieve its goals within the international relations milieu. It is the aggregate of a country’s national interest which results from the interaction of internal and external forces as perceived by the foreign policy decision makers. The approaches used are strategically employed to interact with other countries. Examples of foreign policy Some countries can at different times be friends or enemies or valued allies, with a relatively long or short period of time. For example Nigeria broke diplomatic relations with Cote d’ Ivoire, Gabon, Tanzania and Zambia, during the Nigerian civil war (1967-1970), because they recognized and traded with Biafra –The Break way Eastern Region of Nigerian. But the relationship was restored at the end of the war. Besides, the policy of non-recognition of the apartheid regime of South Africa by Nigeria changed with the installation of a black majority rule by the African National Congress (ANC) country. The point to keep in mind is that whatever forms it takes; some response to the outside world is always there. In effect, every country must have a foreign policy in order to live and survive as an independent body in the complex, sometime dangerous, world we live in today. HOW HAS THE INFLUENCE OF DOMESTIC AND EXTERNAL FACTOR AFFECTED THE NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY TILL DATE The Nigerian foreign policy opens the door to foreign investment and foreign technology as hinted earlier, thereby inflicting damage on home-grown investment and industrialization. This may, in the long run, lead to modern-day economic colonization if care is not taken.
Foreign relations with a particular country can lead to negative impact on the Nigerian state if there is a government change in that other country. The Brexit hullaballoo is a very good example; Nigerian investments in the UK are sure to suffer one way or the other due to the economic downturn the Brexit issue will lead to in Britain.
SUMMARY OF ASSIGNMENT OF POL 223 NAME: IGWE MILLICENT OZIOMA DEPT: POL. SC/ CRS REG.NO:16108313 LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: POL 223 COURSE TITLE: NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY
WHAT IS FOREIGN POLICY Foreign policy is the category, which deals with defence, security, international political relations, and international economic relations. It deals with the relations between one actor in international system and other actors in the international system. These other actors, as we said earlier, may be states, international organizations, some types of individuals, or the environment of the system irrespective of whether the elements involve are social, cultural or structural (Rosenau, 1969 in Ofoegbu, 1980:4). Similarly, many of the goals, social, cultural, political, economic and so on, which states try to pursue in international system cannot be achieved within the territorial confines of the national state. At times, states need the active cooperation, even assistance, of other states in the system to achieve their national objectives. Because of this a state necessarily has to be in communication with the external environment. It is the totality of this communication that is commonly referred to as foreign policy (Ojo and Sesay, 2002:113). However, like many other concepts in international relations, universal acceptability still eludes the definition of foreign policy. EXAMPLES OF FOREIGN POLICY For example, Nigeria broke diplomatic relations with Ivory Coast, Gabon, Tanzania and Zambia during the Nigerian civil war 1967-70. This was because they recognized and traded with ‘Biafra’, the breakaway Eastern region of Nigeria. However, every state, nation or country has a foreign policy, which forms a basis for her interaction with other states, non-governmental organizations, private or public organizations in the international system. Nigeria's Foreign policy, therefore, refers to the country's: course or principle of action that determines her interaction with other states and even non-state actors in the international system. it encompasses the laws and principles, which guide the actions in her relations with other states and non-state actors in the international system. It indeed, constitutes different policies for different issues and problems, which confront a nation-state as it interacts with other nation-states in the international system. These issues and problems are viewed and treated within a larger nation's foreign policy strategy (Njoku and Nwafor, 2005:33-34 HOW HAS THE INFLUENCE OF DOMESTIC AND EXTERNAL FACTOR AFFECTED THE NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY TILL DATE Certain basic combinations of factors influence a nation's foreign policy, Nigeria is not an exception. As scholars have clearly demonstrated, "the foreign policy of a country is a product of environmental factors both internal and external to it" (Northedge, 1961). Therefore, this unit provides you with in-depth explanations on the various factors that have impacted, influenced or shaped the Nigeria's foreign policy choices since independence in 1960 till date. These factors are as follows: The National Interest National interest is the local or domestic interest of a country, which determines her activities and position in international matters. Nigeria's fundamental principles of foreign policy have been fairly consistent shortly after independence in October 1960 (Ashiru, 2013). Oshuntokun (1987:1) provides good insight into what constitutes Nigeria's national interest. According to him, it include internal cohesion, national unity, the creation of a happy and egalitarian society, the creation of a state where career is open to talents and where there is employment for those who want to work and where there are the traditional freedoms of speech, political association, religion and equality before the Law, coupled with this is the defense of the humanity and rights of all black men through deliberate action and policies.
SUMMARY OF ASSIGNMENT IN POL 223 NAME: EGBUGO HILLARY AMAECHI DEPT: POL. SC/ CRS REG.NO:16108312 LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: POL 223 COURSE TITLE: NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY WHAT IS FOREIGN POLICY A country's foreign policy, also called foreign relations or foreign affairs policy, consists of self-interest strategies chosen by the state to safeguard its national interests and to achieve goals within its international relations milieu. The approaches are strategically employed to interact with other countries. The study of such strategies is called foreign policy analysis. In recent times, due to the deepening level of globalization and transnational activities, the states will also have to interact with non-state actors. The aforementioned interaction is evaluated and monitored in attempts to maximize benefits of multilateral international cooperation. Since the national interests are paramount, foreign policies are designed by the government through high-level decision making processes. National interests accomplishment can occur as a result of peaceful cooperation with other nations, or through exploitation. Usually, creating foreign policy is the job of the head of government and the foreign minister (or equivalent). In some countries the legislaturealso has considerable effects. Foreign policies of countries have varying rates of change and scopes of intent, which can be affected by factors that change the perceived national interests or even affect the stability of the country itself. EXAMPLES OF FOREIGN POLICY General Abdulsalami Abubakar transition programme ushered in Olusegun Obasanjo as a civilian president. Some countries can at different times be friends or enemies or valued allies, with a relatively long or short period of time. For example Nigeria broke diplomatic relations with Cote d’ Ivoire, Gabon, Tanzania and Zambia, during the Nigerian civil war (1967-1970), because they recognized and traded with Biafra –The Break way Eastern Region of Nigerian. But the relationship was restored at the end of the war. Besides, the policy of non-recognition of the apartheid regime of South Africa by Nigeria changed with the installation of a black majority rule by the African National Congress (ANC) country. The point to keep in mind is that whatever forms it takes; some response to the outside world is always there. In effect, every country must have a foreign policy in order to live and survive as an independent body in the complex, sometime dangerous, world we live in today. HOW HAS THE INFLUENCE OF DOMESTIC AND EXTERNAL FACTOR AFFECTED THE NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY TILL DATE Since 1960 when Nigeria became an independent state, its relation with Israel has generated “heated controversy” (Nereus, 1993:16). From the late 1970s, the controversy climaxed when late President Sadat of Egypt embarked on his bold peace initiatives in the Middle East (Olusola, 1986:438). It is worth mentioning that the events leading to the Arab-Israeli War of 1967 also contributed in no small measure. The consideration or adoption of the Arab-Israeli War in the Nigerian domestic milieu and politics further complicated the issue, elevating the debate to a stage of great suspicion and sentiment. It has become an axiomatic truth that the FP of a country is to a large extent determined by its DS. Many scholars and diplomats have accepted this view. They have attempted to “demonstrate that the various constituent elements in the political system- the government, the political parties, pressure groups, the civil service, the political and bureaucratic elites, public opinion, and the press- operating within the democratic process provided by the constitution, exert direct or indirect influence in shaping a country’s FP.
SUMMARY OF ASSIGNMENT OF POL 223 NAME: CHUKWU CYNTHIA .O DEPT: POL. SC/ ENG REG.NO:16108322 LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: POL 223 COURSE TITLE: NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY WHAT IS FOREIGN POLICY A country's foreign policy consists of self-interest strategies chosen by the state to safeguard its national interests and to achieve its goals within the international relations milieu. It is the aggregate of a country’s national interest which results from the interaction of internal and external forces as perceived by the foreign policy decision makers. The approaches used are strategically employed to interact with other countries. A country's foreign policy is a set of goals about how the country will work with other countries economically, politically, socially and militarily. Foreign policy also involves dealing with groups that are not countries but that are still important. These are called non-state actors, and might include religious groups, large companies, or even terrorist groups. The study of foreign relations is known as foreign policy analysis (FPA) and the work is called diplomacy. Most counties have a foreign minister who directs these things. HOW HAS THE INFLUENCE OF DOMESTIC AND EXTERNAL FACTOR AFFECTED THE NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY TILL DATE The Nigerian foreign policy opens the door to foreign investment and foreign technology as hinted earlier, thereby inflicting damage on home-grown investment and industrialization. This may, in the long run, lead to modern-day economic colonization if care is not taken. Foreign relations with a particular country can lead to negative impact on the Nigerian state if there is a government change in that other country. The Brexit hullaballoo is a very good example; Nigerian investments in the UK are sure to suffer one way or the other due to the economic downturn the Brexit issue will lead to in Britain. International relationship can also have negative impact on the Naira. Growth in other countries’ currencies, can lead to fall in the Naira. Foreign relations with other countries may also lead to security challenges, which may question the sovereignty of the country. A study in Nigeria’s foreign policy over time has quite often under scored the potency of its domestic contents. Notable scholars on Nigerian external relations such as Akinyemi, Aluko, Gambari, Birai etc demonstrated the influence of domestic conditions on the country’s attitude and behaviour to other actors in the international system. The influence of domestic politics on Nigeria’s foreign policy was made obvious to the international community on 1st October, 1960, by the then first Prime Minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa himself in a moving address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
SUMMARY OF ASSIGNMENT ON POL 223 NAME: EDE DARLINGTON OBINNA DEPT: POL. SC/ CRS REG.NO:16108309 LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: POL 223 COURSE TITLE: NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY INTRODUCTION Nations seek to attain different goals and objectives in the process of governing their sovereign entities. While some of the goals can be attained by the States on their own, others can only be attained with the cooperation or active support of other similar entities beyond their borders. All decisions in form of actions or reactions, dealing with such matters requiring cooperation or active support of others across the borders of a given State for their attainment, fall within the ambient of foreign policy. WHAT IS FOREIGN POLICY Foreign policy is one of the wheels with which the process of international politics operates. Foreign policy is not separate from the national policy, instead it is a part of it. It consists of national interests that are to be furthered in relation to other states. Almost all the states determine the course of their foreign policies within the limits of their strengths and the realities of the external environment. The nonpolitical relations also fall in the scope of foreign policy. The term ‘foreign policy’ has been defined in number of ways. George Modelski defines it as,“The system of activities evolved by communities for changing the behaviour of other states and for adjusting their own activities to the international environment THE EXAMPLES OF FOREIGN POLICY Following General Abacha’s sudden death in June 1998, General Abdusalami Abubakar, his successor, initiated a ten month transition programme that resulted in the coming to power of President Olusegun Obasanjo on 29 May, 1999. President Olusegun Obasanjo, at inauguration inherited a nation with a battered image and without credibility externally. He made efforts to build the country's image and re-integrate Nigeria into the world while regaining her lost glory through shuttle diplomacy. Under his leadership, Nigeria assumed leadership of several international organizations like the ECOWAS, African Union (AU) and G- 77. Nigeria also hosted several international summits including those of the Commonwealth Heads of States and the AU in 2004, the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) in 2005 and ECOWAS since 1999. HOW HAS THE INFLUENCE OF DOMESTIC AND EXTERNAL FACTOR AFFECTED THE NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY TILL DATE Foreign policy environment connotes the domestic and external variables (factors, dynamics, structures and processes) that determine and motorize foreign policy actions. It is also the sumtotal of the environment within which foreign policy actors operate. The foreign policy environment is made up of the domestic and external. The domestic environment consists of the socio-economic, political and cultural dynamics and institutional frameworks which inform policy choices within a country. The external environment refers to the configuration of power, the political and economic dynamics and institutional frameworks and structures which define the options and policy choices of actors outside a state’s territory. Environmental variables incorporate all the aggregate factors, domestic and international, ranging from living to nonliving things that contribute to, or detract from, national survival and affluence. These environmental factors affect states and are instrumental in dictating how they behave in the international arena. Generally, various environmental variables have had direct and indirect effects on states, in terms of influencing the trajectory of their objectives and the responses arising therefrom. Environmental variables can be categorised into domestic and external to depict.
NAME: OGILI LOVETH EBERE DEPT: SOS/IGBO REG. NO: 16108359 COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION LEVEL: 200 QUESTION: 1. WHICH PART OF THE AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY? 2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY.
ANSWER 1. Family Family is a fundamental social institution in society, the family, is considered the primary and most important agent of socialization. Family typically consists of a man and woman and their children or two or more people who usually reside in the same home and share same goals and values. Traditionally, in all societies, the family has always been seen as a social institution; that has the biggest impact on society. Everyone is born into some form of family, with the family taking the responsibility of nurturing, teaching the norms or accepted behaviors within the family structure and within society. There are many types of families, which can be described as a set of relationships including parents and children and can include anyone related by blood or adoption. Family is the most important, “for it is within the family that the child is first socialized to serve the needs of the society and not only its own needs” (Goode, 1982).
2. REASONS WHY FAMILY IS VERY NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY 1. Create Lasting Relationships When you build a family, you create an environment where kids can establish relationships with you and their siblings. Within the family children can form emotional attachments, adopt pro-social skills, learn character and morality, and learn to respect authority and comply with rules.Maintain a good relationship with your partner to help your kids learn the importance of creating lasting relationships. 2. Adopt a Consistent Parenting Style Your parenting styles or discipline techniques can influence your children's social behavior. Parents who use forceful measures to enforce proper behavior or are uninvolved in their kids’ welfare often raise children who are withdrawn and unhappy. Unhappy kids can find it difficult to socialize. You have to be loving and ready to enforce appropriate disciplinary measures to raise children who are independent and confident of leading a socially fulfilling life. Be consistent in your parenting approach and take time to understand the social needs of each of your children. 3. Model Desired Behavior When kids are young, they spend a lot of time with their parents and can learn from their personalities. Parental influence is a powerful force, which can be used to shape kids' social development. The way things function in your home, and how you conduct yourself in the presence of your kids, can affect their social behavior. For example, regular fights with your partner can adversely affect your kids' social development. Be what you want your kids to grow into. 4. Boost Social and Communication Skills Parents have a legal responsibility to educate their children. When you send your kids to school, they get an opportunity to put their social skills to work. Besides meeting new people from diverse backgrounds, the education they receive can help improve their social skills. School nurtures children's communication skills and enhances their language, making it easy for them to put their ideas into words and express feelings to others. Teach social skills by modeling, role-playing and providing opportunities for your kids to practice new skills.
NAME: EZUGWU EMMANUEL CHIZOBA DEPT: ECONOMICS/SOS REG. NO: 16108276 COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION LEVEL: 200 QUESTION: 1. WHICH PART OF THE AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY? 2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY. ANSWER 1. Family Family is a major social foundation in the public arena, the family, is viewed as the essential and most imperative operator of socialization. Family commonly comprises of a man and lady and their youngsters or at least two individuals who for the most part dwell in a similar home and offer same objectives and qualities. Customarily, in all social orders, the family has dependably been viewed as a social organization; that has the greatest effect on society. Everybody is naturally introduced to some type of family, with the family assuming the liability of sustaining, educating the standards or acknowledged practices inside the family structure and inside society. There are numerous sorts of families, which can be depicted as an arrangement of connections including guardians and kids and can incorporate anybody related by blood or appropriation. Family is the most critical, "for it is inside the family that the kid is first associated to serve the necessities of the general public and not just its own particular needs" (Goode, 1982).
2. REASONS WHY FAMILY IS VERY NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY 1. Create Lasting Relationships When you manufacture a family, you make a domain where children can build up associations with you and their kin. Inside the family youngsters can shape passionate connections, embrace expert social abilities, learn character and ethical quality, and figure out how to regard specialist and agree to rules.Maintain a decent association with your accomplice to enable your children to take in the significance of making enduring connections. 2. Adopt a Consistent Parenting Style Your child rearing styles or train methods can impact your youngsters' social conduct. Guardians who utilize intense measures to implement legitimate conduct or are uninvolved in their children's welfare frequently bring up youngsters who are pulled back and despondent. Miserable children can think that its hard to mingle. You must love and prepared to authorize proper disciplinary measures to bring up youngsters who are free and sure of driving a socially satisfying life. Be reliable in your child rearing methodology and set aside opportunity to comprehend the social needs of every one of your youngsters. 3. Model Desired Behavior At the point when kids are youthful, they invest a considerable measure of energy with their folks and can gain from their identities. Parental impact is an intense power, which can be utilized to shape children's social improvement. The way things work in your home, and how you act within the sight of your children, can influence their social conduct. For instance, normal battles with your accomplice can unfavorably influence your children's social advancement. Be what you need your children to develop into. 4. Boost Social and Communication Skills Guardians have a lawful obligation to instruct their kids. When you send your children to class, they get a chance to give their social abilities something to do. Other than meeting new individuals from assorted foundations, the instruction they get can help enhance their social aptitudes. School sustains kids' relational abilities and upgrades their dialect, making it simple for them to articulate their thoughts and express emotions to others. Show social aptitudes by demonstrating, pretending and giving chances to your children to hone new abilities.
QUESTION: 1. WHICH PART OF THE AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY? 2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY.
ANSWER 1. Family Family is a noteworthy social establishment in general society field, the family, is seen as the fundamental and most basic administrator of socialization. Family normally contains a man and woman and their adolescents or possibly two people who generally stay in a comparable home and offer same targets and characteristics. Generally, in every single social request, the family has constantly been seen as a social association; that has the best impact on society.
2. REASONS WHY FAMILY IS VERY NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY 1. Family protects and comforts Your family rightfully shields you from unhealthy influences, the like of which can be the infamous peer pressure. You can handle delicate situations in life simply by going over the teachings bestowed on you by the elders of your family. Moreover, protecting one’s folks is a natural instinct, which lies at the very core of every family. You know your kith and kin are always there for you, like the time when you incessantly mourn the loss of a job or a friend. 2. Family lets you grow and learn Your family inculcates those values in you which are to stay with you till the end of your life. It can very well be cleanliness or punctuality or anything. Besides, a family comprises of people belonging to various genres. Hence, it helps you to leave the shackles behind and become a broad minded person. As a family, you learn from each other’s’ mistakes which irretrievably aids you in growing as well as maturing as an individual. 3. A Feeling of Belonging Many years ago, Abram Maslow created a diagram called the 'Hierarchy of Needs.' This hierarchy showed which needs were most crucial to humans. The wide base of Malow's pyramid diagram represented the basic needs mentioned above, which have to be met first. On the next level up are the Security needs followed by the Love and Belonging needs. These needs are almost as essential as the basic needs. Fortunately, a healthy family can efficiently provide them. 4. Financial Security A well-functioning family provides financial security for everyone living in the household. First, family members who can work contribute at least a part of their earnings to help the family meet everyone's needs and prosper. Second, the family combines resources to pay bills and manage their money to ensure that financial necessities are always taken care of. Finally, the parents teach the children how to manage money so they can continue to thrive when they move out on their own. 5. More Happiness and Satisfaction Have you ever had great news but no one to tell? That's a problem you rarely have when you're living in a family. Families plan vacations together, go to events as a group, enjoy quiet walks in the park, or get involved in a family art project. Whatever they do together, a healthy family will find satisfaction or look for a new way to spend their time together. People who are in healthy families are more likely to find joy every day than those who aren't. 6. Health Benefits for Children Children enjoy a healthy lifestyle when they live in a healthy family. They have healthy meals, are encouraged to get up and move, enjoy time outdoors, and get prompt medical attention when needed.
SUMMARY OF ASSIGNMENT ON SOS 222 NAME: AGBO JULIET CHIOMA DEPT: MATHS/SOS REG.NO:16308872 LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION INTRODUCTION Socialization is the process of internalizing the norms and ideologies of society. Socialization encompasses both learning and teaching and is thus "the means by which social and cultural continuity are attained. Socialization is strongly connected to developmental psychology. Humans need social experiences to learn their culture and to survive. Socialization essentially represents the whole process of learning throughout the life course and is a central influence on the behavior, beliefs, and actions of adults as well as of children. THE PART OF AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY The family is regarded as the most important agents of socialization in the society, is tis because the family is the first contact that a child has immediately he or she is born into this world and whatsoever that such child will become in the society tomorrow, have its foundation from the family. The reason we turn out much like our parents, for better or worse, is that our families are such an important part of our socialization process. When we are born, our primary caregivers are almost always one or both of our parents. For several years we have more contact with them than with any other adults. Because this contact occurs in our most formative years, our parents’ interaction with us and the messages they teach us can have a profound impact throughout our lives, as indicated by the stories of Sarah Patton Boyle and Lillian Smith presented earlier. REASONS WHY SOCIALIZATION AGENTS ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY The social order is maintained largely by socialization. Unless the individuals behave in accordance with the norms of the group it is going to disintegrate. But how does the process of socialization begin to work? It is said that the working of the process starts long before the child is born. The social circumstances preceding his birth lay down to a great extent the kind of life he is to lead, the parent’s courtship, and marital selection, his customs concerning pregnancy and birth and the whole system of cultural practices surrounding the family are important for the child’s growth. The techniques of parental care affect his chances of being born and of being healthy. Pre-natal care forms an integral part of family welfare. Thus the circumstances preceding his birth indirectly influence his growth in society. But direct socialization begins only after birth. The newly born child as an organism has certain things which limit or help socialization. These things which he has may be categorised into reflexes, instincts, urges and capacities.
NAME: UGWUODO ONUORAH NOEL REG NO: 16108340 DEPT: POL.SCI/ENG LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: POL223 COURSE TITLE: NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY There are three major factors that affects the foreign policy of any nation. These are the country’s location, its population and its economy. Nigeria is located in West Africa. Its policy to West Africa and other African countries has reflected to this fact. For example, Nigeria is a member of O.A.U. Simple because she is located in African. Nigeria has a population of over 86 million people. She is the 9th most populous nation in the world. The size of the Nigerian population has great affect on her foreign policy. The vast enable land and mineral resources of Nigeria points to the great economic potential of the country. Because of these Nigeria is expected to play a leadership role in African affairs. Since no nation can live in isolation, the well-being of any nation depend to a large extent on what happens in other nations. Nations are interdependent in the economic, political and socio-cultural fields. The economic interdependence is reflected in the formation of various economic unions such as the economic community of West African States (ECOWAS) and European Economic Community. Also on international sphere, Nigeria belong to the Non-Aligned group. The cold war brought about a division into the east and west box but Nigeria did not align with any of them. Also, it is because that Nigeria was colonise by Britain that mode her a member of common wealth. Also when South Africa refuse to hearken to the voice of the international community on stopping apathies policy Nigeria has nothing to do with her in terms relationship.
NAME; ANI CHINEDU ABRAHAM REG.NO.;16108320. DEPT.; POL/ENG LEVEL;200 SUMMARY OF FOREIGN POLICY WITH ILLUSTRATION OF EXAMPLE. WHAT IS FOREIGN POLICY “POLICY” can be defined as the decision and action taken by a person, organization or country. Therefore, Foreign policy can be define as the decision, Plan of action adopted by one nation in regards to its diplomatic dealings with other countries. Foreign policy is also called foreign relations or foreign affairs policy For example, Nigeria is often described as the “Giant of Africa,” has her own foreign policy i.e. the totality of Nigeria interaction within the international system[national interest].The Tafawa Belewa Era [1960-1966], tries to consolidate by joining was the international organization. It was involved in the decolonization process in Africa and stood against the apartheid policy in South Africa. The government also broke diplomatic relations with France over testing of an atomic bomb in Sahara desert. it also played crucial role in the formation of O.A.U. in may 25, 1963. HOW HAS THE INFLUENCE OF DOMESTIC AND EXTERNAL FACTOR AFFECTED THE NIGERIA FOREIGN POLICY TILL DATE. The Nigeria foreign policy is influenced by both the domestic and external factors
DOMESTIC FACTORS The domestic factors consists of the socio economic, political and cultural dynamics and institutional frameworks which inform policy choices within a country, ethnic composition of the country, colonial heritage, attitude and perception of the elite and priorities which the government sets for itself. 1. The nature of political system.(2) Military capability and preparedness EXTERNAL FACTORS The external environment refers to the configuration of power, the political and economic dynamics and institutional frameworks and structures which define the options and policy choices of actors outside a state’s territory. 1. Bilateral, multilateral or unilateral agreement. (2) Climate change
NAME: EZE CHARITY CHINENYE REG NO: 16108394 DEPT: CRS/SOS LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION We identify and discuss four of the most influential agents of socialization in childhood: family, school, peers, and media. Socialization How do we learn to interact with other people? Socialization is a lifelong process during which we learn about social expectations and how to interact with other people. Nearly all of the behavior that we consider to be 'human nature' is actually learned through socialization. And, it is during socialization that we learn how to walk, talk, and feed ourselves, about behavioral norms that help us fit in to our society, and so much more. Socialization occurs throughout our life, but some of the most important socialization occurs in childhood. So, let's talk about the most influential agents of socialization. Family There is no better way to start than to talk about the role of family in our social development, as family is usually considered to be the most important agent of socialization. As infants, we are completely dependent on others to survive. Our parents, or those who play the parent role, are responsible for teaching us to function and care for ourselves.
Schools The next important agent of childhood socialization is the school. Of course, the official purpose of school is to transfer subject knowledge and teach life skills, such as following directions and meeting deadlines. But, students don't just learn from the academic curriculum prepared by teachers and school administrators. In school, we also learn social skills through our interactions with teachers, staff, and other students. For example, we learn the importance of obeying authority and that to be successful, we must learn to be quiet, to wait, and sometimes to act interested even when we're not. Peers Another agent of socialization that relates to school is our peer group. Unlike the agents we've already discussed - family and school - peer groups give us an opportunity as children to form relationships with others on our own terms, plus learn things without the direction of an adult. Our peers have an incredible amount of influence on us when we're young, so it's understandable that parents worry about the type of friends we choose. Often, we discuss topics and learn behavioral norms from our peers that our parents do not or would not approve of. REASONS WHY SOCIALIZATION IS IMPORTANT IN OUR SOCIETY Benefits of Socializing Just imagine what would happen if you were made to stay all alone at some place for a long period of time without any kind of interactions with people? Any normal person would be exhausted of the loneliness. The reason behind this is that humans are social animals and they love living amidst people. Society on the whole is suffering. Socializing with people is a very healthy habit. Various research studies are being carried out to understand the value and importance of socializing with striking results regarding a wholesome human development. People who have been brought up in a lonely ambience tend to develop more problems as they grow up than people who have been brought up amidst lots of social contact. Here are the most important benefits of real-time socializing: • Helps in building positive and constructive relationships via the real social networks that are formed. • Socializing plays a pivotal role in improving overall growth and development of an individual. • Stress and anxiety levels can be reduced to a great extent. Solutions to problems may be found in dialogue. • It provides great opportunity to understand various kinds of people, their mannerisms, personalities, thought processes and so on. Socializing develops better understanding of human perspectives and attributes.
NAME: AYOGU PATIENCE NDIDIAMAKA REG NO: 16208475 DEPT: ENG/SOS LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION WHICH PART OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATIONS VERY IMPORTANCE IN THE SOCIETY Several institutional and other sources of socialization exist and are called agents of socialization. The first of these, the family, is certainly the most important agent of socialization for infants and young children. The Family The reason we turn out much like our parents, for better or worse, is that our families are such an important part of our socialization process. When we are born, our primary caregivers are almost always one or both of our parents. For several years we have more contact with them than with any other adults. Because this contact occurs in our most formative years, our parents’ interaction with us and the messages they teach us can have a profound impact throughout our lives, as indicated by the stories of Sarah Patton Boyle and Lillian Smith presented earlier. The ways in which our parents socialize us depend on many factors, two of the most important of which are our parents’ social class and our own biological sex. Melvin Kohn (1965, 1977) found that working-class and middle-class parents tend to socialize their children very differently. Kohn reasoned that working-class parents tend to hold factory and other jobs in which they have little autonomy and instead are told what to do and how to do it. In such jobs, obedience is an important value, lest the workers be punished for not doing their jobs correctly. STATE VARIOUS REASON WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN THE SCOEITY Family is the most important and valuable gift that god has given us. It is the first lesson in relationships with others. Family is really an important word. It means to feel secure, to have someone who you can count on, whom you can share your problems with. But it also means to have respect for each other and responsibility. What family means to me is love and someone that will always be there for you through the good times and the bad. It is about encouragement, understanding, hope, comfort, advice, values, morals, ideals, and faith. These things are all important to me because it makes me feel secure and happy inside regardless of what is going on in my life. This is one of the main reasons why the family is important in our life. Here in this article it is important to emphasize on the importance of family in our everyday life.
NAME: ONYEJI SARAH AMARACHI REG NO: 16208507 DEPT: ENG/SOS LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION WHICH PART OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATIONS VERY IMPORTANCE IN THE SOCIETY Several institutional and other sources of socialization exist and are called agents of socialization. The first of these, the family, is certainly the most important agent of socialization for infants and young children. The Family The reason we turn out much like our parents, for better or worse, is that our families are such an important part of our socialization process. When we are born, our primary caregivers are almost always one or both of our parents. For several years we have more contact with them than with any other adults. Because this contact occurs in our most formative years, our parents’ interaction with us and the messages they teach us can have a profound impact throughout our lives, as indicated by the stories of Sarah Patton Boyle and Lillian Smith presented earlier. The ways in which our parents socialize us depend on many factors, two of the most important of which are our parents’ social class and our own biological sex. Melvin Kohn (1965, 1977) found that working-class and middle-class parents tend to socialize their children very differently. Kohn reasoned that working-class parents tend to hold factory and other jobs in which they have little autonomy and instead are told what to do and how to do it. In such jobs, obedience is an important value, lest the workers be punished for not doing their jobs correctly. STATE VARIOUS REASON WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN THE SCOEITY Family is important because it provides love, support and a framework of values to each of its members. Family members teach each other, serve one another and share life’s joys and sorrows. Families provide a setting for personal growth. Family is the single most important influence in a child’s life. From their first moments of life, children depend on parents and family to protect them and provide for their needs. Parents and family form a child’s first relationships. Family provides all members with security, identity and values, regardless of age. When a member of the family feels insecure or unsafe, he turns to his family for help. He learns about his sense of self and gains a foundation for the rest of his life. This foundation includes the family’s values which provide the basis for his own moral code. Spending time with family shows individuals the value of love, appreciation and open communication. Following family traditions showcases the importance of family, as well. Family traditions are experiences that families create together on a regular basis, whether these involve holidays, vacations or even attending religious services together. Not only do these experiences create memories for years to come, they also give family members a stronger sense of belonging. Families bond together and make each member feel important.
NAME: OKPETA MOSES EKENECHUKWU REG NO: 16108237 DEPT: CRS/SOS LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION QUESTIONS 1. WHICH PART OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATIONS VERY IMPORTANCE IN THE SOCIETY 2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHILE THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
ANSWER The part of agencies of socialization that is very 1. The family 2. The peer group 3. The school 4. The church i. Reasons while they are necessary includes the following: - Direct teaching of indoctrination of values which in turn effect religious orientation. The family teaching about loyalty and obedience which has effect on the orientation of the children. - Transmission of attitudes and values that will help in bringing up the children moral ii. A peer group: Is a group which composed of members sharing relatively equal status and bound by intimate ties. Examples of peer group. - Children playing group, friendship clicks and age-grades etc peer group socializes it’s members though discussion and communication. iii. The school Socializes it’s members through the following ways the classroom ritual life. The teacher The non classroom life. The classroom ritual life involves things like saluting the flags obedience to authority honouring past heroes. The teacher: The teacher represent an authoritative spokesman of the society. The teacher also teaches morality to the children. The non classroom life: This refers to the social composition of the school and extra curriculum activities, the students government will teach you the norms and valves of how to govern. The clubs will teach you how to organize. iv. The Church: The church is the assembly of believers in Christ the church teaches the child morals through the use of Christian books and materials and organization of seminars workshops and conferences for the youth.
SUMMARY OF ASSIGNMENT ON SOS 222 NAME: OKAH PROMISE EDUGWU DEPT: ECOS/SOS REG.NO:16108280 LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION Socialization is the process of internalizing the norms and ideologies of society. Socialization encompasses both learning and teaching and is thus "the means by which social and cultural continuity are attained. Socialization is strongly connected to developmental psychology. Humans need social experiences to learn their culture and to survive. Socialization essentially represents the whole process of learning throughout the life course and is a central influence on the behavior, beliefs, and actions of adults as well as of children. Primary socialization takes place from birth through adolescence and is guided by primary caregivers, educators, and peers. Secondary socialization continues throughout one's life, and especially whenever one encounters new situations, places, or groups of people whose norms, customs, assumptions, and values may differ from one's own. THE PART OF AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY The family is the most important part of socialization. The reason we turn out much like our parents, for better or worse, is that our families are such an important part of our socialization process. When we are born, our primary caregivers are almost always one or both of our parents. For several years we have more contact with them than with any other adults. REASONS WHY SOCIALIZATION AGENTS ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY The social circumstances preceding his birth lay down to a great extent the kind of life he is to lead, the parent’s courtship, and marital selection, his customs concerning pregnancy and birth and the whole system of cultural practices surrounding the family are important for the child’s growth. The techniques of parental care affect his chances of being born and of being healthy. Pre-natal care forms an integral part of family welfare. Thus the circumstances preceding his birth indirectly influence his growth in society.But direct socialization begins only after birth. The newly born child as an organism has certain things which limit or help socialization. These things which he has may be categorised into reflexes, instincts, urges and capacities. (i) Imitation: Imitation is copying by an individual of the actions of another. Mead defines it as “self-conscious assumption of another’s acts or roles.” (iv) Language: Language is the medium of social intercourse. It is the means of cultural transmission.
NAME: EDE CHINENYE JACINTA DEPT: ECOS/SOS REG.NO:16108274 LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION THE PART OF AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY 1. The Family: The family gets the baby first, therefore it is the most important agents of socialization in the society, hence the process of socialisation begins in the family. A child is born with some basic abilities that are genetically transmitted through germplasm. These abilities and capacities are shaped in ways determined by culture. The mother with whom the relation of the child is the most intimate plays a significant role in the process of moulding the child in the initial stages. Subsequently, father and older siblings transmit to the child many other values, knowledge and skill that children are expected to acquire in that particular society. If parents’ social class influences how they raise their children, it is also true that the sex of their children affects how they are socialized by their parents. Many studies find that parents raise their daughters and sons quite differently as they interact with them from birth. Parents help their girls learn how to act and think “like girls,” and they help their boys learn how to act and think “like boys.” That is, they help their daughters and sons learn their gender (Wood, 2009). For example, they are gentler with their daughters and rougher with their sons. They give their girls dolls to play with, and their boys guns. Girls may be made of “sugar and spice and everything nice” and boys something quite different, but their parents help them greatly, for better or worse, turn out that way. To the extent this is true, our gender stems much more from socialization than from biological differences between the sexes, or so most sociologists probably assume. Reasons why they are necessary in our society The process of socialization is operative not only in childhood but throughout life. It is a process which begins at birth and continues unceasingly until the death of the individual. It is an incessant process. Formerly, the term Socialization had not been applied to adult learning experiences but had been restricted to children. More recently, however, the concept of socialization has been broadened to include aspects of adult behaviour as well. It is now thought of “as an interactional process whereby a person’s behaviour is modified to conform to expectations held by members of the groups to which he belongs. Thinkers describe this process in reference to children only because therein such complicating factors as are introduced when the person becomes conscious of self and others are absent. When the person begins to read books, listen to stories and is enabled to have an imagination of ideal society, it becomes difficult to separate the subjective factors from the objective ones and assess their respective contribution in the socialization of the child. Since socialization is an important matter for society it is but desirable that the child’s socialization should not be left to mere accident but should be controlled through institutional channels. What a child is going to be is more important than what he is. It is socialization which turns the child into a useful member of the society and gives him social maturity. Therefore, it is of paramount importance to know as to who socializes the child.”
NAME: ASOGWA CHINENYE CYNTHIA REG NO: 16108452 DEPT: CRS/SOS LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION QUESTIONS 1. WHICH PART OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATIONS VERY IMPORTANCE IN THE SOCIETY 2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHILE THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
ANSWER The part of agencies of socialization that is very 1. The family 2. The peer group 3. The school 4. The church i. Reasons while they are necessary includes the following: - Direct teaching of indoctrination of values which in turn effect religious orientation. The family teaching about loyalty and obedience which has effect on the orientation of the children. - Transmission of attitudes and values that will help in bringing up the children moral ii. A peer group: Is a group which composed of members sharing relatively equal status and bound by intimate ties. Examples of peer group. - Children playing group, friendship clicks and age-grades etc peer group socializes it’s members though discussion and communication. iii. The school Socializes it’s members through the following ways the classroom ritual life. The teacher The non classroom life. The classroom ritual life involves things like saluting the flags obedience to authority honouring past heroes. The teacher: The teacher represent an authoritative spokesman of the society. The teacher also teaches morality to the children. The non classroom life: This refers to the social composition of the school and extra curriculum activities, the students government will teach you the norms and valves of how to govern. The clubs will teach you how to organize. iv. The Church: The church is the assembly of believers in Christ the church teaches the child morals through the use of Christian books and materials and organization of seminars workshops and conferences for the youth.
NAME: ASOGWA CHINENYE CYNTHIA REG NO: 16108452 DEPT: CRS/SOS LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION QUESTIONS 1. WHICH PART OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATIONS VERY IMPORTANCE IN THE SOCIETY 2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHILE THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
ANSWER The part of agencies of socialization that is very 1. The family 2. The peer group 3. The school 4. The church i. Reasons while they are necessary includes the following: - Direct teaching of indoctrination of values which in turn effect religious orientation. The family teaching about loyalty and obedience which has effect on the orientation of the children. - Transmission of attitudes and values that will help in bringing up the children moral ii. A peer group: Is a group which composed of members sharing relatively equal status and bound by intimate ties. Examples of peer group. - Children playing group, friendship clicks and age-grades etc peer group socializes it’s members though discussion and communication. iii. The school Socializes it’s members through the following ways the classroom ritual life. The teacher The non classroom life. The classroom ritual life involves things like saluting the flags obedience to authority honouring past heroes. The teacher: The teacher represent an authoritative spokesman of the society. The teacher also teaches morality to the children. The non classroom life: This refers to the social composition of the school and extra curriculum activities, the students government will teach you the norms and valves of how to govern. The clubs will teach you how to organize. iv. The Church: The church is the assembly of believers in Christ the church teaches the child morals through the use of Christian books and materials and organization of seminars workshops and conferences for the youth.
NAME: ONAH CHARITY CHINELO REG NO: 16208514 DEPT: ENG/SOS LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION WHICH PART OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATIONS VERY IMPORTANCE IN THE SOCIETY Several institutional and other sources of socialization exist and are called agents of socialization. The first of these, the family, is certainly the most important agent of socialization for infants and young children. The Family The reason we turn out much like our parents, for better or worse, is that our families are such an important part of our socialization process. When we are born, our primary caregivers are almost always one or both of our parents. For several years we have more contact with them than with any other adults. Because this contact occurs in our most formative years, our parents’ interaction with us and the messages they teach us can have a profound impact throughout our lives, as indicated by the stories of Sarah Patton Boyle and Lillian Smith presented earlier. The ways in which our parents socialize us depend on many factors, two of the most important of which are our parents’ social class and our own biological sex. Melvin Kohn (1965, 1977) found that working-class and middle-class parents tend to socialize their children very differently. Kohn reasoned that working-class parents tend to hold factory and other jobs in which they have little autonomy and instead are told what to do and how to do it. In such jobs, obedience is an important value, lest the workers be punished for not doing their jobs correctly. STATE VARIOUS REASON WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN THE SCOEITY Family is the most important and valuable gift that god has given us. It is the first lesson in relationships with others. Family is really an important word. It means to feel secure, to have someone who you can count on, whom you can share your problems with. But it also means to have respect for each other and responsibility. What family means to me is love and someone that will always be there for you through the good times and the bad. It is about encouragement, understanding, hope, comfort, advice, values, morals, ideals, and faith. These things are all important to me because it makes me feel secure and happy inside regardless of what is going on in my life. This is one of the main reasons why the family is important in our life. Here in this article it is important to emphasize on the importance of family in our everyday life.
NAME: ODO AMUCHE REG NO: 16208486 DEPT: ENG/SOS LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION WHICH PART OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATIONS VERY IMPORTANCE IN THE SOCIETY Several institutional and other sources of socialization exist and are called agents of socialization. The first of these, the family, is certainly the most important agent of socialization for infants and young children. The Family The reason we turn out much like our parents, for better or worse, is that our families are such an important part of our socialization process. When we are born, our primary caregivers are almost always one or both of our parents. For several years we have more contact with them than with any other adults. Because this contact occurs in our most formative years, our parents’ interaction with us and the messages they teach us can have a profound impact throughout our lives, as indicated by the stories of Sarah Patton Boyle and Lillian Smith presented earlier. The ways in which our parents socialize us depend on many factors, two of the most important of which are our parents’ social class and our own biological sex. Melvin Kohn (1965, 1977) found that working-class and middle-class parents tend to socialize their children very differently. Kohn reasoned that working-class parents tend to hold factory and other jobs in which they have little autonomy and instead are told what to do and how to do it. In such jobs, obedience is an important value, lest the workers be punished for not doing their jobs correctly. STATE VARIOUS REASON WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN THE SCOEITY Family is important because it provides love, support and a framework of values to each of its members. Family members teach each other, serve one another and share life’s joys and sorrows. Families provide a setting for personal growth. Family is the single most important influence in a child’s life. From their first moments of life, children depend on parents and family to protect them and provide for their needs. Parents and family form a child’s first relationships. Family provides all members with security, identity and values, regardless of age. When a member of the family feels insecure or unsafe, he turns to his family for help. He learns about his sense of self and gains a foundation for the rest of his life. This foundation includes the family’s values which provide the basis for his own moral code. Spending time with family shows individuals the value of love, appreciation and open communication. Following family traditions showcases the importance of family, as well. Family traditions are experiences that families create together on a regular basis, whether these involve holidays, vacations or even attending religious services together. Not only do these experiences create memories for years to come, they also give family members a stronger sense of belonging. Families bond together and make each member feel important.
NJOKU AUGUSTINE NWANKWO 16208425 Eng/sos Sos 222 Citizenship education Family is a fundamental social institution in society, the family, is considered the primary and most important agent of socialization. Family typically consists of a man and woman and their children or two or more people who usually reside in the same home and share same goals and values. Traditionally, in all societies, the family has always been seen as a social institution; that has the biggest impact on society. Everyone is born into some form of family, with the family taking the responsibility of nurturing, teaching the norms or accepted behaviors within the family structure and within society. There are many types of families, which can be described as a set of relationships including parents and children and can include anyone related by blood or adoption. Family is the most important, “for it is within the family that the child is first socialized to serve the needs of the society and not only its own needs” (Goode, 1982). To thoroughly elaborate on the institution of family we most look at the family as it was before and how much it has changed over time. Throughout the years we are recognizing that the family is slowly being replaced by other agents of socialization. Families in the past consisted of a mother and a father and most times children. We are, as many societies a patriarchal society; men are usually the head of the households. This has always been considered the norm. Then there was the woman’s movement and women felt they deserved equal rights and should be considered man’s equal and not inferior. The man going out to work, and the wife staying home to care for the home and the children would soon become less the norm. This movement would go on to shape the changes within the nuclear family. reasons • As a unit of socialization, the family is an object of analysis for sociologists, and is considered to be the agency of primary socialization. • A conjugal family includes only the husband, wife, and unmarried children who are not of age. This is also referred to as a nuclear family. • Consanguinity is defined as the property of belonging to the same kinship as another person. • A matrilocal family consists of a mother and her children, independent of a father. This occurs in cases when the mother has the resources to independently rear children, or in societies where males are mobile and rarely at home. • The model of the family triangle, husband-wife-children isolated from the outside, is also called the Oedipal model of the family and it is a form of patriarchal family. • A matrilocal family consists of a mother and her children. • The model, common in the western societies, of the family triangle, husband-wife-children isolated from the outside, is also called the Oedipal model of the family and it is a form of patriarchal family.
ONAH CHARITY CHINAZA ENG/SOS 16208516 SOS 222 CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION QUESTION: 1. WHICH PART OF THE AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN SOCIETY 2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
To describe the family as a social institution, one should first reveal its universal character. There is no society, no matter the era in which it functioned and has developed, in which family is missing. In other words, from the most remote times to present, the family is the most common form of social organization. To highlight this, the American anthropologist George Murdock (1897-1985) in his work entitled Social Structure (1949) examined a total of 250 societies of various kinds, both from hunters and gatherers category, as well as pastoral, agrarian or industrialized. Following this detailed analysis; Murdock concluded that in each of these societies there are certain forms that fit in the definition of family as a social institution. Therefore, despite of the variety of forms in which can occur, the family is a universal social institution. REASONS 1. The first function that performs family as a social institution is that of regulation sexual behaviour. In this sense requires a finding that is that there is no society which leaves people to express their sexual behaviours as they want, but there are a whole set of written and unwritten rules/norms that prohibit certain ways of sexual behaviour. For example, in many societies, the practice of sexuality is not permitted during periods of mourning, in the periods of various religious ceremonies, while the woman is pregnant or during menstruation. Murdock argues that, despite significant differences between the various societies, there is a common element that is incest taboo, respectively prohibition of sexual relations and marriage between close relatives (between parents and children, between brothers and sisters, or between grandparents and grandchildren). 2. The second function that fulfils the family in society is reproduction. In order to develop, each society needs new generations of young people to replace the old people and this cannot be merely in three ways: by reproduction, migration or conquest of other societies. However, in the absence of biological reproduction, any society is sentenced to disappearance. Situations of this type were found mainly in religious communities, such as the self-entitled Shakers - namely, the society of believers in the second appearance of Jesus Christ - in which social equality is essential, but sexual relations are rejected as under the human dignity, which resulted in strong decrease of the number of members of this community 3. The economic cooperation function has also an important role in the family. Murdock's explanation for that, in addition to meeting the needs of a sexual nature, people get married and founded new families is that “by virtue of their primary sex difference, a man and a woman make an exceptionally efficient cooperating unit”9. In the traditional society, the family constitutes the basic economic unity. It has the role of satisfy the basic needs of its members, which consist mainly in food, housing, health and comfort in general. The situation has changed in modern societies, where some of the economic aspects traditionally belonging to the family were taken over by other social institutions.
NAME: OKIKA EUCHARIA UKAMAKA 16109053 SOS DM SOS 222 CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION QUESTION: 1. WHICH PART OF THE AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN SOCIETY 2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
Sociologists, social psychologists, anthropologists, as well as educationists and politicians, use the word 'socialization' to refer to a process through which people inherit the norms and ideologies of the social order in which they live. Socialization, as a process, facilitates social interaction by means of give and take of common values, customs, traditions, languages, etc. It is an ongoing process which not only leads to the all-round development of an individual but also cultivates within him, a sense of belonging with regards to his family, friends, people and society as a whole. The Family: The family gets the baby first. Hence the process of socialisation begins in the family. A child is born with some basic abilities that are genetically transmitted through germplasm. These abilities and capacities are shaped in ways determined by culture. The mother with whom the relation of the child is the most intimate plays a significant role in the process of moulding the child in the initial stages. Subsequently, father and older siblings transmit to the child many other values, knowledge and skill that children are expected to acquire in that particular society. REASONS 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 virtuoso out of man, but it also leaves a life-long residue of emotional immaturity in him." Sociologists, social psychologists, educationalist as well as anthropologists and politicians have studied the process of socialization for years. i)It is the foundation of all acceptable/ appropriate behaviour. It is the first major agent of socialization that teachers moral values/ body control/ emotional control/ language.
ii) It helps adolescents to internalize culture it helps develop social identity/ self esteem/ emotional health of the adolescents.
iii) It is the origin of gender role socialization it helps the adolescents acquire early sex roles/ masculine/ feminine behaviour/ roles.
iv) Provides an ascribed social status to its young members it educates the adolescent/ ensures good health through proper feeding/ hygiene/ immunization.
v) Gives access to emotional bond/ attachment between parents and adolescents. It is important to determine choice of peers/ friends.
MBA EUPHEMIA IFEOMA CRS/SOS 16108231 Sos 222 Citizenship Question: 1. WHICH PART OF THE AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN SOCIETY 2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY In short, an agent of socialization assists in the development process by influencing the individual. A person learns socialization through agents, which include: the family, the school, the peer group, and the mass media. According to Sociologist Richard Gelles (1990), "The family is the most violent group in society, with the exception of the police and the military." Nonetheless, the family provides a strong backbone and a reliable foundation; it is considered the most important agent of socialization. The family assumes the chief responsibility of developing a child, and has a substantial guise in the integration with society. The family is the primary support system for a child, especially during the first phase of their lives when they are physically and, in most cases, emotionally closest to a child. During this time, they will provide the greatest support and influence. This will extend over factors such as values, beliefs, political aspects, religious appetites, and the child's overall outlook on society in its entirety. Children's minds are like sponges that absorb teachings; they will mimic, appreciate, worship, and accept views, behaviors, and even possessions of their parents. It is evident that the social development in a child is heavily manipulated by the family. Furthermore, the family unit has the ability to effect change to the next generation. Parents inculcate their beliefs and values to their children from a young age, and that value system can be perpetuated from one generation to the next.
NAME: ONAH PASCHALINE IFUNANYA REG NO: 16208446 DEPT: ENG/SOS LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION QUESTION 1. WHICH PART OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATIONS IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY Socialization is the process by which individuals become members of the society. There are many agents of socialization which includes: The family, school, religious institution, peer, groups, mass media etc. All these agents of socialization are important but the one I considers most important is the family. Family is a social grouping the members of which are united by bonds of kinship or a group sharing a common residence and co-operating economically. 2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY Family as an agent of socialization is necessary in our society because socialization starts from conception which is in the mother’s womb. It helps in internalization of culture. Family is also the bedrock or foundation of every society. The various reasons includes: a. Family helps in teaching certain roles which are to be played by an individual. b. It helps to inculcate in individual to be disciplined at the family level and the society at large. c. It helps to prohibit socially undesirable habits like Iying, stealing and joining unnecessary social clubs. d. It helps to teach an individual how to respect their elders and those in position of authority. e. It provides an opportunity for the child to acquire certain skills from his parents in order to enable him to be self-employed and be fit in the society he finds himself.
NAME: OKWOR CLEMENTINA IFEYINWA REG NO: 16108238 DEPT: CRS/SOS LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION WHICH PART OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATIONS VERY IMPORTANCE IN THE SOCIETY Several institutional and other sources of socialization exist and are called agents of socialization. The first of these, the family, is certainly the most important agent of socialization for infants and young children. The Family The reason we turn out much like our parents, for better or worse, is that our families are such an important part of our socialization process. When we are born, our primary caregivers are almost always one or both of our parents. For several years we have more contact with them than with any other adults. Because this contact occurs in our most formative years, our parents’ interaction with us and the messages they teach us can have a profound impact throughout our lives, as indicated by the stories of Sarah Patton Boyle and Lillian Smith presented earlier. The ways in which our parents socialize us depend on many factors, two of the most important of which are our parents’ social class and our own biological sex. Melvin Kohn (1965, 1977) found that working-class and middle-class parents tend to socialize their children very differently. Kohn reasoned that working-class parents tend to hold factory and other jobs in which they have little autonomy and instead are told what to do and how to do it. In such jobs, obedience is an important value, lest the workers be punished for not doing their jobs correctly. STATE VARIOUS REASON WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN THE SCOEITY Family is the most important and valuable gift that god has given us. It is the first lesson in relationships with others. Family is really an important word. It means to feel secure, to have someone who you can count on, whom you can share your problems with. But it also means to have respect for each other and responsibility. What family means to me is love and someone that will always be there for you through the good times and the bad. It is about encouragement, understanding, hope, comfort, advice, values, morals, ideals, and faith. These things are all important to me because it makes me feel secure and happy inside regardless of what is going on in my life. This is one of the main reasons why the family is important in our life. Here in this article it is important to emphasize on the importance of family in our everyday life.
SUMMARY OF ASSIGNMENT ON SOS 222 NAME: OZIOKO OLUCHUKWU STELLA DEPT: ENG/SOS REG.NO:16208444 LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION Socialization is an important process through which individuals are able to interact within the society and they inherit their languages, values, norms, traditions, and customs in order for his/her peers to socially accept them. Socialization is learned by individual through socialization agents. WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IN THE SOCIETY Every social experience we have affects us in at least a small way. However, several familiar settings have special important to the socialization process. The key agents of socialization are the family, the school, the peer group, and the mass media this is what teaches us what we need to know in order to contribute in society (Argosy University Online, 2008). The family is the most important socialization agent, because parental influences play a key role on how we grow up and view the world. Moreover, it is the family job to teach children skills, religious beliefs, and their cultural values. Nothing is more possible to produce a happy child than a family that loves and supports them. In addition, children also get their social identity from their family. A family starts the socialization of children and even the adjustment of adults by living together day in and day out and providing feedback to each member, good or bad, based on their intimate actions. REASONS WHY SOCIALIZATION IS NECESSARY IN THE SOCIETY We have just noted that socialization is how culture is learned, but socialization is also important for another important reason. To illustrate this importance, let’s pretend we find a 6-year-old child who has had almost no human contact since birth. After the child was born, her mother changed her diapers and fed her a minimal diet but otherwise did not interact with her. The child was left alone all day and night for The importance of socialization in our life can hardly be exaggerated. The following description makes it very clear. 1. Socialization converts man, the biological being into man, the social being. Man is not born social; He becomes social by virtue of the process of socialization. Various instances like-that of Kaspar Hauser, Anna, the wolf children of India and others have made it very clear that only through constant training the newborn child becomes social in nature. 2. Socialization contributes to the development of personality. Personality is a product of society. In the absence of groups or society, no man can develop a personality of his own. But socialization is a process through which the personality of the new born child is shaped and molded. Through the process, the child learns an approved way of social life. At the same time, it also provides enough scope for the individual to develop his individuality. 3. Helps to became disciplined. Socialization is social .learning. Social learning is essentially the learning of rules of social behavior. It is the values, ideals, aims and objectives of life and the means of attaining them. Socialization disciplines an individual and helps him to live according to the social expectations. 4. Helps to enact different roles. Every individual has to enact different roles in his life. Every role is woven around norms and is associated with different attitudes. The process of socialization assists an individual not only to learn the norms associated with roles but also to develop appropriate attitudes to enact those roles.
SUMMARY OF ASSIGNMENT ON SOS 222 NAME: UGWU MARY NKEIRUKA DEPT: ENG/SOS REG.NO:16208418 LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION Socialization How do we learn to interact with other people? Socialization is a lifelong process during which we learn about social expectations and how to interact with other people. Nearly all of the behavior that we consider to be 'human nature' is actually learned through socialization. And, it is during socialization that we learn how to walk, talk, and feed ourselves, about behavioral norms that help us fit in to our society, and so much more. The most important agents of socialization in the society There is no better way to start than to talk about the role of family in our social development, as family is usually considered to be the most important agent of socialization. As infants, we are completely dependent on others to survive. Our parents, or those who play the parent role, are responsible for teaching us to function and care for ourselves. They, along with the rest of our family, also teach us about close relationships, group life, and how to share resources. Additionally, they provide us with our first system of values, norms, and beliefs - a system that is usually a reflection of their own social status, religion, ethnic group, and more. The reason we turn out much like our parents, for better or worse, is that our families are such an important part of our socialization process. When we are born, our primary caregivers are almost always one or both of our parents. For several years we have more contact with them than with any other adults. Because this contact occurs in our most formative years, our parents’ interaction with us and the messages they teach us can have a profound impact throughout our lives, as indicated by the stories of Sarah Patton Boyle and Lillian Smith presented earlier REASONS WHY SOCIALIZATION IS NECESSARY IN THE SOCIETY Socialization is the process of learning how to become part of a culture. Through socialization one learns the culture's language, their role in life, and what is expected from them. Socialization is a very important process in the forming of personality. Socialization occurs when one interacts with other people. Socialization allows all individuals in a community to develop very similar values, norms, and beliefs (O'Neil, 2009). Socialization is a lifelong process, though the early stages of socialization are crucial (Shepard, 2009, p. 90). Without Socialization a person will develop different physical and mental disabilities. Socialization is a very important life process. The socialization of young children is very important. During the first few years of children's live, children interacts only with a few different people, mostly family. Everything children see and hear leaves an impression on them. In this time children learn to walk, learn talk, develop the ability to have a relationship, and start developing personality. A very important part of socialization is role taking. The first step in role taking is the preparatory stage. The Preparatory stage is also known as the imitation stage. This stage begins shortly after the first year of life. In this stage children imitate things happening around them, including sounds and physical movement, but do not understand what they are imitating. Around age three or four children begin the play stage. In the play stage children start to take the role of one person at a time.
NAME: ODO LOVETH CHIEBONAM DEPT: ENG/SOS REG.NO: 16208429 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION COURSE CODE: SOS 222 LEVEL: 200 LECTURERS: MRS. M. N OGENYI BORIS H. ODALONU
QUESTION: 1. WHICH PART OF AGENTS OF SOCIALISZTION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY 2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSSARY IN OUR SOCEITY
Meaning of Socialization Socialization can be defined as the process through which the culture of a society is transmitted to its new members. The part of the agents of socialization that are very important in the society are: i. The home or family: the family is the smallest unit of culture and the origin of human community. (Obiadi, 1978:45) ii. The school: the school can be seen as an institution where the child is exposed to a planned programme off activities aimed at improving the mode of socialization in his society. The family: According to Nwabara (1981), a family is “a social group sharing a common residence and co-operating economically” In the traditional Africa society, socializing the child is largely the function of parents and the immediate family members. Family is an agent of socialization necessary in our society because it inculcate in the child. i. Respect for elders and those in positions much emphasis on respect for elders and stress the importance of respect for those in positions of authority to their younger ones. ii. Prohibition of socially undesirable Habits. It is usually in homes that parents and older siblings forbid the younger or children from engaging in socially undesirable habits like using left hand, lying, stealing etc. iii. Telling folktales: usually at night, children are gathered in the family compound in which their parents or older ones tell them folktales of different kinds. The children imbibe a lot of moral lessons from the stories and folktales. iv. The family encourages the children to join age grades: the age grade system is popular especially in the eastern and western parts of Nigeria. Children are always encouraged to join their age grade and doing so affords them the opportunity to interact with peers. v. Family encourages the children to learn their parents Trades and Crafts. It has become a tradition for children to learn the type of trade or craft which their parents are identified with. It is thus clear that the home is the very first or most important place where the socialization of a child takes place. The school which is one of the agents of socialization, is very important in the society because it is an extension of the family as far as the socialization of the child is concerned. The roles of the school in our society as an agent of socialization include: 1. Discipline: the school instills discipline and other attitudes which promote harmonious living in the lives of the younger ones. 2. Group living: through the agency of the school, the child is made to stay together, work together with other pupils from various parts of the country. At this juncture, the child is made to develop the spirit of team work, cooperation and inter-dependence. 3. Leadership training: the framework of the school may offer the child some kind of training in leadership, by this is meant that those children who are, from the beginning, charismatic figures are further helped by the school to acquire the tools and develop their leadership qualities. 4. Skill acquisition: the school provides an opportunity for the child to acquire various physical, vocational and intellectual skills which will enable him not just fit into but become relevant to the society in which he finds himself.
SUMMARY OF ASSIGNMENT ON SOS 222 NAME: UGWU JUDITH NNENNA DEPT: ENG/SOS REG.NO:16208527 LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION THE MOST IMPORTANT AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IN THE SOCIETY Family is a fundamental social institution in society, the family, is considered the primary and most important agent of socialization. Family typically consists of a man and woman and their children or two or more people who usually reside in the same home and share same goals and values. Traditionally, in all societies, the family has always been seen as a social institution; that has the biggest impact on society. Everyone is born into some form of family, with the family taking the responsibility of nurturing, teaching the norms or accepted behaviors within the family structure and within society. There are many types of families, which can be described as a set of relationships including parents and children and can include anyone related by blood or adoption. Family is the most important, “for it is within the family that the child is first socialized to serve the needs of the society and not only its own needs” (Goode, 1982). To thoroughly elaborate on the institution of family we most look at the family as it was before and how much it has changed over time. Throughout the years we are recognizing that the family is slowly being replaced by other agents of socialization. Families in the past consisted of a mother and a father and most times children. . To the extent this is true, our gender stems much more from socialization than from biological differences between the sexes, or so most sociologists probably assume. To return to a question posed earlier, if Gilligan is right that boys and girls reach moral judgments differently, socialization matters more than biology for how they reach these judgments. REASONS WHY SOCIALIZATION IS IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY Everyone is born with defined capacities. Though there may be some limits to what a man can do, this limitation can be overcome and is being overcome by the development of civilization. Man’s capacity to learn may be increased by the development of new techniques of instruction and incentives. At present, no human being learns as much as he could under more favourable circumstances, for his learning capacity is never used to maximum capacity. All societies are guilty of wasting human learning ability. Factors of the Process of Socialization: Socialization, as said above, is the process of learning group norms, habits and ideals. There are four factors of this process of learning. These are imitation, suggestion, identification and language. A brief description of these four factors is necessary: (i) Imitation: Imitation is copying by an individual of the actions of another. Mead defines it as “self-conscious assumption of another’s acts or roles.” Thus when the child attempts to walk impressively like his father swinging a stick and wearing spectacles, he is imitating. Imitation may be conscious or unconscious, spontaneous or deliberate, perceptual or ideational. In imitation the person imitating performs exactly the same activity as the one being performed before him. Imitation is the main factor in the process of socialization of the child. Through it he learns many social behaviour patterns. The child as compared to adult possesses the greatest capacity for imitation. Language and pronunciation are acquired by the child only through imitation. It is because of the tendency to imitate that children are so susceptible to the influence of their parents and friends whose behaviour they imitate indiscriminately. (ii) Suggestion: According to McDougall, “suggestion is the process of communication resulting in the acceptance with conviction of the communicated proposition in the absence of logically adequate grounds for its acceptance.” Suggestion is the process of communicating information which has no logical or self-evident basis. It is devoid of rational persuasion. It may he conveyed through language, pictures or some similar medium.
NAME: ABONYI CHUKWUAMA MARKANTHONY REG NO: 16208415 DEPT: ENG/SOS LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION QUESTION 1. WHICH PART OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATIONS VERY IMPORTANCE IN THE SOCIETY The agent of socialization that is very and more important is the “family” although we have many of them like school, peer group, religion and mass media, all contributes to a child well being in our society and communities. 2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHILE THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY Believe it or not, the family is the most influential socializing agent because infants are burn into certain type of families and grow up with them as children and adults. Socialization is the process of imbibing the norms, values and social patterns of life. The family and socialization are terms that are often linked in terms of their sociological nature and function. The family is in most societies the areas or the social structure where the child is socialized and where he or she learns the norms and mores of that particular social environment and culture. (Starrels, 2000) notwithstanding the recent sociological concern about the demise of the family structure in developed. Countries like limited states, the family is generally seen as the center of the socialization process. Untimately, the values or characteristics of a family impacts the children. For example, the children of families who the not overly rigid and restrictive usually content and well-adjusted, however children who grow up in environments that are too restrictive often became defiant and lack confidence. There are two basic aspects of socialization firstly, socialization creates individuals who are parts of a human community. It enables people to live within their groups and to be effective members of the society into which they are born. Secondly; socialization is the process by which a society reproduces itself in a new generation. It helps transmit the values and traditions of the past to the next generation. The family is the most and important socialization agent because parental influences play a key role on how we grow up and view the world. It is the family job to teach children skills, religious beliefs, and their cultural values. As infants, we are completely dependent on others to survive. Our parents, or those who play the role of a parents are responsible for teaching us to function and care for our selves. Lastly they provide us with our first system of values norms, and believe a system that is usually a reflection of their own social status, religion and ethnic group.
NAME: OKEH, CHARLES LAZARUS REG NO: 16208427 DEPT: ENG/SOS LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION
QUESTIONS 1. WHICH PART OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATIONS VERY IMPORTANCE IN THE SOCIETY The most important agent of socialization in the society is “family”. Though, it is never an overstatement to say that socialization is very important agent of socialization in our society. According to Uche (1980:74) sees socialization as a process by which personality is developed by internalizing the culture of a given society. For instance, they are many parts of agent of socialization that is very important in our society, but one of the most important one is family. 2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHILE THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY Family Unit: This is the most primary agent of socialization because it is the first part of call of a child or individual. The child has no choice of family to born into. But whichever family one finds oneself the individual trys to learn its norm and value of it. Moreover, family unit is responsible for transmitting the culture of the society to the younger generation. The family role is indispensable because it influences individual personalities and proscriptions of the society, that is does and doesn’t of the society. The family infuses discipline and inculcating sense of belonging, inter-dependence, patriotism, tolerance, respect and honesty in the child. Family also exposed the child the occupation of the parent. When they are of age, they join their parents in their occupations like farming, fishing and black-matting. The children in the family learnt to play sex role as fathers or mother sometimes by watching and initiating their parents. The family teachs the child mode of worship acceptance of the family form the family, the child receives moral instructions on the life and ethics of the society. It teaches the child the language of the community. The family socializes story telling, riddles and proverbs. In these ways, the family facilitate later intellectual attainment in life.
NAME: UGWUOKE BLESSING CHIAMAKA REG NO: 16208442 DEPT: ENG/SOS LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION WHICH PART OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATIONS VERY IMPORTANCE IN THE SOCIETY Socialization is the internalization of a culture. Family is the bedrock of every society or foundation of every society, when the family fail, the society has failed. Because of this reason I chose family as the most important agent of socialization. The Family Family is a foundamental social institution in society; the family is considered the most important agent of socialization. The reason we turn out much like our parents, for better or worse, is that our families are such an important part of our socialization process. When we are born, our primary caregivers are almost always one or both of our parents. For several years we have more contact with them than with any other adults. Because this contact occurs in our most formative years, our parents’ interaction with us and the messages they teach us can have a profound impact throughout our lives, as indicated by the stories of Sarah Patton Boyle and Lillian Smith presented earlier. The ways in which our parents socialize us depend on many factors, two of the most important of which are our parents’ social class and our own biological sex. Melvin Kohn (1965, 1977) found that working-class and middle-class parents tend to socialize their children very differently. Kohn reasoned that working-class parents tend to hold factory and other jobs in which they have little autonomy and instead are told what to do and how to do it. In such jobs, obedience is an important value, lest the workers be punished for not doing their jobs correctly. STATE VARIOUS REASON WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN THE SCOEITY Family is important because it provides love, support and a framework of values to each of its members. Family members teach each other, serve one another and share life’s joys and sorrows. Families provide a setting for personal growth. Family is the single most important influence in a child’s life. From their first moments of life, children depend on parents and family to protect them and provide for their needs. Parents and family form a child’s first relationships. Family provides all members with security, identity and values, regardless of age. When a member of the family feels insecure or unsafe, he turns to his family for help. He learns about his sense of self and gains a foundation for the rest of his life. This foundation includes the family’s values which provide the basis for his own moral code. Spending time with family shows individuals the value of love, appreciation and open communication. Following family traditions showcases the importance of family, as well. Family traditions are experiences that families create together on a regular basis, whether these involve holidays, vacations or even attending religious services together. Not only do these experiences create memories for years to come, they also give family members a stronger sense of belonging. Families bond together and make each member feel important.
Name: EZE BLESSING ADA ENG/SOS 16209058 COURSE CODE:SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION QUESTION: 1. WHICH PART OF THE AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN SOCIETY 2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY Family is a fundamental social institution in society, the family, is considered the primary and most important agent of socialization. Family typically consists of a man and woman and their children or two or more people who usually reside in the same home and share same goals and values. Traditionally, in all societies, the family has always been seen as a social institution; that has the biggest impact on society. Everyone is born into some form of family, with the family taking the responsibility of nurturing, teaching the norms or accepted behaviors within the family structure and within society. There are many types of families, which can be described as a set of relationships including parents and children and can include anyone related by blood or adoption. Family is the most important, “for it is within the family that the child is first socialized to serve the needs of the society and not only its own needs” (Goode, 1982). To thoroughly elaborate on the institution of family we most look at the family as it was before and how much it has changed over time. Throughout the years we are recognizing that the family is slowly being replaced by other agents of socialization. Families in the past consisted of a mother and a father and most times children. We are, as many societies a patriarchal society; men are usually the head of the households. This has always been considered the norm. Then there was the woman’s movement and women felt they deserved equal rights and should be considered man’s equal and not inferior. The man going out to work, and the wife staying home to care for the home and the children would soon become less the norm. This movement would go on to shape the changes within the nuclear family. Reasons why family is most important agent of socialization i)It is the foundation of all acceptable/ appropriate behaviour. It is the first major agent of socialization that teachers moral values/ body control/ emotional control/ language.
ii) It helps adolescents to internalize culture it helps develop social identity/ self esteem/ emotional health of the adolescents.
iii) It is the origin of gender role socialization it helps the adolescents acquire early sex roles/ masculine/ feminine behaviour/ roles.
iv) Provides an ascribed social status to its young members it educates the adolescent/ ensures good health through proper feeding/ hygiene/ immunization.
v) Gives access to emotional bond/ attachment between parents and adolescents. It is important to determine choice of peers/ friends.
OKABE NNAMDI VICTOR 16108279 ECONS/SOS SOS 222 CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION QUESTION: WHICH PART OF THE AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN SOCIETY 2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
Agents (or people who go between two people when a situation is difficult) of socialization include individuals and institutions that help children learn attitudes, beliefs, values, skills and behaviors that society considers desirable. For example, it isn't desirable for a person to yell or bite someone when they don't get their way. The people who teach children about what kinds of behavior is appropriate or inappropriate teaches children appropriate ways to react to not getting their own way. Such as explaining to a child they need to ask to use a toy or other material when the child who is using it is done instead of biting them or grabbing it from them in order to get it or yell at them to give them the toy.
There are five agents of socialization but today we're going to talk about only one of them which is the family. The family is the most important agent of socialization. The family has been viewed as the major vehicle for socialization. Parents provide physical and social conditions in which children learn social skills. For example, if a parent asks a child if they want to unload the dishwasher or sweep the floors the children learn an important social skill is to ask people what task they want to do instead of just demanding a person do what someone else wants or has decided for them they do. Parents are critical agents of intentional socialization by teaching children specific beliefs and values that are part of the family's culture and religious beliefs. For example, parents teach children in their family everyone clears their own plate at the end of dinner and puts it in the sink. Parents teach children at what age they begin to participate in boy scouts or volunteering somewhere. Research has found that parents who have a positive relationship with their children, who are authoritative but not strict and use legitimate reasons and explain reasons for why or why not something can happen rather than power and control, are more likely to have positive outcomes such as internalization of the rules of society.
Roles parents play in socializing children are: providing a secure base in infancy that is a foundation for trust later in childhood, teaching basic self-help skills, teaching social skills, how to get along with siblings and other children and promoting core beliefs and values including religion. Siblings also play a role in socialization. They live with the other children in the home and learn beliefs and values from siblings. They learn to share, handle disagreements, how to negotiate, teach other siblings the rules of the home, how to respect their parents and they learn from the consequences and rewards of older siblings behavior.
As a child grows and develops, the parents expectations for the child's behavior changes. Parents expectations shape the development of the child and their socialization. The parents expectations form a support for an equal pattern of socialization. For example, if a parent expects a child to respect adults, they're going to support and form that equal pattern of socialization by respecting the child and showing respect to people/friends whom they come in contact with. Understanding a parent's motivation for parenthood is important because it sets the change for understanding the beliefs and value system of the family that guides the parents as they socialize their children. Guided by a parents beliefs and values, parents have specific motivations for parenthood and parents try to promote specific developmental goals for their children.
DIEKE IFEANYICHUKWU THANKGOD 16208459 SOS 222 CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION ENG/SOS QUESTION: WHICH PART OF THE AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN SOCIETY 2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
Family is a fundamental social institution in society, the family, is considered the primary and most important agent of socialization. Family typically consists of a man and woman and their children or two or more people who usually reside in the same home and share same goals and values. Traditionally, in all societies, the family has always been seen as a social institution; that has the biggest impact on society. Everyone is born into some form of family, with the family taking the responsibility of nurturing, teaching the norms or accepted behaviors within the family structure and within society. There are many types of families, which can be described as a set of relationships including parents and children and can include anyone related by blood or adoption. Family is the most important, “for it is within the family that the child is first socialized to serve the needs of the society and not only its own needs” (Goode, 1982).
REASONS Other social agents are extended family, grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins. All of these family members provide three types of support. They provide financial support, emotional support, and practical support. These agents play an important role in providing positive outcomes for children in single parent homes. Single parents have a big load they're carrying and are trying to do what is done by two. Extended family provides financial support as they give the single parent money to pay bills or offer to take care of bills for them. They provide emotional support as they provide the single parent with a place to discuss their adult problems. They also provide emotional support to the children as they provide a place for the children to discuss things with someone other than the parent and help the children of single parents work through their emotional challenges. Extended family provides practical support as they provide back up for the parent when a child doesn't want to listen or the parent needs help getting a child to or from school, piano lessons etc. A family regardless of it being two family, a single parent home or it's the grandparents raising the grandchildren need support, kindness and love. They're are lots of people who help children and teach them how to socialize and behave. The family is the most important and the one most children spend the most time in and being affected by. Families are considered to be the most important agents of primary socialisation. Chiildren are most often heavily ependent on their families to carry out their basic needs (feeding, cleaning etc.). Families are often the first people to teach children their norms, values and beliefs. Parents do this through both verbal and non verbal communication. Families help develop levels of trust, independence, initative (for example through demonstrating how to handle social situations), a sense of competence and ambition (such as through pushing their child in sport or academia) and also help them make decisions about who one is. Functionalist sociologists believe that the family is a particularly important institution of socialisatin as it is the family which performs the crucical functions of socialising the young and meets the emotional needs oof its members. According to functionalist sociologistss, stable families underpin social order and economic stability.
EZEMA CHIAMAKA DIANA 16208529 ENG/SOS SOS 222 CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION QUESTION: WHICH PART OF THE AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN SOCIETY 2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
Family is a fundamental social institution in society, the family, is considered the primary and most important agent of socialization. Family typically consists of a man and woman and their children or two or more people who usually reside in the same home and share same goals and values. Traditionally, in all societies, the family has always been seen as a social institution; that has the biggest impact on society. Everyone is born into some form of family, with the family taking the responsibility of nurturing, teaching the norms or accepted behaviors within the family structure and within society. There are many types of families, which can be described as a set of relationships including parents and children and can include anyone related by blood or adoption. Family is the most important, “for it is within the family that the child is first socialized to serve the needs of the society and not only its own needs” (Goode, 1982). To thoroughly elaborate on the institution of family we most look at the family as it was before and how much it has changed over time. Throughout the years we are recognizing that the family is slowly being replaced by other agents of socialization. Families in the past consisted of a mother and a father and most times children. We are, as many societies a patriarchal society; men are usually the head of the households. This has always been considered the norm. Then there was the woman’s movement and women felt they deserved equal rights and should be considered man’s equal and not inferior. The man going out to work, and the wife staying home to care for the home and the children would soon become less the norm. This movement would go on to shape the changes within the nuclear family. Women deci...
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...of the family in socialization is vastly becoming obsolete. There is still the need for the family unit, more importantly in the early development stages. But thereafter; many issues that face most families today and the vast number of other agents available to persons to learn the social norms of society, such mass media, is slowly replacing the need for the family to teach these social norms.
Families are considered to be the most important agents of primary socialisation. Chiildren are most often heavily ependent on their families to carry out their basic needs (feeding, cleaning etc.). Families are often the first people to teach children their norms, values and beliefs. Parents do this through both verbal and non verbal communication. Families help develop levels of trust, independence, initative (for example through demonstrating how to handle social situations), a sense of competence and ambition (such as through pushing their child in sport or academia) and also help them make decisions about who one is. Functionalist sociologists believe that the family is a particularly important institution of socialisatin as it is the family which performs the crucical functions of socialising the young and meets the emotional needs oof its members. According to functionalist sociologistss, stable families underpin social order and economic stability. In my humble opinion, the family. And we see this in how society has begun to break down horribly as we've allowed the family unit to deteriorate and disappear. A family starts the socialization of children and even the adjustment of adults by living together day in and day out and providing feedback to each member, good or bad, based on their intimate actions. No other entity does so much on a regular basis.
References Goode, W. J. (1964) The Family (2nd ed.) New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc. Macionis, J. J., & Plummer, K. (2005) Sociology: A Global Introduction (3rd ed.)
ODO GINIKA .A. CRS/SOS 16108234 SOS 222 200 LEVEL Socialization is a lifelong process during which we learn about social expectations and how to interact with other people. Nearly all of the behavior that we consider to be 'human nature' is actually learned through socialization. And, it is during socialization that we learn how to walk, talk, and feed ourselves, about behavioral norms that help us fit in to our society, and so much more. Socialization occurs throughout our life, but some of the most important socialization occurs in childhood. So, let's talk about the most influential agents of socialization. These are the people or groups responsible for our socialization during childhood - including family, school, peers, and mass media. Reasons why family are been consider as most necessary in our society Family is usually considered to be the most important agent of socialization. As infants, we are completely dependent on others to survive. Our parents, or those who play the parent role, are responsible for teaching us to function and care for ourselves. They, along with the rest of our family, also teach us about close relationships, group life, and how to share resources. Additionally, they provide us with our first system of values, norms, and beliefs - a system that is usually a reflection of their own social status, religion, ethnic group, and more. Families are considered to be the most important agents of primary socialization. Children are most often heavily dependent on their families to carry out their basic needs (feeding, cleaning etc.). Families are often the first people to teach children their norms, values and beliefs. Parents do this through both verbal and non verbal communication. Families help develop levels of trust, independence, initiative (for example through demonstrating how to handle social situations), a sense of competence and ambition (such as through pushing their child in sport or academia) and also help them make decisions about who one is. Functionalist sociologists believe that the family is a particularly important institution of social sating as it is the family which performs the crucial functions of socializing the young and meets the emotional needs of its members. According to functionalist sociologists, stable families underpin social order and economic stability.
ODO IFEOMA JACINTA SOS/IGBO 16108361 SOS 222 CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION
Socialization is an important process through which individuals are able to interact within the society and they inherit their languages, values, norms, traditions, and customs in order for his/her peers to socially accept them. Agents of socialization in short are the people, groups, and social institutions, as well as the interactions within these groups that influence a person’s social and self-development. Agents of socialization are believed to provide the critical information needed for children to function successfully as a member of society. Some examples of such agents are family, neighborhood, schools, peers, religion, sports, the workplace, and especially the mass media. The process of socialization is better understood when examining how heredity and environment function alone. Socialization begins in the womb and ends in the grave. Individuals learn attitudes, values, and behaviors appropriate for a particular culture through human interaction. We learn from those people who matter most in our lives—family members, friends, and teachers. Family is most important agents of socialization but they are not the only source of socialization when it comes to kids. In this paper is discussing the most important factors of socialization in our society and what we perceive to be a turning point in our children lives. Believe it or not but parents, family, educational institutions, and media are socializing agents who carry out the process of socialization. The reasons why family is necessary for our society are: It is the process by which older members of a society teach their way of life to the young. It is also the way we develop our own special personality, and this learning continues over the entire life course from infancy to old age. Every social experience we have affects us in at least a small way, parental influences play a key role on how we grow up and view the world. It is the family job to teach children skills, religious beliefs, and their cultural values. Nothing is more possible to produce a happy child than a family that loves and supports them. In addition, children also get their social identity from their family. The family assumes the chief responsibility of developing a child, and has a substantial guise in the integration with society. The family is the primary support system for a child, especially during the first phase of their lives when they are physically and, in most cases, emotionally closest to a child. During this time, they will provide the greatest support and influence. This will extend over factors such as values, beliefs, political aspects, religious appetites, and the child's overall outlook on society in its entirety. Children's minds are like sponges that absorb teachings; they will mimic, appreciate, worship, and accept views, behaviors, and even possessions of their parents. It is evident that the social development in a child is heavily manipulated by the family. Furthermore, the family unit has the ability to effect change to the next generation. Parents inculcate their beliefs and values to their children from a young age, and that value system can be perpetuated from one generation to the next.
ASOGWA FAITH CHINAGOLUM 16108360 SOS/IGBO SOS 222 CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION 1. WHICH PART OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY Socialization is a process by which culture is transmitted to the younger generation and men learn the rules and practices of social groups to which they belong. The term socialization refers to the process of interaction through which the growing individual learns the habits, attitudes, values, and beliefs of the social group into which he has been born. Every society builds an institutional framework within which socialization of the child takes place. Culture is transmitted through the communication they have with one another and communication thus comes to be the essence of the process of cultural transmission 2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY • Family As the primary agent of socialization and the first “educator”, the family, plays an essential role in the transmission of the fundamental values that encourage and nurture learning in a young child. Studies have demonstrated that children from homes in which both parents have college educations have a much higher probability of academic success as well as personal and professional success. The opposite is also true. Children from homes in which parents do not possess a college education will have a more difficult time achieving academic success. The disparity inherent in this environment demonstrates the importance of the family and its role as the transmitter of values. The institution of the family in America is the primary purveyor of education as a core value regardless of educational background. For some, it comes by way of birth and privilege. For others, it comes by way of perseverance, hard work, and persistence in the face of adverse economic factors. Regardless, the likelihood of academic success is minimal without the family as a guiding force. • The family is rightly called the cradle of social virtues. Family being a mini-society act as a transmission belt between the individual and society. There is no better way to start than to talk about the role of the family in our social development, as a family is usually considered to be the most important agent of socialization. The family plays an outstanding role in the socialization process. The family is the most important agent of socialization because it is the center of the child’s life, as infants are totally dependent on others. Not all socialization is intentional, it depends on the surrounding. Our parents, or those who play the parent role, are responsible for teaching us to function and care for ourselves. They, along with the rest of our family, also teach us about close relationships, group life, and how to share resources. • Family plays the most important role in the formation of personality. Additionally, they provide us with our first system of values, norms, and beliefs – a system that is usually a reflection of their own social status, religion, ethnic group, and more. The family has informal control over its members. It trains the younger generation in such a way that it can take the adult roles in a proper manner. As a family is a primary and intimate group, it uses informal methods of social control to check the undesirable behavior on the part of its members. The parents use both reward and punishment to imbibe what is socially required from a child. • According to Robert. K. Merton, “it is the family which is a major transmission belt for the diffusion of cultural standards to the oncoming generation”. The family serves as “the natural and convenient channel of social continuity. The most profound effect is gender socialization; however, the family also shoulders the task of teaching children cultural values and attitudes about themselves and others. Children learn continuously from the environment that adults create. Children also become aware of class at a very early age and assign different values to each class accordingly.
OMEJE LINDA CHIDERA 16208512 ENG/SOS SOS 222 CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION Socialization can be defined as a process through which the culture of a society is transmitted to its new members. 1. Which part of the agent of socialization is very important in the society? THE FAMILY The family is usually considered to be the most important agent of socialization. This is the primary and chief agent of socialization for most people, especially in the first five years of their life. In rural societies, children have most of their early social contact with the family. Today, however, the family’s importance in the child’s life is changing. Although most children growing up today will spend a great deal of time with people other than members of their family. 2. State various reasons why they are necessary in our society i. They help in teaching the children how to respect and obey their elderly ones in the society and those in position. ii. They help in the inculcation of the fundamental human right on the children. iii. The family help in the inculcation of the people’s culture on the children iv. The family help in the teaching of the children about the values beliefs and norms of the people or society. v. Prohibition of socially undesirable habits vi. Teaching of sex roles vii. The family encourage girls to remain virgins until they are married in the society. viii. They encourage children to join age grades in the society.
QUESTIONS 1. WHICH PART OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATIONS VERY IMPORTANCE IN THE SOCIETY What is Socialization Is the process of internalizing the norms and ideologies of society. It is also the means by which social and cultural continuity are attained. AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION 1. The family 2. The school 3. The church 4. The peer group etc These are agents of socialization we have but the most important one to the society is family. 2. STATES VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY The Family: There is no better way to start than to talk about the role of family in our social development. As family is usually considered to be the most important agent of socialization as infants we are completely dependent on others to survive. Our parents, or those who play the parent role are responsible to teaching us functions and the right way to live. The family is the most influential socializing agent. The family as socialization that are often linked interm of their sociological nature and function (starrels, 2000) notwithstanding the recent sociological in developed countries like the united states, the family is the generally seen as the center of the socialization process. It enable people live within their groups and to be effective member of the society into which they are born. The family is also the bedrocks of any society and also the foundation of the society without the family, society can not function. The family is fundamental to socialization process. In accordance with the demands of society this is the reason why family is regarded as the primary agent of socialization.
QUESTIONS 1. WHICH PAIR OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATIONS VERY IMPORTANCE IN THE SOCIETY Socialization can be defined as the transmission or inculcation of the people’s culture from new generation to generation for effective participation in the society where one fines himself. Socialization is a process, that because, it takes place throughout life, stating as soon as an infant leaves the mother’s womb and continues until death AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION Agents of socialization are those means through which an individual develops into a social being and they are divided into two namely: 1. The primary and the secondary agent Primary agent include 1. Family 2. School 3. Church 4. Public opinion 5. Mass media The primary agent include the family which the secondary agent includes, the school, the church peer groups, the mass media and public opinion. But the most important agent of socialization is family, because, the family has the primary responsibly for inculcating shaping of the child’s character and behaviour in accordance with the demand of the society which is fundamental to socialization process. STATES VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY 1. The school is necessary because it socializes children into their cultural approved sex roles in the society. 2. The church also contribute to the spiritual development and moral development which regard to the culture of the people 3. Per groups: They allow children to engage in activities without the direct supervision of the adult.
OZIOKO JENNIFER KELECHI 16208490 ENG/SOS SOS 222 CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION Socialization can be defined as a process through which the culture of a society is transmitted to its new members. It can also be defined as a process by which individuals become members of a society. 1. Which part of agent of socialization is very important in the society? The family Family as the primary agent of socialization and the first “educator” the family, plays an essential role in the transmission of the fundamental values that encourage and nurture learning in a young child. Studies have demonstrated that children from homes in which both parents have college educations have a much higher probability of academic success as well as personal and professional success. 2. State various a reasons why they are necessary in our society. i. The family encourage children to learn their parents trades and crafts ii. They help in the initiation of their children into certain traditional rites iii. They help in teaching their children to have respect for elders and those in positions of authority. iv. Prohibition of socially undesirable habits in the society v. They encourage their children to join age grades and doing so affords them the opportunity to interact with the peers. vi. The family help in teaching the children the people’s culture and language
ARUMA OGECHI CYNTHIA 16208510 ENG/SOS SOS 222 CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION Socialization is broadly defined as “a process in which an individual acquires the attitudes, behaviors and knowledge needed to successfully participate as an organizational member.”2 Socialization is an ongoing process that sometimes lasts for a year. It represents a sense-making process that helps new hires adapt, form work relationships and find their place in the organization. 1. Which part of agent of socialization is very important in the society? THE FAMILY Family is a fundamental social institution in society, the family, is considered the primary and most important agent of socialization. Family typically consists of a man and woman and their children or two or more people who usually reside in the same home and share same goals and values. Traditionally, in all societies, the family has always been seen as a social institution; that has the biggest impact on society. Everyone is born into some form of family, with the family taking the responsibility of nurturing, teaching the norms or accepted behaviors within the family structure and within society. Ther e are many types of families, which can be described as a set of relationships including parents and children and can include anyone related by blood or adoption. Family is the most important, “for it is within the family that the child is first socialized to serve the needs of the society and not only its own needs” (Goode, 1982). To thoroughly elaborate on the institution of family we most look at the family as it was before and how much it has changed over time. Throughout the years we are recognizing that the family is slowly being replaced by other agents of socialization. Families in the past consisted of a mother and a father and most times children. We are, as many societies a patriarchal society; men are usually the head of the households. This has always been considered the norm
2. State various a reasons why they are necessary in our society. i)It is the foundation of all acceptable/ appropriate behaviour. It is the first major agent of socialization that teachers moral values/ body control/ emotional control/ language.
ii) It helps adolescents to internalize culture it helps develop social identity/ self esteem/ emotional health of the adolescents.
iii) It is the origin of gender role socialization it helps the adolescents acquire early sex roles/ masculine/ feminine behaviour/ roles.
iv) Provides an ascribed social status to its young members it educates the adolescent/ ensures good health through proper feeding/ hygiene/ immunization.
v) Gives access to emotional bond/ attachment between parents and adolescents. It is important to determine choice of peers/ friends.
EGWUETE CHINELO SABINA 16208489 ENG/SOS SOS 222 CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION
Every society is faced with the necessity of making a responsible member out of each child born into it. The child must learn the expectations of the society so that his behaviour can be relied upon. He must acquire the group norms. The society must socialise each member so that his behaviour will be meaningful in terms of the group norms. In the process of socialisation the individual learns the reciprocal responses of the society. Socialisation stands for the development of the human brain, body, attitude, behaviour and so forth. Socialisation is known as the process of inducting the individual into the social world. The term socialisation refers to the process of interaction through which the growing individual learns the habits, attitudes, values and beliefs of the social group into which he has been born. 1. THE FAMILY 1. Family: The family plays an outstanding role in the socialisation process. In all societies other agencies besides the family contribute to socialisation such as educational institutions, the peer group etc. But family plays the most important role in the formation of personality. By the time other agencies contribute to this process family has already left an imprint on the personality of the child. The parents use both reward and punishment to imbibe what is socially required from a child.
The family has informal control over its members. Family being a mini society acts as a transmission belt between the individual and society. It trains the younger generation in such a way that it can take the adult roles in proper manner. As family is primary and intimate group, it uses informal methods of social control to check the undesirable behaviour on the part of its members. The process of socialisation remains a process because of the interplay between individual life cycle and family life cycle. REASONS • Family is the centre of all religious activities. All the family members offer their prayers together and observe different religious rites, rituals and practices jointly. • iv) Provides an ascribed social status to its young members it educates the adolescent/ ensures good health through proper feeding/ hygiene/ immunization.
v) Gives access to emotional bond/ attachment between parents and adolescents. It is important to determine choice of peers/ friends. • Family performs a number of social functions. It teaches about social customs, mores, traditions, norms, etiquette to the coming generations. • Since ancient times family has been performing several economic functions. It is an important economic unit.
NWEKWURU CHISOM JULIETH 16108232 CRS/SOS SOS 222 CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION QUESTION: WHICH PART OF THE AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY? STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY Socialization can be define as the process through which we learn to understand, assimilate and reproduce the rules, values and meanings shared by members of our society and which are constantly enacted and negotiated in everyday life. Socialization starts from conception [that is once a woman conceive the behavior or mood of the mother determines the nature of the child or how the child would behave when he/she is being born]. If I should say, the family is the agent of socialization that is very important in the society. THE REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN THE SOCIET Firstly, the reason why family are necessary in the society is that the family marks the beginning of every society, for instance, a child start learning the values and norms of his family as well as the society, immediately he or she is born. Secondly, the family is necessary in the society in the sense that they help in shaping the child’s behavior and character in accordance with the demands of the society. Furthermore, socialization starts immediately from conception, thereby enabling grow and learn to adapt to their environment, because without family, there will be nothing like society. In addition, family is very necessary in the society because each member of a society belongs to a particular family or the other and each family has a role to play in the life of each member of their family as far as the society is concern. Finally, family plays an important role in the socialization of a child.
JONATHAN SALOME CHINENYE 16108230 CRS/SOS SOS 222 CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION QUESTION: WHICH PART OF THE AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY? STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY Socialization is defined in broad terms according to Otite and Oginonwo[1979] as the process by which beings who are biologically humans become socially humans. It is the process by which man acquires his social behavior patterns. In my opinion, the agent of socialization which is very important in the society is the family, which is the primary agent of socialization. The bedrock of every society. The reasons why they are necessary in our society are: To start with, the family is the bedrock or the foundation of every society. Without the family, there is no society. Because families made up the society. Secondly, the family is the first agent of socialization the child has contact with right from conception, birth and through infancy. Without the family there is no socialization because, socialization starts from conception that is; after the institution of a family. Thirdly, the family is fundamental to socialization process. The family has the primary responsibility for initial shaping of the child’s character and behavior in accordance with the demands of the society. Furthermore, the family is very necessary in the society because, each member of a society belongs to or is from one family or the other, and each family has a role to play in the life of each member of their family as far as the society is concern. That is why when someone committed an offence or crime, or does something good, the first thing people will ask is whose child is he? Or from which family is he?. Finally, family is very necessary and important in the society because, family is very essential to the society and everything the society wants to do, even in the secondary agents of socialization, needs the consent and support of the family.
NAME: NNADI PRECIOUS NNENNA REG NO: 16208482 DEPT: ENG/SOS LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION QUESTION 1. WHICH PART OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATIONS VERY IMPORTANCE IN THE SOCIETY 2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHILE THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
ANSWER The part of agencies of socialization that is very 1. The family 2. The peer group 3. The school 4. The church Reasons while they are necessary includes the following: - Direct teaching of indoctrination of values which in turn effect religious orientation. The family teaching about loyalty and obedience which has effect on the orientation of the children. - Transmission of attitudes and values that will help in bringing up the children moral A peer group: Is a group which composed of members sharing relatively equal status and bound by intimate ties. Examples of peer group. - Children playing group, friendship clicks and age-grades etc peer group socializes it’s members though discussion and communication. The school Socializes it’s members through the following ways the classroom ritual life. The teacher The non classroom life. The classroom ritual life involves things like saluting the flags obedience to authority honouring past heroes. The teacher: The teacher represent an authoritative spokesman of the society. The teacher also teaches morality to the children. The non classroom life: This refers to the social composition of the school and extra curriculum activities, the students government will teach you the norms and valves of how to govern. The clubs will teach you how to organize. The Church: The church is the assembly of believers in Christ the church teaches the child morals through the use of Christian books and materials and organization of seminars workshops and conferences for the youth.
NAME: ITODO CHIDERA CYNTHIA DEPARTMENT: ENGISH LANGUAGE/ SOCIAL STUDIES REG NUMBER: 16208468 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION COURSE CODE: 222 1. WHAT PART OF AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY FIRST OF ALL WHAT IS SOCIALIZATION? SOCIALIZATION is the act of adapting behavior to the norms of a culture or society,it is the process of making social. According to oxford dictionary socialization was defined as the process of becoming socialized. It is also the process through which a persin , form birth through death ,is taught the norms ,customs ,values and roles of the society in which they live. This process serves to incoperate new member into a society so that they and it can function smoothly , it is guided by family , teachers , coaches , religious leaders , peers , community and media among others. Socialization is the process of learning one’s culture and how to live within it , it is also the act of interacting with others of being social. FORMS OF SOCIALIZATION Sociologists recognized two key form or stages of socialization , primary and secondary socialization. Primary socialization occurs when a child learns the attitudes , values and actions appropriate to individuals as members of a particular culture . it is mainly influenced by the immediate family and friends .for example ,if a child sees his or her mother expressing a discriminatory opinion about a minority group, then that child may think this behavior is acceptable and could continue to have thus opinion minority group. Secondary Socialization refers to the process of learning what is the appropriate behavior as a member of a smaller group within the larger society , it takes place outside the home. It is where children and adults learn how to act in a way that is appropriate for the situations they are. THE AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY The agents of socialization that is very important in the society. Is family because first thing anyone is expressed is his or her family . family is a group of people who come together and are related by blood , marriage , and adoption. It happens in several ways , direct or acting teaching , indirect teaching , observing behavior and attitudes , even the games and bedtime stories have an effect. In the first few years of a child’s life , the child is very impressionable and at the same time looks up to his family especially his parents , what he learns in these years get imprinted in his subconscious and becomes very hard to remove. The process of socialization begins for everyone of us in the family .Here, the parental and particularly the maternal influence (mother) on the child is very great the parents are the first persons to introduce to the child the culture of his group. 2 STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY Disciplines :it is an act of law, one use to discipline a child on how to know the done and does of the societies. It helps socialization comfortly right way or aspected norm or behavior to the existing norms , possible and therefore makes social stability and predictability of behavior. The method of science are also inculcated through socialization. It helps rudimentary eating, means teaching your child how to eat called eating habit and sleeping habit. It helps central body of knowledge skills and habit is what a child require to be intergrated into a society.
NAME: OZODURU NGOZI DEPARTMENT: ENGISH LANGUAGE/ SOCIAL STUDIES REG NUMBER: 16208435 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION COURSE CODE: 222 1. WHAT PART OF AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY FIRST OF ALL WHAT IS SOCIALIZATION? SOCIALIZATION is the process of learning to behave in a way that is acceptable to the society and is also internalizing the norms and ideology o society. It is encompassed both learning and teaching and thus, is the process of learning a particular cultures norms and values, Agents of socialization assist in the development processes by influencing the individuals THE AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY FAMILY PEERS SCHOOLS MASS MEDIA The most important in our society is our family What is family? It’s a unit of two or more people related by blood , marriage , or adoption and having shared commitments to mutual relationship and also family is the bedrock foundation of every society. PEER GROUPS is an agent of socialization where one socializes with his or her mate or influence in a given society. MASS MEDIA it is an agent of socialization used to communicate or get information whether good or bad. SCHOOL it is an agent of socialization where one is inculcated on how to read and write and also become a patriotic person in the society. CHURCH is an agent of socialization where one is impacted with good knowledge and on how to respect his or her elderly ones.
2 STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY It is by acquiring needed skills and habits that individuals can fit into the society eg, respect , dressing code , love , etc. It helps in traditional practice handed down from generation to generation and are learned by institution through socialization eg way of greeting, children learning their father’s craft like local medication .inheritance It helps basic discipline. Ranging from rudimentary ,eating , toileting , and sleeping habit. It helps to inculcate discipline and control It teaches how to control their temperament and self esteem.
QUESTIONS 1. WHICH PAIR OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATIONS IS VERY IMPORTANCE IN THE SOCIETY Firstly, socialization is the process of internalizing the norms and ideologies of the society or the process of learning to behave in a way that is acceptable to society and organization of an industry according to the principles of socialism. The important pair of agent of socialization in the society are four because they occurs in childhood. They are 1. Family 2. School 3. Peer group 4. Mass media And among them family is usually considered to be the most important agent of socialization. 2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY I choose family among the agent of socialization with the following reasons. Firstly, family can be defined as a single most important influence in a child’s life from their first moments of life, children depend on parents and family to protect them and provide for their needs. Parents and family form a child’s first relationship. REASONS I CHOOSE FAMILY 1. Family is your Support System: It your family that stands by you through thick and thin in hard time and follow your situation no matter now difficult it is to the end and makes sure that your troubles are over. 2. Family Loves in a way no one can: Even when you stay in a different city and far away from your family, you know they will receive your phone call in the middle of the night. Family stick up for you when you are let down by your best friends. 3. Family protects and comforts you: Family rightful shields their children from unhealthy influences. They protect you no matter how cost, starting from child to adult. They give you the most comforts no one can give you not even your friends can 4. Family Lets you Grow and Learn: Family inculcates those value in you which are to stay with you till the end of your life. They are the first person that lecture you from birth, shows you the positive and the negative part of the world. They fight for your development and upgrade. 5. Family Provides: Family is reliable and dependable they provides your needs including the time you spent in your mother’s womb family takes care of your financial problem until you started earning money yourself and become economically self sufficient, they provides food, shelter and cloth the time you are still small without family provides I wonder how the life of the society would have turn to.
NAME :ODOH GIFT ONYINYECHI COURSE CODE : SOS 222 COURSE TITLE : CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION DEPARTMENT : SOS /IGBO LEVEL : 16108352 DATE : 5TH MAY 2018
QUESTION WHAT PART OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN NIGERIA . STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY. ANSWER The part and agent of socialization that is very important in our society is the family The family is a dwelling place used as a permanent or semi permanent residence for an individual to make his first contact in Nigeria , the family which is the first primary agent of socialization it is made up father, mother , children and other members of the extended family .here the children can learn mainly through observation of their parents . it is the family that educates the individuals informally through the indirect teaching and indoctivination of their values and norms .it is the most agent of socialization because parental influence play a key role on how the children grow up and view the world .more over , it is the family job to teach children skills, religious beliefs and their cultural values ,and nothing more is possible to produce a happy child than giving supports to them . in addition children also get social identity from their family how to associate with elderly ones in the society , the certain norms and values are been taught to the children in the home such as honesty , punctuality , good social relationship between parents and other members of the community. This is my reasons why socialization is necessary in our society and they are as follow, 1 It helps the child to learn the values ,norms and belief of the family. 2 Through socialization children learn the culture language and how to respect the elders in the societies or the family. 3 Why socialization is also necessary in the home is that it helps the child to develop the ablity to have relationship and start to develop his or her personality whenever he or she is out from home
NAME: OMEH LOVINA UKAMAKA. DEPARTMENT: ENG/ SOS. REG. NO: 16208483. COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION. COURSE CODE: SOS222. LEVEL: 200 QUESTIONS (1)WHICH PART OF THE AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN SOCIETY. First of all we need to know what socialization is all about. Socialization is the process by which a child learns how to do things like other human beings in the society. Socialization is the process by which an individual acquires new behaviour through social interactions and direct learning from other human. It is also the process by which a new member goes through understanding the needs, practices and patterns of behaviour of his people or community and subsequently adapts to them. Socialization is a life long process. It starts early in life (from birth) and continues throughout our lifetime. The agents of socialization are the individual or persons that socialize the individual. There are many agents of socialization and there are the means or institutions through which an individual is being refined morally and religiously towards becoming a good citizen. And they include the family, school, peer group, religious institutions, mass media e.t.c. The part of the agents of socialization that is very important in the society and the society can not function well without it is the family. The family as an agent of socialization: The family is considered as the most important agent of socialization because we learns the dos and don't and culture of the society through socialization. The family is the first agents of of primary socialization, as the principal socializing agency of the child, family is the closest set of people to an individual, they are the ones that have the greatest impact on the socialization process of the child in the society. Many people from birth to early adulthood rely heavily on their family for support, basic necessities such as shelter and food, nurturing and guidance. Due to this, many of the influence from the family become a part of the growing individual. The family imposes on the child their language, culture, race, religion and class and as a result of all these concepts contribute to the child's self. Failure of the family to be continuously present as a strong influence can lead to deviant behaviours later on in life. various theories of primary socialization states that the degree of bonding during this process and the norms acquired during childhood may lead to deviant behaviours and even drug abuse as an adult. The child is taught the first things he or she needs to know, things like morals, good attitude, accepted behaviours, values and norms e.t.c. and as well as how to interact with other members of the society are learnt by children from the family. The socializing agents in the family are: mother - the first agent of socialization of the child. Father, siblings and other relatives or relations. Family is the foundation of every society.
NAME: EZEJA JENNIFER EBERE REG NO: 16208492 DEPT: ENG/SOS LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION
QUESTIONS 1. WHICH PAIR OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATIONS IS VERY IMPORTANCE IN THE SOCIETY Firstly Socialization can be defined as a process through which the culture of a society is transmitted to its new members. In other words, socialization involves a lot of interaction that are usually structured and streamlined among members of a given society such that each knows the role she is expected to play. Finally socialization is a life-long process. If begins from birth and continues as long as the individual remains alive. So it is process that is carried out all through life till death occurs. There are many agents of socialization They are The family The school The church The market The peer group and so on But according to my definition on socialization I prefer that family is the most important agents of socialization. STATES VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY Family which can be defined as a total number of people that related by blood or is the agent of socialization which comprises father, mother and their children with close contact to themselves. In family set-up, the man who is the head of the family is expected to understand his role as a husband to his wife and a father to his children and should behave accordingly. The same is applicable to the mother and the children belonging to this nulear family. They are expected to understand their roles and carry them out. So family is the most important agent of socialization because it is the bed rock of every society and also the foundation of the society in which the communit and individual cannot foundation without. So the progress and life of individual relies in the family. Family is also a part of primary group member in which they have face-to-face contact among themselves and regard themselves as ends in the melees. Family is also the bedrock of the society where by its member learn more about the life experience that link with how to respect their elder, their way of life, belief, norm etc. In my conclusion family is one of the agent of socialization that brings improvement and progress in society, community as will as in the country.
SUMMARY OF ASSIGNMENT ON SOS 222 NAME: EZEMA IFEBUCHE EMMANUELLA DEPT: ENG/SOS REG.NO:16208421 LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION INTRODUCTION Socialization is a continuous and life long process till to the end of life. An individual learns language, culture, values, norms, attitudes and behaviors which molds his/her personality and becomes a social-being. This is the only process which a person develops his/her personality and self when an individual interacts with other members of his/her family and community or groups. The most important agents of socialization in the society Socialization occurs throughout our life, but some of the most important socialization occurs in childhood. So, let's talk about the most influential agents of socialization. These are the people or groups responsible for our socialization during childhood - including family, school, peers, and mass media. There is no better way to start than to talk about the role of family in our social development, as family is usually considered to be the most important agent of socialization. As infants, we are completely dependent on others to survive. Our parents, or those who play the parent role, are responsible for teaching us to function and care for ourselves. They, along with the rest of our family, also teach us about close relationships, group life, and how to share resources. Additionally, they provide us with our first system of values, norms, and beliefs - a system that is usually a reflection of their own social status, religion, ethnic group, and more. The family provides a strong backbone and a reliable foundation; it is considered the most important agent of socialization. The family assumes the chief responsibility of developing a child, and has a substantial guise in the integration with society. The family is the primary support system for a child, especially during the first phase of their lives when they are physically and, in most cases, emotionally closest to a child. During this time, they will provide the greatest support and influence. This will extend over factors such as values, beliefs, political aspects, religious appetites, and the child's overall outlook on society in its entirety. Reasons why socialization is important in the society A very important part of socialization is role taking. The first step in role taking is the preparatory stage. The Preparatory stage is also known as the imitation stage. Another part of the process of socialization is cognitive development. Cognitive development refers to the development of thinking, knowing, perceiving, judging, and reasoning. There are three major Sources of Socialization that affect Children; family, school, mass media. The Family is one of the most important parts of socialization for children, because, their first contact is with family, and for the first few years of life children interact mostly with family. 1. Without socialization children will not develop skills necessary for living. They are not able to learn to talk, walk, eat, use the bathroom, read, write, and many other things. There are some documented observations of children who have been socially isolated. Socialization among children is very important. Children must learn to walk, talk, eat, and lots of other life skills. Without socialization individuals can not develop intelligence, and never learn how to perform basic daily functions.
NAME: IKE LILIAN NNENNA REG NO: 16208465 DEPT: ENG/SOS LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION
QUESTIONS 1. WHICH PAIR OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATIONS IS VERY IMPORTANCE IN THE SOCIETY 2. STATE VARIOUS REASON WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY Firstly, according to green “socialization is the process by which the child acquires a cultural content, along with selfhood and personality. Socialization occurs through out our life but some of the most important socialization occurs in childhood. It four of the most influential agents of socialization during that phase of lives are the family, school, peers and mass media. Family is usually considered to be the most important agent of socialization because the parents or family are the first to socialization the child. They are not only closely related to the child but physically also they are nearer to him. Than others from the parents he learns his speech and languages. He learns respect for persons in authority. In the family he learns a number of civil virtues. The child gets his first lessons in cooperation, tolerance, self sacrifice, love and affection in the family. The environment if a family influences the growth of a child. In the case, the child does not follow the rules, he may be coerced. Of the parents if is the mother who first begin the process of socialization.
NAME:ONAH CHRISTIAN TOOCHUKWU DEPT:ENG/SOS REG NO:16208519
This is the summary of the assignment on SOS 222,Citizenship Education.
Socialization could also be defined as the process of interaction that exists among individuals of a given society to shape their behaviour in line with the ethics of such society. To make socialization possible,there are agents that see to it and those agents are known as the agents of socialization.These agents include family unit,the school,the church/mosque,the market,the Peer group,mass media,political parties,musical groups and occupational groups etc(Enem,2007:84).Among these agents of socialization,I personally fancy the family unit.
family is the foundation of the socialization of the child and to me,it is the most important agent of socialization because it lays the foundation upon which other agents build
Below are various ways the family as an agent of socialization is important in socializing the child. 1.Educating the child on social environment. 2.Development of initiatives and independence. 3.Religious beliefs and acceptance. 4.Sex and leadership roles in the society. 5.Patriotism,creation of awareness and participation.
NAME: EKE STEPHEN NNABUIKE REG NO: 16208526 DEPT: ENG/SOS LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION
QUESTIONS 1. WHICH PAIR OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATIONS VERY IMPORTANCE IN THE SOCIETY Socialization is the formal process by which somebody, especially a child, learns to behave in a wa that is acceptable in their society. It is the process of learning one’s culture and how to live within it. socialization the act of interacting with others, of being social. There are many agents of socialization They are The family The school The church The market The peer group and soon But according to my definition on socialization I prefer that family is the most important agents of socialization. STATES VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY Family which can be defined as a total number of people that related by blood or is the agent of socialization which comprises father, mother and their children with close contact to themselves. In family set-up, the man who is the head of the family is expected to understand his role as a husband to his wife and a father to his children and should behave accordingly. The same is applicable to the mother and the children belonging to this nulear family. They are expected to understand their roles and carry them out. So family is the most important agent of socialization because it is the bed rock of every society and also the function of the society in which the community and individual cannot foundation without. So the progress and life of individual relies in the family. Family is also a part of primary group member in which they have face-to-face contact among themselves and regard themselves as ends in the melees. Family is also the bedrock of the society where by its member learn more about the life experience that link with how to respect their elder, their way of life, belief, norm etc. In my conclusion family is one of the agent of socialization that brings improvement and progress in society, community as will as in the country.
NAME: EZE JOY UGOCHUKWU REG NO: 16208493 DEPT: ENG/SOS LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION
QUESTIONS 1. WHICH PAIR OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATIONS IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY Socialization can be define as the process through which a person, from birth through death; is taught the norms, customs, values and roles of the society in which they live. Agent of socialization are as followed: 1. Family 2. Church 3. School 4. Peer group etc. Among the agent of socialization, family is the most important agent of socialization because family is a group consisting of two parents and their children living together as a unit. Family teach us about close relationships, group life, and how to share resources. Additionally, they provides us with our first system of values norms and beliefs. 2. STATE VARIOUS REASON WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY 1. Family gives one a sense of belonging: The family members such as mother, father siblings and your grandparent, these are the ones who defines the kind of a person you are because they have seen you at your best and they have sure seen you at your worst and even give you the mind to belong to any groups. 2. Family helps you take decisions that are crucial can help make man lives, but with your family right beside you, you just know what you ought to do. Instead of judging you, they will be sincere and straight forward with you they will let you know how you can empower your flaws and your short comings to get farther in life. 3. Family lets one grow and learn: It is the family who inculcates those values in you which are to stay with you till the end of your life. As a family, you learn from each others mistakes which irretrievably aids you in growing as well as mating as an individual, 4. Family is reliable and dependable: It is the family who provides for ones needs, take care of all your financial where about until you start learning money yourself and become economically self sufficient. Family provide those material wants which we simply can’t do without them, not talking only about the basic needs of hum life, a part from your shelter, cloths end food.
NAME: AKAREKWE JULIET NNENNA DEPT: ECONS/SOS REG NO: 16108272 LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITTLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION DATE: 6TH MAY 2018 LECTURER: MRS.M.N OGENYI ASSIGNMENT 1. Which part of agent of socialization is very important in the society? 2. State various reasons why they are necessary in our society? Parent or the family are the most influential and important agent of socialization. Socialization as the name implies is the process by which individuals acquire the knowledge, language, social skills, and value to conform to the norms and roles required for integration into a group or community. with this the family has the chief responsibility of developing a child and has a substantial guise in the integration with the society. The family is the primary support system for the child, especially during the first face of life when they are physically in most cases emotionally closes to the child, they teach the child how to stand, craw, and how to walk. The family or the home is the first place the child finds him or herself, before any other place. REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY. 1. The family teaches the child the norms and values of the country and society, so as to be a good citizen of the country and to know what to and what not to do, to respect all rules that are to be respected. 2. The family teaches the child their languages they use in communicating before the child can go to school to learn the lingua franca{English language}. 3. The family especially the mother educates the child on sexual matters by letting the child know that when she has sex with a man fortunately it becomes an unwanted pregnant or will be infected with diseases. 4. The family teaches the child how to cook and how to manage a home with her husband and children. They teach the child how to respect their elders and those in position. So that they can gain the blessings and words of our elders, because it is said that the words of our elders are the words of wisdom. 5. The family encourage their children to eat in the same dish, it is the tradition in most traditional homes for all the members of the family to eat from the same dish. With this parent carefully watch and teach their children how best to eat, without rushing the food. 6. The family encourage their children to join their age grade in whatever good things they are doing especially in the eastern and western state, with this, the children learn and become more comfortable with there friends and parent help in faster socialization of the child. Children minds are like sponges that absorbs teachings; they will mimic, appreciate, worship, and accept views , behaviors and even possessions of their parents. It is evident that the social development in a child is heavily manipulated by the family. Furthermore, the family unit has the ability to affect change to the next generation, parent inculcates their beliefs and values to their children from a young age and that value system can be perpetuated from one generation to the next. So with these my following reasons, parent or the family are the most influential and important agent of socialization.
QUESTIONS 1. WHICH PAIR OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATIONS IS VERY IMPORTANCE IN THE SOCIETY Firstly, socialization is the process of internalizing the norms and ideologies of the society or the process of learning to behave in a way that is acceptable to society and organization of an industry according to the principles of socialism. The important pair of agent of socialization in the society are four because they occurs in childhood. They are 1. Family 2. School 3. Peer group 4. Mass media And among them family is usually considered to be the most important agent of socialization.
2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY I choose family among the agent of socialization with the following reasons. Firstly, family can be defined as a single most important influence in a child’s life from their first moments of life, children depend on parents and family to protect them and provide for their needs. Parents and family form a child’s first relationship. REASONS I CHOOSE FAMILY 1. Family is your Support System: It your family that stands by you through thick and thin in hard time and follow your situation no matter now difficult it is to the end and makes sure that your troubles are over. 2. Family Loves in a way no one can: Even when you stay in a different city and far away from your family, you know they will receive your phone call in the middle of the night. Family stick up for you when you are let down by your best friends. 3. Family protects and comforts you: Family rightful shields their children from unhealthy influences. They protect you no matter how cost, starting from child to adult. They give you the most comforts no one can give you not even your friends can 4. Family Lets you Grow and Learn: Family inculcates those value in you which are to stay with you till the end of your life. They are the first person that lecture you from birth, shows you the positive and the negative part of the world. They fight for your development and upgrade. 5. Family Provides: Family is reliable and dependable they provides your needs including the time you spent in your mother’s womb family takes care of your financial problem until you started earning money yourself and become economically self sufficient, they provides food, shelter and cloth the time you are still small without family provides I wonder how the life of the society would have turn to.
SUMMARY OF ASSIGNMENT ON SOS 222 NAME: UGWUOWO CECILIA CHISOM DEPT: ECONS/SOS REG.NO:16108282 LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION THE MOST IMPORTANT AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION IN THE SOCIETY There is no better way to start than to talk about the role of family in our social development, as family is usually considered to be the most important agent of socialization. As infants, we are completely dependent on others to survive. Our parents, or those who play the parent role, are responsible for teaching us to function and care for ourselves. They, along with the rest of our family, also teach us about close relationships, group life, and how to share resources. Additionally, they provide us with our first system of values, norms, and beliefs - a system that is usually a reflection of their own social status, religion, ethnic group, and more. The family is the most important socialization agent, because parental influences play a key role on how we grow up and view the world. Moreover, it is the family job to teach children skills, religious beliefs, and their cultural values. Nothing is more possible to produce a happy child than a family that loves and supports them. In addition, children also get their social identity from their family. Family teaches one the basic lessons in life that you need to survive. For example, hygiene, eating, and behaving in a way that is acceptable in your own family so it does not affect your social development as much as your peers do. Generally speaking, the most important agent of socialization is family; however, your peers have a bigger impact on your social development Agents of socialization The most important agent of socialization that impacts social development is peers Greatest Impact Your peers are the ones who have the biggest impact on your social development because . REASONS WHY SOCIALIZATION IS IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY Everyone is born with defined capacities. Though there may be some limits to what a man can do, this limitation can be overcome and is being overcome by the development of civilization. Man’s capacity to learn may be increased by the development of new techniques of instruction and incentives. At present, no human being learns as much as he could under more favourable circumstances, for his learning capacity is never used to maximum capacity. All societies are guilty of wasting human learning ability. 1. Socialization converts man, the biological being into man, the social being. Man is not born social; He becomes social by virtue of the process of socialization. Various instances like-that of Kaspar Hauser, Anna, the wolf children of India and others have made it very clear that only through constant training the newborn child becomes social in nature. 2. Socialization contributes to the development of personality. Personality is a product of society. In the absence of groups or society, no man can develop a personality of his own. But socialization is a process through which the personality of the new born child is shaped and molded. Through the process, the child learns an approved way of social life. At the same time, it also provides enough scope for the individual to develop his individuality. 3. Helps to became disciplined. Socialization is social .learning. Social learning is essentially the learning of rules of social behavior. It is the values, ideals, aims and objectives of life and the means of attaining them. Socialization disciplines an individual and helps him to live according to the social expectations.
QUESTIONS 1.WHICH PARTS OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY. 2.VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY.
DATE: MAY. 2018
WHICH PART OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY Socialization is a process by which individual acquire the knowledge, Language, social skills and value to conform to the norms and roles require for integration into a group or community. The family is certainly the most important agent of socialization for infants and young children. Parents’ values and behaviour patterns profoundly influence those of their daughters and sons. The family is the most influential socializing agent. Infants are born into certain types of families and grow up with them as children and adults. Various reasons why family is necessary on our Society. 1. Family members teach each other, serve one another and share life’s joys and sorrows. 2. Families provide a setting for personal growth. 3. Family gives sense of belonging. 4. Family protects and comfort. 5. Family is reliable and dependable. 6. Family is the single most important influence on a child’s life. 7. Family helps members on taking decisions. 8. Family help you pull through failures and makes sure that you are never Lonely. 9. Family loves you on a way on one can. 10. Family is important because it provides love, Support and a framework of values to each member of its members.
QUESTIONS 1. WHICH PARTS OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY. 2. VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY.
DATE: MAY. 2018
WHICH PART OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY Socialization is a process which a person develops his/her personality and self when and individual interacts with other members of his/her family and community or groups. It a process which moulds a baby in a social person of society. The family is certainly the most important agent of socialization for infants and young children. Parents’ values and behaviour patterns profoundly influence those of their daughters and sons. The family is the most influential socializing agent. Infants are born into certain types of families and grow up with them as children and adults. Various reasons why family is necessary on our Society. 1. Family is important because it provides love, Support and a framework of values to each member of its members. 2. Family members teach each other, serve one another and share life’s joys and sorrows. 3. Families provide a setting for personal growth. 4. Family is the single most important influence on a child’s life. 5. Family gives sense of belonging 6. Family helps members on taking decisions 7. Family protects and comfort 8. Family help you pull through failures and makes sure that you are never Lonely. 9. Family is reliable and dependable. 10. Family loves you on a way on one can.
QUESTIONS 1. WHICH PARTS OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY. 2. VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY.
DATE: MAY. 2018
1. WHICH PARTS OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY. Socialization as “the process whereby original nature is transformed into human nature and the individual into person.” Every man tries to adjust himself to the condition and environment predominantly determined by the society of which he is a member. If he fails to do so, he becomes a social deviant and is brought back into line by the efforts of the group of which he is a member. This process of adjustment may be termed socialization. It is the opposite of individualization. It is a process of the expansion of the self. It develops in him the community feeling. Socialization may be differentiated from sociality and socialism. Sociality is a quality, socialization is a process. Sociality may mean the capacity to mix with others, to enter into relations with them easily and comfortably. Man is a socialized animal, though he may not possess very much sociality in the common sense of the term. In the process of socialization one comes to acquire the quality of sociality.
2. VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY. The Family: The parents or family are the first to socialize the child. They are not only closely related to the child but physically also they are nearer to him than others. From the parents he learns his speech and languages. He is taught societal morality. He learns respect for persons in authority. In the family he learns a number of civic virtues. The family is rightly called the cradle of social virtues. The child gets his first lessons in cooperation, tolerance, self-sacrifice, love and affection in the family. The environment of a family influences the growth of a child. The psychologists have shown that a person is what he becomes in a family. In a bad family the child learns bad habits whereas in a good family he acquires good habits.
QUESTIONS 1.WHICH PARTS OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY. 2.VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY.
DATE: MAY. 2018
WHICH PARTS OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY Agencies of Socialization: The process of socialization is operative not only in childhood but throughout life. It is a process which begins at birth and continues unceasingly until the death of the individual. It is an incessant process. Formerly, the term Socialization had not been applied to adult learning experiences but had been restricted to children. More recently, however, the concept of socialization has been broadened to include aspects of adult behaviour as well. It is now thought of “as an interactional process whereby a person’s behaviour is modified to conform to expectations held by members of the groups to which he belongs. VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY. Agents of Socialization helps people learn to function successfully in their social worlds. How does the process of socialization occur? How do we learn to use the objects of our society’s material culture? How do we come to adopt the beliefs, values, and norms that represent its nonmaterial culture? This learning takes place through interaction with various agents of socialization, like peer groups and families, plus both formal and informal social institutions. Agency: The Family: The family gets the baby first. Hence the process of socialisation begins in the family. A child is born with some basic abilities that are genetically transmitted through germplasm. These abilities and capacities are shaped in ways determined by culture. The mother with whom the relation of the child is the most intimate plays a significant role in the process of moulding the child in the initial stages. Subsequently, father and older siblings transmit to the child many other values, knowledge and skill that children are expected to acquire in that particular society.
SUMMARY OF ASSIGNMENT ON SOS 222 NAME: UGWU BLESSING NGOZIKA DEPT: ENG/SOS REG.NO:16208430 LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION WHAT IS SOCIALIZATION Socialization occurs throughout our life, but some ofthe most important socialization occurs in childhood. Four of the most influential agents of socialization during that phase of our lives are the family, school, peers, and mass media. THE MOST IMPORTANT AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IN THE SOCIETY The family is the most important socialization agent, because parental influences play a key role on how we grow up and view the world. Moreover, it is the family job to teach children skills, religious beliefs, and their cultural values. Nothing is more possible to produce a happy child than a family that loves and supports them. In addition, children also get their social identity from their family. Family teaches one the basic lessons in life that you need to survive. For example, hygiene, eating, and behaving in a way that is acceptable in your own family so it does not affect your social development as much as your peers do. Generally speaking, the most important agent of socialization is family; however, your peers have a bigger impact on your social development Agents of socialization The most important agent of socialization that impacts social development is peers Greatest Impact Your peers are the ones who have the biggest impact on your social development. Family is a fundamental social institution in society, the family, is considered the primary and most important agent of socialization. Family typically consists of a man and woman and their children or two or more people who usually reside in the same home and share same goals and values. Traditionally, in all societies, the family has always been seen as a social institution; that has the biggest impact on society.
The following are the important of socialization in the society 6. Helps to develop right aspiration in life. Every individual may have his own aspirations; ambitions and desires in life. All these aspirations may not always be in consonance with the social interests. Some of them even be opposed to the communal interests. But through the process of socialization an individual learns to develop those aspirations. Which are complementary to the interests of society. Socialization helps him to direct or channelize his whole energy for the realization of those aspirations. 7. Contributes to the stability of the social order. It is through the process of socialization that every new generation is trained acceding to the Cultural goals, ideals, and expectations of a society. It assures the cultural continuity of the society. At the same time, it provides enough scope for variety and new achievements. Every new generation need not start its social life a fresh. It can conveniently rely on the earlier generation and follow in cultural traditions. In this regard, socialization contributes to the stability of the social order. 8. Helps to reduce social distance. Socialization reduces social distance arid brings people together if proper attention is given to it. By giving proper training and guidance to the children during their early years, it is possible to reduce the social distance between people of different castes, races, regions, religions and professions. 9. Provides scope for building the bright future Socialization is one of the powerful instruments of changing the destiny of mankind. It is through the process of socialization that a society can produce a generation of its expectations can be altered significantly. The improvement of socialization offers one of the greatest possibilities for the future alteration of human nature and human.
NAME: IBEH ADANMA JACINTA REG. NO: 16108356 DEPARTMENT: SOS/ IGBO COURSE CODE: SOS 222 LEVEL: 200 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION
QUESTIONS 1. WHICH PARTS OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY. 2. VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY.
LECTURER: MRS M. N. OGENYI
DATE: MAY. 2018
WHICH PART OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY Socialization is the process of learning to behave in a way that is acceptable to society. It is also an organization of an industry or company according to the principle of socialism. Socialization is the process of internalizing the norms and ideologies of society, it encompasses both learning and teaching and it thus ‘’this means by which social and culture continuity are attained. Socialization occurs throughout our life, but some most important of it occurs in childhood. There are four agents of socialization that phase our life.they are 1. Family 2. School 3. Peer 4. Mass media, but family is usually considered to be most important agent in our society. Family is a fundamental social institution in the society, the family, is considered the primary and most important agent of socialization. Family typically consist of a man and woman and their children or two or more people who usually reside in the same home and share some goal and value. Traditionally, in all societies, the family has always been seen as a social institution, that has the biggest impact on society. Everyone inborn into some form of family, with the family taking the responsibility of nurturing, teaching the norms or accepted behaviour within the family structure and within the society. Family is the most important, for it is within the family that the child is first socialized to serve the needs of the society and not only its own needs. The family is a group of people which consist of parents and their children who live together and are closely related by blood. The family is always perceived as the basic social units whether they are living together in the same compound or at far distance. Therefore, the family units has had a great influence on the growth and character traits possessed by the children as they grow up and as they perceive the society they live in. VARIOUS REASONS WHY FAMILY IS NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY 1. It provide love, support and a framework of values to each of its members. 2. Family members teaches each other, to serve one another and share life’s joys and sorrows. 3. Family provide a setting for personal growth. 4. Family is the single most important influence in a child’s life.
QUESTIONS 1. WHICH PARTS OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY. 2. VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY.
LECTURER: MRS M. N. OGENYI
DATE: MAY. 2018
WHICH PARTS OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY Socialization is the process through which people are taught to be proficient members of a society. It describes the ways that people come to understand societal norms and expectations, to accept society’s beliefs, and to be aware of societal values. Socialization is not the same as socializing (interacting with others, like family, friends, and co-workers); to be precise, it is a sociological process that occurs through socializing. As Danielle’s story illustrates, even the most basic of human activities are learned. You may be surprised to know that even physical tasks like sitting, standing, and walking had not automatically developed for Danielle as she grew. And without socialization, Danielle hadn’t learned about the material culture of her society (the tangible objects a culture uses): for example, she couldn’t hold a spoon, bounce a ball, or use a chair for sitting. She also hadn’t learned its nonmaterial culture, such as its beliefs, values, and norms. She had no understanding of the concept of “family,” didn’t know cultural expectations for using a bathroom for elimination, and had no sense of modesty. Most importantly, she hadn’t learned to use the symbols that make up language—through which we learn about who we are, how we fit with other people, and the natural and social worlds in which we live. VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY. Agents of Socialization Socialization helps people learn to function successfully in their social worlds. How does the process of socialization occur? How do we learn to use the objects of our society’s material culture? How do we come to adopt the beliefs, values, and norms that represent its nonmaterial culture? This learning takes place through interaction with various agents of socialization, like peer groups and families, plus both formal and informal social institutions. Family Family is the first agent of socialization. Mothers and fathers, siblings and grandparents, plus members of an extended family, all teach a child what he or she needs to know. For example, they show the child how to use objects (such as clothes, computers, eating utensils, books, bikes); how to relate to others (some as “family,” others as “friends,” still others as “strangers” or “teachers” or “neighbours”); and how the world works (what is “real” and what is “imagined”). As you are aware, either from your own experience as a child or your role in helping to raise one, socialization involves teaching and learning about an unending array of objects and ideas.
Socialization is the process through which a person, from birth through death, is taught the norms, customs, values, and roles of the society in which they live. This process serves to incorporate new members into a society so that they and it can function smoothly. Family is the major or primary agent of socialization among others since every person is born in a family and brought up in a family before engaging with other activities like schooling in the society (Monnier, 2011). The family is the primary support system for a child, especially during the first phase of their lives when they are physically and, in most cases, emotionally closest to a child. During this time, they will provide the greatest support and influence. This will extend over factors such as values, beliefs, political aspects, religious appetites, and the child's overall outlook on society in its entirety. The family unit has had a great influence on the growth and the character traits possessed by the children as they grow up and how they perceive the society they live in.
Socialization, according to MacIver, “is the process by which social beings establish wider and profounder relationships with one another, in which they become more bound up with, and moa perceptive of the personality of themselves and of others and build up the complex structure of nearer and wider association. Family is a fundamental social institution in society, the family, is the primary and most important agent of socialization. Family typically consists of a man and woman and their children or two or more people who usually reside in the same home and share same goals and values. The family assumes the chief responsibility of developing a child, and has a substantial guise in the integration with society. The family is the primary support system for a child, especially during the first phase of their lives when they are physically and, in most cases, emotionally closest to a child. During this time, they will provide the greatest support and influence. This will extend over factors such as values, beliefs, political aspects, religious appetites, and the child's overall outlook on society in its entirety. Children's minds are like sponges that absorb teachings; they will mimic, appreciate, worship, and accept views, behaviors, and even possessions of their parents. It is evident that the social development in a child is heavily manipulated by the family.
Socialization occurs throughout our life, but some of the most important socialization occurs in childhood. The socialization that we receive in childhood has a lasting effect on our ability to interact with others in society. The family is mostly responsible for our socialization during childhood. The family is rightly called the cradle of social virtues. The child gets his first lessons in cooperation, tolerance, self sacrifice, love and affection in the family. The environment of a family influences the growth of a child. The psychologists have shown that a person is what he becomes in a family. In a bad family the child learns bad habits whereas in a good family he acquires good habits. The parents or family are the first to socialize the child. They are not only closely related to the child but physically also they are nearer to him than others. From the parents he learns his speech and languages. He is taught societal morality. He learns respect for persons in authority. In the family he learns a number of civic virtues.
Socialization is an interactive process that involves social structure and social relations between people. While many people think of it as a top-down process by which individuals are directed to accept and internalize the norms, values, and customs of the social group, it is, in fact, a two-way process. People often push back on the social forces that work to socialize us, invoking their autonomy and free will, and sometimes changing norms and expectations in the process. The family has always been seen as a social institution; that has the biggest impact on society. Everyone is born into some form of family, with the family taking the responsibility of nurturing, teaching the norms or accepted behaviors within the family structure and within society The family has the first opportunity to impact a personality to the children born within it and they get to learn from the parents. Most of the values and the attributes of a person are learning either consciously or unconsciously by a person as they continue interacting with the close family members like the parents and the siblings. Therefore, the family is the initial social institution that aides in shaping or forming a persons’ personality or character traits.
Socialization is the process of learning how to become part of a culture. Through socialization one learns the culture's language, their role in life, and what is expected from them. Socialization occurs throughout our life, but some of the most important socialization occurs in childhood. The family has the first opportunity to impact a personality to the children born within it and they get to learn from the parents. Most of the values and the attributes of a person are learning either consciously or unconsciously by a person as they continue interacting with the close family members like the parents and the siblings. The parents or family are the first to socialize the child. They are not only closely related to the child but physically also they are nearer to him than others. From the parents he learns his speech and languages. He is taught societal morality. He learns respect for persons in authority. In the family he learns a number of civic virtues.
Socialization is the process of learning how to become part of a culture. Through socialization one learns the culture's language, their role in life, and what is expected from them. Socialization is a very important process in the forming of personality. Socialization occurs when one interacts with other people. Socialization occurs throughout our life, but some of the most important socialization occurs in childhood. The socialization that we receive in childhood has a lasting effect on our ability to interact with others in society. The family is mostly responsible for our socialization during childhood. The family has always been seen as a social institution; that has the biggest impact on society. Everyone is born into some form of family, with the family taking the responsibility of nurturing, teaching the norms or accepted behaviors within the family structure and within society The family has the first opportunity to impact a personality to the children born within it and they get to learn from the parents. Most of the values and the attributes of a person are learning either consciously or unconsciously by a person as they continue interacting with the close family members like the parents and the siblings. Therefore, the family is the initial social institution that aides in shaping or forming a persons’ personality or character traits.
Socialization is the process whereby the individual acquires the conventional patterns of human behavior. Socialization makes it possible for us to fully function as human beings. Without socialization, we could not have our society and culture. And without social interaction, we could not have socialization. Socialization occurs throughout our life, but some of the most important socialization occurs in childhood. The family is the primary support system for a child, especially during the first phase of their lives when they are physically and, in most cases, emotionally closest to a child. During this time, they will provide the greatest support and influence. The parents or family are the first to socialize the child. They are not only closely related to the child but physically also they are nearer to him than others. From the parents he learns his speech and languages. He is taught societal morality. He learns respect for persons in authority. In the family he learns a number of civic virtues. Family as the center of socialization helps in building up children in an environment where they accept to interact with different people in different cultures. Therefore, they don’t find it difficult to adapt to any other new culture but will feel accommodated in other people’s culture.
SUMMARY OF ASSIGNMENT ON SOS 222 NAME: UDENSI ONYINYECHI DEPT: ENG/SOS REG.NO:16208432 LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION The way we develop our own special personality, and this learning continues over the entire life course from infancy to old age (Argosy University Online, 2008). Socialization is an important process through which individuals are able to interact within the society and they inherit their languages, values, norms, traditions, and customs in order for his/her peers to socially accept them. Socialization is learned by individual through socialization agents. Every social experience we have affects us in at least a small way. However, several familiar settings have special important to the socialization process. The key agents of socialization are the family, the school, the peer group, and the mass media this is what teaches us what we need to know in order to contribute in society (Argosy University Online, 2008). The family is the most important socialization agent, because parental influences play a key role on how we grow up and view the world. Moreover, it is the family job to teach children skills, religious beliefs, and their cultural values. Nothing is more possible to produce a happy child than a family that loves and supports them. In addition, children also get their social identity from their family. 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. Reasons why socialization is important in the society Socialization among children is very important. Children must learn to walk, talk, eat, and lots of other life skills. Without socialization individuals can not develop intelligence, and never learn how to perform basic daily functions. Children must know the values, beliefs, and norms of the surrounding culture, so that they will be able to know what is expected from them. The process of socialization and the sources of socialization are very important in the developing of children. Socialization is a very Important Process throughout life, but it the most important in young children. Another part of the process of socialization is cognitive development. Cognitive development refers to the development of thinking, knowing, perceiving, judging, and reasoning. Children develop these abilities through things occurring around them. According to Piaget's theory Cognitive intelligence develops in stages. In Piaget's theory there are four stages; the sensorimotor stage, the preoperational stage, the concrete operational stage, and the formal operational stage (Huitt and Hummel, 2003). The sensorimotor stage begins at birth and ends around age two. During this stage the children learns how to coordinate body movements with thoughts. They learn that they are separate from other objects, and can cause things to happen. The second stage is the preoperational stage. This stage starts around age two and ends around age seven. In this stage the children learns to associate symbols and language with objects. Children see everything through their own view point. During this stage children are very self-centered. The third stage, the stage of concrete operations, starts around age eight and ends around age twelve. In this stage children learn to solve problems and reason using physical objects.
SUMMARY OF ASSIGNMENT ON SOS 222 NAME: UGWUJA JULIET CHIDERA DEPT: ENG/SOS REG.NO:16208462 LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION Agent of socialization assists in the development process by influencing the individual. A person learns socialization through agents, which include: the family, the school, the peer group, and the mass media. According to Sociologist Richard Gelles (1990), "The family is the most violent group in society, with the exception of the police and the military." Nonetheless, the family provides a strong backbone and a reliable foundation; it is considered the most important agent of socialization. The family assumes the chief responsibility of developing a child, and has a substantial guise in the integration with society. The family is the primary support system for a child, especially during the first phase of their lives when they are physically and, in most cases, emotionally closest to a child. During this time, they will provide the greatest support and influence. This will extend over factors such as values, beliefs, political aspects, religious appetites, and the child's overall outlook on society in its entirety. Children's minds are like sponges that absorb teachings; they will mimic, appreciate, worship, and accept views, behaviors, and even possessions of their parents. It is evident that the social development in a child is heavily manipulated by the family. Furthermore, the family unit has the ability to effect change to the next generation. Parents inculcate their beliefs and values to their children from a young age, and that value system can be perpetuated from one generation to the next. REASONS WHY SOCIALIZATION IS IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY Socialization is the process of learning how to become part of a culture. Through socialization one learns the culture's language, their role in life, and what is expected from them. Socialization is a very important process in the forming of personality. Socialization occurs when one interacts with other people. Socialization allows all individuals in a community to develop very similar values, norms, and beliefs (O'Neil, 2009). Socialization is a lifelong process, though the early stages of socialization are crucial (Shepard, 2009, p. 90). Without Socialization a person will develop different physical and mental disabilities. Socialization is a very important life process. The socialization of young children is very important. During the first few years of children's live, children interacts only with a few different people, mostly family. Everything children see and hear leaves an impression on them. In this time children learn to walk, learn talk, develop the ability to have a relationship, and start developing personality. A very important part of socialization is role taking. The first step in role taking is the preparatory stage. The Preparatory stage is also known as the imitation stage. This stage begins shortly after the first year of life. In this stage children imitate things happening around them, including sounds and physical movement, but do not understand what they are imitating. Around age three or four children begin the play stage. In the play stage children start to take the role of one person at a time (Chapter 4: Socialization). Children pretend to be a mother, father, police officer, firefighter, teacher, doctor, or someone the children know or see; most likely someone the children look up to. In this stage children imitate being someone else by doing things they think that person would do. The third and final stage of developing role taking is the game stage. The game stage generally starts around age six. In the game stage children imitate the roles of several others at the same time.
NAME: ANTHONYUGWU SARAH CHIKA DEPARTMENT: ENGLISH/SOCIAL STUDIES REG.NO: 16208497 AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION The family is perhaps the most important agent of socialization for children. Parents’ values and behaviour patterns profoundly influence those of their daughters and sons. Reasons the family is an important agent of socialization in the society 1. Unlike the learning that we receive through formal education or in our careers, socialization is less intentional and is generally the result of our interaction with family, friends, and the wider public. In sociology, these influential people are referred to as agents of socialization. Though these agents tend to be peers or people with whom we have established relationships, the media can also be considered an agent of socialization because it is one of the more influential means through which we acquire information about our culture and society. In the context of primary socialization, agents tend to be limited to our immediate family members, or, depending on your family structure, certain members of our extended family. This is generally because as children, our lives are tightly controlled by our primary caregivers. It is through our interactions and observations of how they behave in the home and in public that we begin to shape our understanding of how we, too, should behave. For example, if a person were raised by parents who possessed a white supremacist perspective, that person would likely be exposed to prejudices in the home, which they would likely then carry out into the world with them. Conversely, if they were raised by a family that valued equality and civil rights advocacy, they would likely carry those values as they moved forward in their life. 2. It is in the earliest years of our lives that we learn the most and begin to build our understanding of culture and society. This early period of learning through family relationships is what is known as primary socialization, which is the learning that we do by interacting and observing while we are young. Primary socialization tends to begin in the home and that is where we learn about social norms, such as how to behave in society, and cultural practices in which we will eventually participate. For example, if you are out at a restaurant and the waiter informs you that they are out of what you had hoped to order, you would simply choose another menu item rather than stomp your feet and scream at him. Your response to the disappointment is the result of learning very early in life that it is unacceptable to have such outbursts in public, and it is generally polite to treat restaurant servers with respect Should parents get the credit when their children turn out to be good kids and even go on to accomplish great things in life? Should they get the blame if their children turn out to be bad? No parent deserves all the credit or blame for their children’s successes and failures in life, but the evidence indicates that our parents do affect us profoundly. In many ways, we even end up resembling our parents in more than just appearance.
NAME: OZOANIGBO LOVETH CHIAMAKA DEPARTMENT: ENGLISH/SOCIAL STUDIES REG.NO: 16208416 AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION The family is perhaps the most important agent of socialization for children. Parents’ values and behaviour patterns profoundly influence those of their daughters and sons. Reasons the family is an important agent of socialization in the society 1. Unlike the learning that we receive through formal education or in our careers, socialization is less intentional and is generally the result of our interaction with family, friends, and the wider public. In sociology, these influential people are referred to as agents of socialization. Though these agents tend to be peers or people with whom we have established relationships, the media can also be considered an agent of socialization because it is one of the more influential means through which we acquire information about our culture and society. In the context of primary socialization, agents tend to be limited to our immediate family members, or, depending on your family structure, certain members of our extended family. This is generally because as children, our lives are tightly controlled by our primary caregivers. It is through our interactions and observations of how they behave in the home and in public that we begin to shape our understanding of how we, too, should behave. For example, if a person were raised by parents who possessed a white supremacist perspective, that person would likely be exposed to prejudices in the home, which they would likely then carry out into the world with them. Conversely, if they were raised by a family that valued equality and civil rights advocacy, they would likely carry those values as they moved forward in their life. 2. It is in the earliest years of our lives that we learn the most and begin to build our understanding of culture and society. This early period of learning through family relationships is what is known as primary socialization, which is the learning that we do by interacting and observing while we are young. Primary socialization tends to begin in the home and that is where we learn about social norms, such as how to behave in society, and cultural practices in which we will eventually participate. For example, if you are out at a restaurant and the waiter informs you that they are out of what you had hoped to order, you would simply choose another menu item rather than stomp your feet and scream at him. Your response to the disappointment is the result of learning very early in life that it is unacceptable to have such outbursts in public, and it is generally polite to treat restaurant servers with respect Should parents get the credit when their children turn out to be good kids and even go on to accomplish great things in life? Should they get the blame if their children turn out to be bad? No parent deserves all the credit or blame for their children’s successes and failures in life, but the evidence indicates that our parents do affect us profoundly. In many ways, we even end up resembling our parents in more than just appearance.
SUMMARY OF ASSIGNMENT ON SOS 222 NAME: NNAJI JUDITH CHIDIMMA DEPT: ENG/SOS REG.NO: 16208471 LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION THE MEANING OF SOCIALIZATION First less look at what socialization is, socialization is a continual process whereby an individual acquires a personal identity and learns the norms, values, belief and other necessary social skills that can make him/her adapt to any environment. The part of socialization agent that is very important to the society is the family. Socialization of an individual or a child starts from the family or rather home. The family represents the first point of contact where a Child starts the learning of acceptable behaviours of the society. The basic values like language, toilet training, eating habits, greeting are taught are learnt in family by other members of the family like father, mother, siblings, grandparents and other relations. It is from the family that a child is been trained to be useful to the society, this is because a child who did not under home training hardly have the necessary attitude toward the society. Whereas, the nature and size of the family have a great impact on the socialization of the child and these indicates, why children behave differently in the society. For instance, the behaviour or view of a child trained by a single parent will be built towards the opinion trained of such a parent while the behaviour of a child trained by both parents will reflect those of the both parent. It is from the family that the socialization of a child continues to the school. The reasons why the are necessary in our society are as follows. 1. it teaches and transmits basic cultural values such as toilet training, habits, sleeping and sitting habits. 2. Socialization of the family teaches basic knowledge skills and technics of carrying out our social responsibilities, especially when we learn through the social rales learning process. 3. It helps to promotes easy adaptation to any social change and environment. Since nothing is permanent, our socialization process enables us to adapt to any environment a child meet him or herself. 4. Socialization from the family enables a child to have mutual understanding we interact with one another in the society: this understanding also brings about trust and peaceful co-existence and prevents conflict among people in the society. 5. Family socialization trains a child to be a useful and also be a good ambassador of the society.
ODOH NNENA CYNTHIA 16208455 ENG/SOS SOS 222 CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION QUESTION: 1. WHICH PART OF THE AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN SOCIETY 2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY Socialization Socialization is the process through which a person, from birth through death, is taught the norms, customs, values, and roles of the society in which they live. This process serves to incorporate new members into a society so that they and it can function smoothly. It is guided by family, teachers and coaches, religious leaders, peers, community, and media, among others. Socialization typically occurs in two stages. Primary socialization takes place from birth through adolescence and is guided by primary caregivers, educators, and peers. Secondary socialization continues throughout one's life, and especially whenever one encounters new situations, places, or groups of people whose norms, customs, assumptions, and values may differ from one's own.
Family There is no better way to start than to talk about the role of family in our social development, as family is usually considered to be the most important agent of socialization. As infants, we are completely dependent on others to survive. Our parents, or those who play the parent role, are responsible for teaching us to function and care for ourselves. They, along with the rest of our family, also teach us about close relationships, group life, and how to share resources. Additionally, they provide us with our first system of values, norms, and beliefs - a system that is usually a reflection of their own social status, religion, ethnic group, and more. For example, Alexander, a young boy who lives in America, was born to an immigrant family. He grew up bilingual and was taught the importance of collectivistic values through socialization with his family. This experience differs drastically from someone born to an older, 'traditional' American family that would emphasize the English language and individualistic values. 2. . STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY • In short, an agent of socialization assists in the development process by influencing the individual. A person learns socialization through agents, which include: the family, the school, the peer group, and the mass media. According to Sociologist Richard Gelles (1990), "The family is the most violent group in society, with the exception of the police and the military." Nonetheless, the family provides a strong backbone and a reliable foundation; it is considered the most important agent of socialization. • The family assumes the chief responsibility of developing a child, and has a substantial guise in the integration with society. The family is the primary support system for a child, especially during the first phase of their lives when they are physically and, in most cases, emotionally closest to a child. During this time, they will provide the greatest support and influence. This will extend over factors such as values, beliefs, political aspects, religious appetites, and the child's overall outlook on society in its entirety. • Children's minds are like sponges that absorb teachings; they will mimic, appreciate, worship, and accept views, behaviors, and even possessions of their parents. It is evident that the social development in a child is heavily manipulated by the family. • Furthermore, the family unit has the ability to effect change to the next generation. Parents inculcate their beliefs and values to their children from a young age, and that value system can be perpetuated from one generation to the next.
SUMMARY OF ASSIGNMENT ON SOS 222 NAME: NNAJI JUDITH CHIDIMMA DEPT: ENG/SOS REG.NO: 16208471 LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION THE MEANING OF SOCIALIZATION First less look at what socialization is, socialization is a continual process whereby an individual acquires a personal identity and learns the norms, values, belief and other necessary social skills that can make him/her adapt to any environment. The part of socialization agent that is very important to the society is the family. Socialization of an individual or a child starts from the family or rather home. The family represents the first point of contact where a Child starts the learning of acceptable behaviours of the society. The basic values like language, toilet training, eating habits, greeting are taught are learnt in family by other members of the family like father, mother, siblings, grandparents and other relations. It is from the family that a child is been trained to be useful to the society, this is because a child who did not under home training hardly have the necessary attitude toward the society. Whereas, the nature and size of the family have a great impact on the socialization of the child and these indicates, why children behave differently in the society. For instance, the behaviour or view of a child trained by a single parent will be built towards the opinion trained of such a parent while the behaviour of a child trained by both parents will reflect those of the both parent. It is from the family that the socialization of a child continues to the school. The reasons why the are necessary in our society are as follows. 1. it teaches and transmits basic cultural values such as toilet training, habits, sleeping and sitting habits. 2. Socialization of the family teaches basic knowledge skills and technics of carrying out our social responsibilities, especially when we learn through the social rales learning process. 3. It helps to promotes easy adaptation to any social change and environment. Since nothing is permanent, our socialization process enables us to adapt to any environment a child meet him or herself. 4. Socialization from the family enables a child to have mutual understanding we interact with one another in the society: this understanding also brings about trust and peaceful co-existence and prevents conflict among people in the society. 5. Family socialization trains a child to be a useful and also be a good ambassador of the society.
SUMMARY OF ASSIGNMENT ON SOS 222 NAME: OJOBO NGOZI MARYANN DEPT: ENG/SOS REG.NO:16208528 LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION INTRODUCTION The socialization that we receive in childhood has a lasting effect on our ability to interact with others in society. In this lesson, we identify and discuss four of the most influential agents of socialization in childhood: family, school, peers, and media. SOCIALIZATION How do we learn to interact with other people? Socialization is a lifelong process during which we learn about social expectations and how to interact with other people. Nearly all of the behavior that we consider to be 'human nature' is actually learned through socialization. And, it is during socialization that we learn how to walk, talk, and feed ourselves, about behavioral norms that help us fit in to our society, and so much more. Socialization occurs throughout our life, but some of the most important socialization occurs in childhood. So, let's talk about the most influential agents of socialization. These are the people or groups responsible for our socialization during childhood - including family, school, peers, and mass media. THE MOST IMPORTANT AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION Family There is no better way to start than to talk about the role of family in our social development, as family is usually considered to be the most important agent of socialization. As infants, we are completely dependent on others to survive. Our parents, or those who play the parent role, are responsible for teaching us to function and care for ourselves. They, along with the rest of our family, also teach us about close relationships, group life, and how to share resources. Additionally, they provide us with our first system of values, norms, and beliefs - a system that is usually a reflection of their own social status, religion, ethnic group, and more. The family assumes the chief responsibility of developing a child, and has a substantial guise in the integration with society.
SUMMARY OF ASSIGNMENT ON SOS 222 NAME: UGWUOSSAI BLESSING ODINAKA DEPT: SOS/IGBO REG.NO:16108365 LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION THE MOST IMPORTANT AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IN THE SOCIETY There various agents of socialization of which include the family, the school, and the peer group, mass media, e.t.c. All these agents are places where a child learn and acquires the cultures. Values and norms of the society in which he find himself. Among all the various agents of socialization been mentioned above family is the first and most important agents among other. A family can be seen as a group of people who are related by the ties of blood. Example of members of the family includes the father, mother, children, and relations e.t.cc. any child on arrival into the world first find himself in a particular family socialization here commence when the child is still in the womb, there are some certain movement made by foetus in the womb like kicking when h foetus kick the mother hard, she will caution the child by taping her stomach and the child will keep calm. Also during breast feeding, if the child bites the mother nipple she will frown at the child and sometimes beet the child. It is also in the family that the child learns how to control himself when he is pressed. From this a children learn to crawl down from the bed or to a directed place when they want to ease themselves-rather that messing everywhere. In the family also the child learns how to talk, the child achieve this by imitation. Here the child having found himself among the members of the family which include his immediate blood relations, the child watch the elder ones when they speak and sometimes the child will try to respect exactly they said sometimes when the child fails to pronounce some words properly, the child will be corrected immediately by his family members. It is also at this point that the child learns how to greet his parents, siblings and other relation. In the family also the child learns and appreciates the culture of his land. For instance. They are thought how to respect their elders, how to maintain the home by sweeping, washing and placing household materials at the right places. For the boys, some in the traditional rural areas do follow their fathers to the shrine for worship and to the village square to watch masquerade kingdom, where they will be taught the secrets of the masquerade and when this is dome they will love to belong and promote the masquerade culture. Form the girls, their mother taught them how to cook food of various types how to care for their younger ones thereby preparing the child for marriage at the same time. Therefore in all these angles above it is worthy to stand that among all the agents of socialization that family is the most important agent because the child is almost equipped with almost all the needed information about his environment from his immediate family before going outside the society to meet the other agents of socialization.
SUMMARY OF ASSIGNMENT ON SOS 222 NAME: AGBEDO RITA ONYINYE DEPT: ENG/SOS REG.NO:16208535 LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION THE PART OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT IN SOCIETY IS FAMILY Socialization is the process of learning how to become part of a culture. Through socialization one learns the culture's language, their role in life, and what is expected from them. Socialization is a very important process in the forming of personality. Socialization occurs when one interacts with other people. Socialization allows all individuals in a community to develop very similar values, norms, and beliefs (O'Neil, 2009). Socialization is a lifelong process, though the early stages of socialization are crucial (Shepard, 2009, p. 90). Without Socialization a person will develop different physical and mental disabilities. Socialization is a very important life process. The socialization of young children is very important. During the first few years of children's live, children interacts only with a few different people, mostly family. Everything children see and hear leaves an impression on them. In this time children learn to walk, learn talk, develop the ability to have a relationship, and start developing personality. A very important part of socialization is role taking. The first step in role taking is the preparatory stage. The Preparatory stage is also known as the imitation stage. This stage begins shortly after the first year of life. In this stage children imitate things happening around them, including sounds and physical movement, but do not understand what they are imitating. Around age three or four children begin the play stage. In an idea family, each member has and knows the ideas which he is expected to perform in a traditional family, the man performs the role of husband, father and breadwinner he is husband to wife, father to his children and breadwinner he takes care of the entire family as a whole By the same vein the woman prefer MS the role of wife, mother and housekeeper by making sure that the entire family is neatly tidy and as well takes care of the children and the husbands need. The roles of son (first born, last born), brother and so on, while the female child is the daughter (these members vividly play a very important role in the family in or der to make the society fit and conductive to live in. In the traditional African Society, socializing the child is largely the function of the parents and the immediate family member’s socialization process vividly starts from the family this process includes: 1. Respect for elders and those in position of authority: generally speaking great respect is accorded to elders in most communities in Nigeria if not all over African. Most families stress the importance of respect for those in position of authority irrespective of whether they are elders or not the elders are regarded as better possessors and should be respected by the younger ones. REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY (SOCIALIZATION IN THE FAMILY) 1. It is necessary because it promotes healthy society, in this sense, because the children had been thought in the family on how to respect their elder, this will help them not to disrespect their elders. 2. To help the children to eliminates undesirable habits. It is usual in most homes for parents and older sibling to forbid children from engaging in certain socially undesirable habits. T hose habits which may be dangerous for the children includes lying, cheating refusal to run errand talking while eating e.t.c. also there are certain conversions that are unacceptable e.g use of left hand e.t.c
OGBONNA PRECIOUS OGECHI 16208523 ENG/SOS SOS 222 CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION 1. WHICH PART OF THE AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN SOCIETY 2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
Socialization Socialization is the process through which a person, from birth through death, is taught the norms, customs, values, and roles of the society in which they live. This process serves to incorporate new members into a society so that they and it can function smoothly. It is guided by family, teachers and coaches, religious leaders, peers, community, and media, among others.
Family is the first agent of socialization and this is the setting of primary socialization (Figure 1). Nowadays we suggest that children are growing up in a variety of different types of family systems: such as large families(in which there are three or more siblings), single parent families (divorced, never-married or widowed), only child families (in which children will never have any siblings), blended/patchwork families (in which there are children from the parents’ previous marriages), adoptive families, grandparent caring family, gay or lesbian parent families and the“traditional” two-parent family with children. We don’t undertake to discuss the differences between the socialization of the children living in different types of family structures; we outline only the general role of parents and siblings in the process of socialization regardless of what kind of family structures the certain child is living in. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY We have to emphasize that parenting must change with the age of the child, because infants and toddlers have other needs than adolescents, so parents have to be responsive to their differences. Now we focus on how parenting influences the early socialization. Parental warmth is influential in primary socialization because it provides children with the feeling of being loved and so they develop trust and are motivated to cooperate with others. Young children also need security which is a biologically based motivation, so they need secure trust. According to attachment theory if children are in secure attachment it provides them with confidence to explore the environment and to encounter with other adults and peers. On the other hand, security facilitates children to be more cooperative and receptive to the parents’ socialization efforts, too. Parents are models for their children, their acts are observed and imitated by their children for example they are role models to the gender-typed behaviours how a girl or a boy has to behave. Researchers suggest that later parental practices may also be related to the children’s academic self-concepts and achievement too. Finally, we will use the concept of social domain theorist (Bugental, 2000) to organize knowledge about socialization process. According to this there are four different domains of social life where different tasks are to be solved during the socialization process: protection and safety domain, control domain, group identification domain and mutual reciprocity domain. The joint playing and interactions between the siblings contribute to the development of the understanding of others, how she or he feels, and the understanding the connection between people’s behaviours and their thoughts, intentions. Some studies found that children who had older siblings were better in the assessment to others’ mental states than those who didn’t have older siblings. To summarize, we can demonstrate that siblings colour children’s socialization and siblings research is a growing area of socialization. Especially the influences of step-siblings or half-siblings are less examined and we need to know more about them, because the number of the families which include step or half-siblings is increasing (Hetherington et al., 1999).
SUMMARY OF ASSIGNMENT ON SOS 222 NAME: UGWUANYI UCHENNA FAVOUR DEPT: ENG/SOS REG.NO:16208532 LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION THE MEANING OF SOCIALIZATION Socialization is the process through which a person, from birth through death, is taught the norms, customs, values, and roles of the society in which they live. This process serves to incorporate new members into a society so that they and it can function smoothly. It is guided by family, teachers and coaches, religious leaders, peers, community, and media, among others. To thoroughly elaborate on the institution of family we most look at the family as it was before and how much it has changed over time. Throughout the years we are recognizing that the family is slowly being replaced by other agents of socialization. Families in the past consisted of a mother and a father and most times children. We are, as many societies a patriarchal society; men are usually the head of the households. This has always been considered the norm. REASONS WHY SOCIALIZATION IS NECESSARY IN THE SOCIETY Everyone is born with defined capacities. Though there may be some limits to what a man can do, this limitation can be overcome and is being overcome by the development of civilization. Man’s capacity to learn may be increased by the development of new techniques of instruction and incentives. At present, no human being learns as much as he could under more favourable circumstances, for his learning capacity is never used to maximum capacity. All societies are guilty of wasting human learning ability. Factors of the Process of Socialization: Socialization, as said above, is the process of learning group norms, habits and ideals. There are four factors of this process of learning. These are imitation, suggestion, identification and language. A brief description of these four factors is necessary: (i) Imitation: Imitation is copying by an individual of the actions of another. Mead defines it as “self-conscious assumption of another’s acts or roles.” Thus when the child attempts to walk impressively like his father swinging a stick and wearing spectacles, he is imitating. Imitation may be conscious or unconscious, spontaneous or deliberate, perceptual or ideational. In imitation the person imitating performs exactly the same activity as the one being performed before him. Imitation is the main factor in the process of socialization of the child. Through it he learns many social behaviour patterns. The child as compared to adult possesses the greatest capacity for imitation. Language and pronunciation are acquired by the child only through imitation. It is because of the tendency to imitate that children are so susceptible to the influence of their parents and friends whose behaviour they imitate indiscriminately. (ii) Suggestion: According to McDougall, “suggestion is the process of c
Name: EZE JENNIFER ONYINYECHI DEPT: SOS/IGBO COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION REG NO: 16108362 LEVEL: 200 IMPORTANT AGENCIES OF SOCIALIZATION 1. The Family: The family gets the baby first. Hence the process of socialisation begins in the family. A child is born with some basic abilities that are genetically transmitted through germplasm. These abilities and capacities are shaped in ways determined by culture. The mother with whom the relation of the child is the most intimate plays a significant role in the process of moulding the child in the initial stages. Subsequently, father and older siblings transmit to the child many other values, knowledge and skill that children are expected to acquire in that particular society. 2. The Peer Group: As the child grows older, his contemporaries begin to influence him. He spends most of his spare hours outside his work and study schedule with his peers in the playground and places outside his home. The attraction of peers is virtually irresistible to him. He learns from them and they also learn from him. With the passage of time, the peer group influence surpasses at of parents significantly. It is not surprising that teen age is the age of parent-child misunderstanding. In the socialisation of the child, the members of the family, particularly those who exercise authority over him, and the members of his peer group exercise two different kinds of influence upon him. Both authoritarian relationships (typified by the former) and equalitarian relationships (typified by the latter) are equally significant to him. He acquires the virtues of respect, constraint and obedience from the first type of relationships, and the virtues of co-operation based on trust and mutual understanding from the second. 3. The School: When the child comes to the school, his formal indoctrination into the culture of the society begins. He is exposed to a wider background than hitherto known to him. He is formally introduced to the lore and the learning, the arts and the sciences, the values and the beliefs, the customs and taboos of the society from a wider circle, his teachers play a very significant role. The child may admire, respect and love some of his teachers. The impression which they make during this impressionable age lasts almost throughout his life. 4. The Books: In literate societies another important agency of socialisation is the printed word in books and magazines. Our cultural world—experiences and knowledge, values and beliefs, superstitions and prejudices—is expressed in words. 5. The Mass Media: Apart from newspapers which carry printed words, the two other mass media, viz., the radio and television, exercise tremendous influence in the socialisation process. They “assault our ears” and communicate directly their messages and these messages also “contain in capsule form the premises of our culture, its attitudes and ideologies”. The role of television, in particular, is very significant. It communicates directly to both our ears and eyes and thus leaves a strong impression.
NAME: Odo mariagorretti Sopulu Reg no: 16108233 Dept: CRS/SOS Course code: SOS 222 Course title: citizenship Education Level: 200 Date: 7/5/2018 WHICH PART OF THE AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN SOCIETY I think there are 4 agents of socialization, and they are the most fundamental elements of understanding society. The primary and most critical agent is the family: ages around 0-5. Socialization begins within families because as an infants we develop basic skills, around our original beings. We learn love. The secondary would be schooling. At schools children begin understanding there are rules, and limitations. They learn consequences, as well as what good vs. Bad through exemplary teaching. The first is: Peers; children learn from one another by seeing each other. Where is the best place- schools. Schools have children with different ethnicities, cultures, religions, and lifestyles. Children learn about differences. Media: Is one of the greatest influences on individual socialization development. By the time we get very associated with media, we are granted rights. These rights are freedom of choice- choice of what to believe, who to become.. Etc. Because of that, I believe the media could very negative, or positive. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY We have just noted that socialization is how culture is learned, but socialization is also important for another important reason. To illustrate this importance, let’s pretend we find a 6-year-old child who has had almost no human contact since birth. After the child was born, her mother changed her diapers and fed her a minimal diet but otherwise did not interact with her. The child was left alone all day and night for years and never went outside. We now find her at the age of 6. How will her behavior and actions differ from those of the average 6-year-old? Take a moment and write down all the differences you would find. In no particular order, here is the list you probably wrote. First, the child would not be able to speak; at most, she could utter a few grunts and other sounds. Second, the child would be afraid of us and probably cower in a corner. Third, the child would not know how to play games and interact with us. If we gave her some food and utensils, she would eat with her hands and not know how to use the utensils. Fourth, the child would be unable to express a full range of emotions. For example, she might be able to cry but would not know how to laugh. Fifth, the child would be unfamiliar with, and probably afraid of, our culture’s material objects, including cell phones and televisions. In these and many other respects, this child would differ dramatically from the average 6-year-old youngster in the United States. She would look human, but she would not act human. In fact, in many ways she would act more like a frightened animal than like a young human being, and she would be less able than a typical dog to follow orders and obey commands. As this example indicates, socialization makes it possible for us to fully function as human beings. Without socialization, we could not have our society and culture. And without social interaction, we could not have socialization. Our example of a socially isolated child was hypothetical, but real-life examples of such children, often called feral children, have unfortunately occurred and provide poignant proof of the importance of social interaction for socialization and of socialization for our ability to function as humans.
NAME: NGENE, EVANGELINE AMARACHI REG. NO.: 16208508 DEPARTMENT: ENGLISH / SOCIAL STUDIES COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION LEVEL: 200 DATE: 7/05/2018
QUESTION NO. 1 1. Which part of agent of socialization is very important in the society?
ANSWER Socialization is a lifelong process during which we learn about social expectations and how to interact with other people. Nearly all of the behavior that we consider to be 'human nature' is actually learned through socialization. And, it is during socialization that we learn how to walk, talk, and feed ourselves, about behavioral norms that help us fit in to our society.
The part of the agents of socialization that is very important in society is the "FAMILY" because the socialization that we receive in childhood has a lasting effect on our ability to interact with others in the society and we have other most influential agents of socialization in childhood: family, school, peers, church and media.
QUESTION NO. 2 2. State various reasons why they are necessary in our society.
ANSWER The reasons why they are necessary in our society are: FAMILY: There is no better way to start than to talk about the role of family in our social development, as family is usually considered to be the most important agent of socialization. As infants, we are completely dependent on others to survive. Our parents, or those who play the parent role, are responsible for teaching us to function and care for ourselves. They, along with the rest of our family, also teach us about close relationships, group life, and how to share resources. Additionally, they provide us with our first system of values, norms, and beliefs - a system that is usually a reflection of their own social status, religion, ethnic group, and more.
SCHOOL: The next important agent of childhood socialization is the school. Of course, the official purpose of school is to transfer subject knowledge and teach life skills, such as following directions and meeting deadlines. But, students don't just learn from the academic curriculum prepared by teachers and school administrators. In school, we also learn social skills through our interactions with teachers, staff, and other students. For example, we learn the importance of obeying authority and that to be successful, we must learn to be quiet, to wait, and sometimes to act interested even when we're not.
PEERS: Peer groups allow children to form relationships and learn. These are the people or groups responsible for our socialization during childhood.
CHURCH: Church/Religion is one of the agents of socialization that has been an important factor in society. In the early society religion provided a bond of unity. Though in modern society the importance of religion has diminished, yet it continues to mould our beliefs and ways of life. In every family some or the other religious practices are observed on one or the other occasion. The child sees his parents going to the temple and performing religious ceremonies. He listens to religious sermons which may determine his course of life and shape his ideas.
NAME:ODEZULU, CHIDIMMA JULIETH DEPT: ENG/SOS REG NO: 16208509 QUESTION: 1. WHICH PART OF THE AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN SOCIETY
Socialization means imparting the norms and culture of the society to the offspring. The family is the major agent of socializing the child because it is through family that the culture and social lifestyle of the society is first imparted into the child. 2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY 1. The family: the family plays the major role of socialization as the child is being taught about the culture of the society first through the family. 2. The mass media: a child is being socialized through children’s debate and through this acquire certain norms and values of the society. 3. Peer group: through peer group the child forms relationship during childhood as what he or she sees the mate doing he or she does it. 4. School: the child in school is being socialized as he or she not only learn the prepared syllabus of the school but also acquire certain skills character and behavior from the teachers.
1. Which part of agent of socialization is important in the society? Socialization is the act of internalizing people’s culture, norms and societal values to the young ones through the family, peer groups, school and mass media etc. The family is the most important element of socialization because it is through the family the child first learn and imbibe the culture of the society i.e when the family fails in socializing the child, the society has also fails. 2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
1. The family: the family is the most influential agent of socialization because the child depends on others to survive especially the family i.e it is through the family that the school life of the society is first being imparted into the young ones. 2. The school: the school is also one of the important agent of socialization as the child not only learn the prepared curriculum of his or her school but also learn skill, attitudes from the teacher which also help the child to fit into the social life of his or her society. 3. Peer group: the peer group influences the child in socializing and internalizing the people’s culture and ways of life. Like age grade when a child sees his or her age mate doing something, he or she would love to do that and through the peers he or she is taught on the ways of behavior. 4. The church/religion: the religion that one belongs to also helps to socialize the child to fit into the society lifestyle because he or she is taught according to the belief as the society and of the religion. Like how to respect the elders which is seen as good attitude of a child by the religion and society.
NAME: SEBASTIAN CYNTHIA UGOCHUKWU REG. NO: 16208463 DEPARTMENT: ENG/SOS COURSE CODE: SOS 222 LEVEL: 200 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION
QUESTIONS 1. WHICH PARTS OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY. 2. VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY.
DATE: MAY. 2018
Qn? 1 WHICH PARTS OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY. Socialization is the process by which older members of a society teach their way of life to the young. Socialization is also the way we develop our own special personality, and this learning continues over the entire life course from infancy to old age (Argosy University Online, 2008). Socialization is an important process through which individuals are able to interact within the society and they inherit their languages, values, norms, traditions, and customs in order for his/her peers to socially accept them. Socialization is learned by individual through socialization agents. Every social experience we have affects us in at least a small way. However, several familiar settings have special important to the socialization process. The key agents of socialization are the family, the school, the peer group, and the mass media this is what teaches us what we need to know in order to contribute in society (Argosy University Online, 2008).
VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY. Family The family is the most important socialization agent, because parental influences play a key role on how we grow up and view the world. Moreover, it is the family job to teach children skills, religious beliefs, and their cultural values. Nothing is more possible to produce a happy child than a family that loves and supports them. In addition, children also get their social identity from their family. For example, wealthier families encourage good judgment and creativity, while lower-income families value obedience and conformity. Families have changed from being a traditional family (nuclear family) a wife a husband and two children, not only that, but both men and women traditional roles have changed from the 1950 to the present. For example, a lot of husbands to day stay at home and watches the children while their wife works. This let you know that they have seen a dramatic change take place in the way families in the present are structured. The way families are structured today you may see the basic family-a married couple, a nuclear family, an extended family-where children are be raised by the grandparents or other family member, a homosexual family-where there are two men or two women raising children. Sociology Family is a major unit of socialization of any person. A person's beliefs and attitude are made depending on the class that they belong to. It is true that the social class you belong to, they go on to affect the norms and values you possess. It is true that no one family is alike and there are many factors that go on to create differences in a family. The class a family belongs, the race they belong to and the gender of the people in the family.
SUMMARY OF ASSIGNMENT ON SOS 222 NAME: EZE CYNTHIA CHUKWUCHEBEM REG NO: 16208434 DEPT: ENG/SOS LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION The meaning of socialization Socialization is a lifelong process during which we learn about social expectations and how to interact with other people. Nearly all of the behavior that we consider to be 'human nature' is actually learned through socialization. And, it is during socialization that we learn how to walk, talk, and feed ourselves, about behavioral norms that help us fit in to our society, and so much more. Socialization occurs throughout our life, but some of the most important socialization occurs in childhood. So, let's talk about the most influential agents of socialization. These are the people or groups responsible for our socialization during childhood - including family, school, peers, and mass media. WHICH PART OF THE AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN SOCIETY There is no better way to start than to talk about the role of family in our social development, as family is usually considered to be the most important agent of socialization. As infants, we are completely dependent on others to survive. Our parents, or those who play the parent role, are responsible for teaching us to function and care for ourselves. They, along with the rest of our family, also teach us about close relationships, group life, and how to share resources. Additionally, they provide us with our first system of values, norms, and beliefs - a system that is usually a reflection of their own social status, religion, ethnic group, and more. The family gets the baby first. Hence the process of socialization begins in the family. A child is born with some basic abilities that are genetically transmitted through germplasm. These abilities and capacities are shaped in ways determined by culture. VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY The social order is maintained largely by socialization. Unless the individuals behave in accordance with the norms of the group it is going to disintegrate. But how does the process of socialization begin to work It is said that the working of the process starts long before the child is born. The social circumstances preceding his birth lay down to a great extent the kind of life he is to lead, the parent’s courtship, and marital selection, his customs concerning pregnancy and birth and the whole system of cultural practices surrounding the family are important for the child’s growth. The techniques of parental care affect his chances of being born and of being healthy. Pre-natal care forms an integral part of family welfare. Thus the circumstances preceding his birth indirectly influence his growth in society. But direct socialization begins only after birth. The newly born child as an organism has certain things which limit or help socialization. These things which he has may be categorised into reflexes, instincts, urges and capacities. Reflexes put the severest limitation upon socialization. Reflexes are the automatic and rigid responses of the organism to a given stimulus. They are unlearnt and even unmodifiable. They set limits on what the organism can do. But they are not the bases out of which socialization emerges. The contraction of the pupil of the eye in strong light, the salivation of the glands of the mouth at the taste of sugar is examples of reflexes.
SUMMARY OF ASSIGNMENT ON SOS 222 NAME: CHIME CHIOMA SHARON REG NO: 16208433 DEPT: ENG/SOS LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION Meaning of Socialization Socialization, according to MacIver, “is the process by which social beings establish wider and profounder relationships with one another, in which they become more bound up with, and moa perceptive of the personality of themselves and of others and build up the complex structure of nearer and wider association.” Kimball Young writes, “Socialization will mean the process of inducting the individual into the social and cultural world; of making him a particular member in society and its various groups and inducting him to accept the norms and values of that society Socialization is definitely a matter of learning and not of biological inheritance.” WHICH PART OF THE AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN SOCIETY Family Family is the first agent of socialization. Mothers and fathers, siblings and grandparents, plus members of an extended family, all teach a child what he or she needs to know. For example, they show the child how to use objects (such as clothes, computers, eating utensils, books, bikes); how to relate to others (some as “family,” others as “friends,” still others as “strangers” or “teachers” or “neighbors”); and how the world works (what is “real” and what is “imagined”). As you are aware, either from your own experience as a child or from your role in helping to raise one, socialization includes teaching and learning about an unending array of objects and ideas. Keep in mind, however, that families do not socialize children in a vacuum. Many social factors affect the way a family raises its children. For example, we can use sociological imagination to recognize that individual behaviors are affected by the historical period in which they take place. Sixty years ago, it would not have been considered especially strict for a father to hit his son with a wooden spoon or a belt if he misbehaved, but today that same action might be considered child abuse. Here are the 9 most important benefits of real-time socializing: • Helps in building positive and constructive relationships via the real social networks that are formed. • Socializing plays a pivotal role in improving overall growth and development of an individual. • As per Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin by SAGE, socializing enhances mental functioning, as the mind is kept occupied with real thoughts. • Stress and anxiety levels can be reduced to a great extent. Solutions to problems may be found in dialogue. • It provides great opportunity to understand various kinds of people, their mannerisms, personalities, thought processes and so on. Socializing develops better understanding of human perspectives and attributes. • Socializing is a great tool for development of self-confidence and giving your self-esteem the required boost. It kicks out shyness and hesitance from an individual making him ready to face the world in a smart manner.
ALI CHINONSO ELIJAH 16108273 Econs/sos Socialization is a lifelong process during which we learn about social expectations and how to interact with other people. Nearly all of the behavior that we consider to be 'human nature' is actually learned through socialization. And, it is during socialization that we learn how to walk, talk, and feed ourselves, about behavioral norms that help us fit in to our society.
The part of the agents of socialization that is very important in society is the "FAMILY" because the socialization that we receive in childhood has a lasting effect on our ability to interact with others in the society and we have other most influential agents of socialization in childhood: family, school, peers, church and media. 2. . STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY • In short, an agent of socialization assists in the development process by influencing the individual. A person learns socialization through agents, which include: the family, the school, the peer group, and the mass media. According to Sociologist Richard Gelles (1990), "The family is the most violent group in society, with the exception of the police and the military." Nonetheless, the family provides a strong backbone and a reliable foundation; it is considered the most important agent of socialization. • The family assumes the chief responsibility of developing a child, and has a substantial guise in the integration with society. The family is the primary support system for a child, especially during the first phase of their lives when they are physically and, in most cases, emotionally closest to a child. During this time, they will provide the greatest support and influence. This will extend over factors such as values, beliefs, political aspects, religious appetites, and the child's overall outlook on society in its entirety. • Children's minds are like sponges that absorb teachings; they will mimic, appreciate, worship, and accept views, behaviors, and even possessions of their parents. It is evident that the social development in a child is heavily manipulated by the family. • Furthermore, the family unit has the ability to effect change to the next generation. Parents inculcate their beliefs and values to their children from a young age, and that value system can be perpetuated from one generation to the next.
NAME: OMEJE LOVINA CHEKWUBE REG NO: 16209084 DEPT: ENG/SOS COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION LEVEL: 200 LECTURER: MRS. OGENYI .N. DATE: 8/5/2018 1. WHICH PART OF THE AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN SOCIETY In short, an agent of socialization assists in the development process by influencing the individual. A person learns socialization through agents, which include: the family, the school, the peer group, and the mass media. According to Sociologist Richard Gelles (1990), "The family is the most violent group in society, with the exception of the police and the military." Nonetheless, the family provides a strong backbone and a reliable foundation; it is considered the most important agent of socialization. The family assumes the chief responsibility of developing a child, and has a substantial guise in the integration with society. The family is the primary support system for a child, especially during the first phase of their lives when they are physically and, in most cases, emotionally closest to a child. During this time, they will provide the greatest support and influence. This will extend over factors such as values, beliefs, political aspects, religious appetites, and the child's overall outlook on society in its entirety. Children's minds are like sponges that absorb teachings; they will mimic, appreciate, worship, and accept views, behaviors, and even possessions of their parents. It is evident that the social development in a child is heavily manipulated by the family. Furthermore, the family unit has the ability to effect change to the next generation. Parents inculcate their beliefs and values to their children from a young age, and that value system can be perpetuated from one generation to the next.
2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
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 virtuoso out of man, but it also leaves a life-long residue of emotional immaturity in him." Sociologists, social psychologists, educationalist as well as anthropologists and politicians have studied the process of socialization for years. All had a theory about the socialization process. Socialization is the process by which older members of a society teach their way of life to the young. Socialization is also the way we develop our own special personality, and this learning continues over the entire life course from infancy to old age (Argosy University Online, 2008). Socialization is an important process through which individuals are able to interact within the society and they inherit their languages, values, norms, traditions, and customs in order for his/her peers to socially accept them. Socialization is learned by individual through socialization agents. Every social experience we have affects us in at least a small way. However, several familiar settings have special important to the socialization process. The key agents of socialization are the family, the school, the peer group, and the mass media this is what teaches us what we need to know in order to contribute in society (Argosy University Online, 2008). The family is the most important socialization agent, because parental influences play a key role on how we grow up and view the world. Moreover, it is the family job to teach children skills, religious beliefs, and their cultural values. Nothing is more possible to produce a happy child than a family that loves and supports them. In addition, children also get their social identity from their family.
1. WHICH PART OF THE AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN SOCIETY The concept of socialization is defined in the broad sense as a process through which a human being becomes a member of a society. This learning process makes it possible to acquire knowledge, skills, norms, values, traditions etc. by a human person. Group acts on the individual from a very early age, from the earliest years of life. Therefore, through interaction with others, parents, relatives, friends etc., the child gradually becomes aware of itself as individuality, being able to think and act by his own volition. An important distinction must be operated between two types of socialization, namely: primary socialization and secondary socialization. Primary socialization, on the one hand, occurs during childhood and refers mainly to family or others people who occupies with child care. This type of socialization constitutes the basis that support the entire children’s forming process. Family and close relatives are a kind of society in miniature, a spyglass overturned, which reproduces in miniature dimensions the whole society. This comparison is however not true in an absolute sense; the specificity of primary socialization lies in the fact that the affectivity/love is dominant, actually, there is no conflict of interests between parents and children (at least not until the children reach adolescence), while thereafter, when the child must shall integrate into a community formed by others members than his family, such as the preschool or school, the watchword will not be the unconditional love, but rather the adaptation to a situation in which each child pursues his own interest. In other words, one can notice a significant rupture between the type of socialization provided by the family, in which the child is seen as a center of the universe and the moment of relative separation from the family and integration into a new type of social structure, like school, where each child is a center of the world. Secondary socialization refers to that period of childhood in which a child begins to interact strongly with other social environments than strictly the family. Contact with other children and with adults other than his own parents helps the child to understand that there is another social universe outside the family. In addition, as it grows, the child will gradually loosen the direct control exercised by parents and seek to integrate into a group of colleagues/friends/acquaintances, this group being an important agent of socialization. This type of socialization works in the same direction with formal activities, e.g. school or job, but often it has a rhythm and a higher intensity than those activities. 2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY Family is a fundamental social institution in society, the family, is considered the primary and most important agent of socialization. Family typically consists of a man and woman and their children or two or more people who usually reside in the same home and share same goals and values. Traditionally, in all societies, the family has always been seen as a social institution; that has the biggest impact on society. Everyone is born into some form of family, with the family taking the responsibility of nurturing, teaching the norms or accepted behaviors within the family structure and within society. There are many types of families, which can be described as a set of relationships including parents and children and can include anyone related by blood or adoption. Family is the most important, “for it is within the family that the child is first socialized to serve the needs of the society and not only its own needs” (Goode, 1982).
NAME: NNAJI MMADUABUCHI GEORGE DEPT: ENG/SOS REG. NO: 16208504 COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITEL: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION LEVEL: 200 LECTURER: MRS. M. N. OGENYI DATE: 8th May, 2018
QUESTION: WHICH PART OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN THE SOCIETY
Meaning of socialization “What is socialization?” The authors of one text book define socialization as “a learning process, one that involves development or changes in the individual’s sense of self”, and this is exactly true. Socialization is a learning process. When your parents teach you how to use a toilet or behave politely, when your teachers teach you about your country’s history, when a priest teaches you to behave a certain way (i.e. listen to God’s commandments), you are being socialized. When you are being socialized, you are taking part (willingly or unwillingly) in a learning process.
FAMILY AS AN AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION The family is the principal institution for the socialization of children. As the basic unit for raising children, anthropologists generally classify most family organizations as matrifocal (a mother and her children); conjugal (a wife, her husband, and children, also called the nuclear family); avuncular (for example, a grandparent, a brother, his sister, and her children); or extended (parents and children co-reside with other members of one parent's family). Sexual relations among the members are regulated by rules concerning incest such as the incest taboo. Meaning of family A group of people, usually of the same blood (but do not have to be), who genuinely love, trust, care about, and look out for each other. Not to be mistaken with relatives sharing the same household who hate each other.
REASONS WHY FAMILY IS NECESSARY IN THE SOCIETY Family is a fundamental social institution in society, the family, is considered the primary and most important agent of socialization. Family typically consists of a man and woman and their children or two or more people who usually reside in the same home and share same goals and values. Traditionally, in all societies, the family has always been seen as a social institution; that has the biggest impact on society. Everyone is born into some form of family, with the family taking the responsibility of nurturing, teaching the norms or accepted behaviors within the family structure and within society. There are many types of families, which can be described as a set of relationships including parents and children and can include anyone related by blood or adoption. Family is the most important, “for it is within the family that the child is first socialized to serve the needs of the society and not only its own needs” (Goode, 1982). Families are considered to be the most important agents of primary socialization. Children are most often heavily ependent on their families to carry out their basic needs (feeding, cleaning etc.). Families are often the first people to teach children their norms, values and beliefs. Parents do this through both verbal and nonverbal communication. Families help develop levels of trust, independence, initiative (for example through demonstrating how to handle social situations), a sense of competence and ambition (such as through pushing their child in sport or academia) and also help them make decisions about who one is. Functionalist sociologists believe that the family is a particularly important institution of socialization as it is the family which performs the crucial functions of socializing the young and meets the emotional needs of its members. According to functionalist sociologists, stable families underpin social order and economic stability.
1. WHICH PART OF THE AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN SOCIETY The lessons of life Family teaches you the basic lessons in life that you need to survive. For example, hygiene, eating, and behaving in a way that is acceptable in your own family so it does not affect your social development as much as your peers do. Generally speaking, the most important agent of socialization is family; however, your peers have a bigger impact on your social development Agents of socialization The most important agent of socialization that impacts social development is peers Greatest Impact Your peers are the ones who have the biggest impact on your social development because . At School is an agent that is said to be the core of your social development At the workplace Your workplace also plays a considerable role in your social development They are the ones who teach you how to interact with people in the real world Your peers teach you the norms of society and the norms of the general group or age group of people you will interact with If you break it down it is more your peers that you meet at school that build your social skills. Nevertheless, you learn essential skills at school that you will need for the rest of your life such as the compulsory courses like Math, English etc. The workplace provides you with social skills that you learn later on in life, not the basic skills that are essential for you to function in society Skills needed for one to function are developed through the interaction of peers The Media Mass media is an agent that does not so much develop your social skills, but gives you an idea or image of things that are accepted in society Ideas seen on the television by viewers display what is socially acceptable and what is not (even if it is not always true because the media can often be misleading) 2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY Family is a fundamental social institution in society, the family, is considered the primary and most important agent of socialization. Family typically consists of a man and woman and their children or two or more people who usually reside in the same home and share same goals and values. Traditionally, in all societies, the family has always been seen as a social institution; that has the biggest impact on society. Everyone is born into some form of family, with the family taking the responsibility of nurturing, teaching the norms or accepted behaviors within the family structure and within society. There are many types of families, which can be described as a set of relationships including parents and children and can include anyone Other social beliefs are norms became less important and impacted the structure of the nuclear family. More couples are getting divorced, than they were decades ago, when the belief of society was to frown upon divorce. Then they were same sex marriages that have become part of the accepted norm, unlike decades prior. There are many other factors that contribute to the change in views and beliefs, replacing what was the responsibility of the family. This is especially true in this 21st century technological era; we are no longer limited to learning about the norms of society through the family but through other agents like mass media.
NAME: OKORIE JULIET .O REG. NO: 16208417 DEPARTMENT: ENG/SOS COURSE CODE: SOS 222 LEVEL: 200 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION INTRODUCTION The socialization that we receive in childhood has a lasting effect on our ability to interact with others in society. In this lesson, we identify and discuss four of the most influential agents of socialization in childhood: family, school, peers, and media. Socialization Socialization is a lifelong process during which we learn about social expectations and how to interact with other people. Nearly all of the behavior that we consider to be 'human nature' is actually learned through socialization. And, it is during socialization that we learn how to walk, talk, and feed ourselves, about behavioral norms that help us fit in to our society, and so much more. Socialization occurs throughout our life, but some of the most important socialization occurs in childhood. So, let's talk about the most influential agents of socialization. These are the people or groups responsible for our socialization during childhood - including family, school, peers, and mass media. The most important agents of socialization in the society There is no better way to start than to talk about the role of family in our social development, as family is usually considered to be the most important agent of socialization. As infants, we are completely dependent on others to survive. Our parents, or those who play the parent role, are responsible for teaching us to function and care for ourselves. They, along with the rest of our family, also teach us about close relationships, group life, and how to share resources. Additionally, they provide us with our first system of values, norms, and beliefs - a system that is usually a reflection of their own social status, religion, ethnic group, and more. The family gets the baby first. Hence the process of socialisation begins in the family. A child is born with some basic abilities that are genetically transmitted through germplasm. These abilities and capacities are shaped in ways determined by culture. The mother with whom the relation of the child is the most intimate plays a significant role in the process of moulding the child in the initial stages. Subsequently, father and older siblings transmit to the child many other values, knowledge and skill that children are expected to acquire in that particular society. As the child grows older, his contemporaries begin to influence him. He spends most of his spare hours outside his work and study schedule with his peers in the playground and places outside his home. The attraction of peers is virtually irresistible to him. The following are why socialization is necessary the society Helps in building positive and constructive relationships via the real social networks that are formed. Socializing plays a pivotal role in improving overall growth and development of an individual. As per Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin by SAGE, socializing enhances mental functioning, as the mind is kept occupied with real thoughts. Stress and anxiety levels can be reduced to a great extent. Solutions to problems may be found in dialogue. It provides great opportunity to understand various kinds of people, their mannerisms, personalities, thought processes and so on. Socializing develops better understanding of human perspectives and attributes. Socializing is a great tool for development of self-confidence and giving your self-esteem the required boost. It kicks out shyness and hesitance from an individual making him ready to face the world in a smart manner.
NAME: ANI EVELYN EBERECHUKWU REG NO: 16108355 DEPT: SOS/IGBO LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION INTRODUCTION Socialization can be define as a process be which the culture of a society is transmitted to its new members. It can also be defined as a process by which individuals becomes member. It can also be define as process by which individuals becomes members of a society. WHICH PART OF THE AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN SOCIETY? The part of the agents of socialization that is very important in society is family. Family is a social group sharing a common residence and co-operating economically. The family is the most violent group in society, with the exception of the police and the military." Nonetheless, the family provides a strong backbone and a reliable foundation; it is considered the most important agent of socialization. The family assumes the chief responsibility of developing a child, and has a substantial guise in the integration with society. The family is the primary support system for a child, especially during the first phase of their lives when they are physically and, in most cases, emotionally closest to a child. During this time, they will provide the greatest support and influence. This will extend over factors such as values, beliefs, political aspects, religious appetites, and the child's overall outlook on society in its entirety. Children's minds are like sponges that absorb teachings; they will mimic, appreciate, worship, and accept views, behaviors, and even possessions of their parents. It is evident that the social development in a child is heavily manipulated by the family. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY ARE. 1. Respect for elders and those in positions of authority. The elders are usually regarded as better possessor of wisdom than the youth. Hence the aphorism that the words of our elders are words of wisdom. 2. Prohibition of socially undesirable habits: It is usual in most homes for parents an older siblings to forbid children from engaging in certain socially undesirable habits. Such habits which children may be restrained from practicing include lying, cheating, stealing refusal to run errands, scrambling for food, talking while eating e.t.c. 3. Eating from the same dish: It is the tradition in most traditional homes for all the members of the family to eat from the same dish or plate. When parents are carefully watch the children how best to eat. 4. Initiation into certain traditional rites: When they come of age, children are initiated into certain traditional rites in accordance with the traditions of communities involved. 5. Encourage children to join age grades: The age grade system is popular especially in the eastern and western parts of Nigeria. 6. Encouraging children to learn their parents trades and crafts: It has becomes a tradition for children to learn the type of trade or craft which their parents are identified with. Hence a male child naturally begins to carefully watch his father when the later is carrying out his duties. 7. Teaching of sex roles: Depending on whether one is male or female, the society prescribes certain roles which are to be played by the individual. In this regard, the roles played by males are different from those of females. 8. Encouraging girls to remains virgins until they are married: An interesting aspect of this is the fact that girls, as much as possible, are encouraged to remain virgins until they get married. This accounts for the relatively fewer cases of abortion and unwanted pregnancies of abortion and unwanted pregnancies in our tradition set-up. 9. Telling folk tales: Usually at night, children gather in the family compound where they talk folk tales of different kind. At time, parents help to release the children so as to go for the moon light plays where they also join other children in telling these stories. The children imbibe a lot of moral lessons from the stories and folk tales.
Socialization Socialization is the process through which a person, from birth through death, is taught the norms, customs, values, and roles of the society in which they live. This process serves to incorporate new members into a society so that they and it can function smoothly. It is guided by family, teachers and coaches, religious leaders, peers, community, and media, among others. Socialization typically occurs in two stages. Primary socialization takes place from birth through adolescence and is guided by primary caregivers, educators, and peers. Secondary socialization continues throughout one's life, and especially whenever one encounters new situations, places, or groups of people whose norms, customs, assumptions, and values may differ from one's own. Family There is no better way to start than to talk about the role of family in our social development, as family is usually considered to be the most important agent of socialization. As infants, we are completely dependent on others to survive. Our parents, or those who play the parent role, are responsible for teaching us to function and care for ourselves. They, along with the rest of our family, also teach us about close relationships, group life, and how to share resources. Additionally, they provide us with our first system of values, norms, and beliefs - a system that is usually a reflection of their own social status, religion, ethnic group, and more. For example, Alexander, a young boy who lives in America, was born to an immigrant family. He grew up bilingual and was taught the importance of collectivistic values through socialization with his family. This experience differs drastically from someone born to an older, 'traditional' American family that would emphasize the English language and individualistic values. 2. . STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY Family is important because it provides love, support and a framework of values to each of its members. Family members teach each other, serve one another and share life’s joys and sorrows. Families provide a setting for personal growth. Family is the single most important influence in a child’s life. From their first moments of life, children depend on parents and family to protect them and provide for their needs. Parents and family form a child’s first relationships. Family provides all members with security, identity and values, regardless of age. When a member of the family feels insecure or unsafe, he turns to his family for help. He learns about his sense of self and gains a foundation for the rest of his life. This foundation includes the family’s values which provide the basis for his own moral code. Spending time with family shows individuals the value of love, appreciation and open communication. Following family traditions showcases the importance of family, as well. Family traditions are experiences that families create together on a regular basis, whether these involve holidays, vacations or even attending religious services together. Not only do these experiences create memories for years to come, they also give family members a stronger sense of belonging. Families bond together and make each member feel important.
ODO THOMAS OSITA 16208439 ENG/SOS DEFINITION Socialization is a lifelong process during which we learn about social expectations and how to interact with other people. Nearly all of the behavior that we consider to be 'human nature' is actually learned through socialization. And, it is during socialization that we learn how to walk, talk, and feed ourselves, about behavioral norms that help us fit in to our society,and so much more. Socialization occurs throughout our life, but some of the most important socialization occurs in childhood. So, let's talk about the most influential agents of socialization. These are the people or groups responsible for our socialization during childhood - including family, school, peers, and mass media. According to Ogburn, “Socialization is the process by which the individual learns to conform to the norms of the group.” Ross defined socialization as “the development of the we feeling in associates and their growth in capacity and will to act together.” Through the process of socialization the individual becomes a social person and attains personality. Gillin and Gillin write, “By the term ‘socialization’ we mean the process by which individual develops into a functioning member of the group according to its standards, conforming to its modes, observing its traditions and adjusting himself to the social situations.” Socialization is the process whereby the individual acquires the conventional patterns of human behaviour. 1. The Family: Family is a fundamental social institution in society, the family, is considered the primary and most important agent of socialization. Family typically consists of a man and woman and their children or two or more people who usually reside in the same home and share same goals and values. 2. REASONS • The parents or family are the first to socialize the child. They are not only closely related to the child but physically also they are nearer to him than others. From the parents he learns his speech and languages. He is taught societal morality. He learns respect for persons in authority. In the family he learns a number of civic virtues. • The family is rightly called the cradle of social virtues. The child gets his first lessons in cooperation, tolerance, self sacrifice, love and affection in the family. The environment of a family influences the growth of a child. The psychologists have shown that a person is what he becomes in a family. In a bad family the child learns bad habits whereas in a good family he acquires good habits. • An important cause of juvenile delinquency is bad family environment. At the time of mate choice the parents also try to find out the family history of the boy and girl in order to know their good and bad points. The relationship between the parents and the child is one of constraint.’ The parents are older than he and have the power to command obedience. • In case the child does not follow the rules, he may be coerced. Of the parents it is the mother who first begins the process of socialization. The family continues to exercise its influence throughout life. There is a vast literature on family to describe its role in society.
CHUKWU JEREMAIH OLUCHUKWU 16208505 ENG/SOS According to Lundberg, socialization consists of the “complex processes of interaction through which the individual learns the habits, skills, beliefs and standards of judgment that are necessary for his effective participation in social group and communities.”“Socialization is a learning that enables the learner to perform social roles.” According to Green, “Socialization is the process by which the child acquires a cultural content, along with selfhood and personality”.According to Horton and Hunt, “Socialization is the process whereby one internalizes the norms of his groups, so that a distinct “self” emerges, unique to this individual.” H. T. Mazumdar defines socialization as “the process whereby original nature is transformed into human nature and the individual into person.” Every man tries to adjust himself to the condition and environment predominantly determined by the society of which he is a member. If he fails to do so, he becomes a social deviant and is brought back into line by the efforts of the group of which he is a member. This process of adjustment may be termed socialization. It is the opposite of individualization. It is a process of the expansion of the self. It develops in him the community feeling. Family is a fundamental social institution in society, the family, is considered the primary and most important agent of socialization. Family typically consists of a man and woman and their children or two or more people who usually reside in the same home and share same goals and values. Traditionally, in all societies, the family has always been seen as a social institution; that has the biggest impact on society.
REASONS Families are considered to be the most important agents of primary socialisation. Chiildren are most often heavily ependent on their families to carry out their basic needs (feeding, cleaning etc.). Families are often the first people to teach children their norms, values and beliefs. Parents do this through both verbal and non verbal communication. Families help develop levels of trust, independence, initative (for example through demonstrating how to handle social situations), a sense of competence and ambition (such as through pushing their child in sport or academia) and also help them make decisions about who one is. Functionalist sociologists believe that the family is a particularly important institution of socialisatin as it is the family which performs the crucical functions of socialising the young and meets the emotional needs oof its members. According to functionalist sociologistss, stable families underpin social order and economic stability. In my humble opinion, the family. And we see this in how society has begun to break down horribly as we've allowed the family unit to deteriorate and disappear. A family starts the socialization of children and even the adjustment of adults by living together day in and day out and providing feedback to each member, good or bad, based on their intimate actions. No other entity does so much on a regular basis.
NAME:OGBO BENEDICTA OLUCHUKWU REG NO: 16208531 DEPT: ENG/SOS LEVEL: 200 COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION INTRODUCTION Socialization occurs throughout our life, but some of the most important socialization occurs in childhood. Four of the most influential agents of socialization during that phase of our lives are the family, school, peers, and mass media. Family is usually considered to be the most important agent of socialization. THE MOST IMPORTANT AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IN THE SOCIETY Family The most important agent of socialization, family helps mold an individual. The family values, beliefs, religious inclinations and political views shape an individual's outlook towards society. Parents are the biggest influence for the social development in children. Schools After family, schools are probably the most important influence on an individual. Schools help pass on knowledge, create awareness and inculcate the feelings of tolerance in individuals. The second step to socialization is schools where a child meets different children and learns to make out the right and wrong in society. Community and Culture Community and culture help pass on the religious views and cultural traditions in an individual. A community is the group where an individual meets people with similar ideologies and interact for personal and community growth. Peers Meeting like-minded people, making friends and hanging out together may seem like a teenagers life. But in fact, each and every individual in society loves to have social contact. Peers have great impact on an individual's thoughts and line of thinking. An individual learns to behave in a manner that they think will be acceptable to their peers. Peer acceptance is an important part of socialization. Mass Media In today's world, mass media is one of important ways of socialization. People are influenced by the social norms portrayed by the mass media. Political, religious and social views are enforced in a hard way through the repeated exposure and arguments put forth by the agents of mass media. Through the above explanation, you will understand, that agents of socialization play an important role in an individual's life. The different positive attributes fed by these agents create harmony in an individual that makes him feel confident and respect social etiquette. Without the norms and rules of a society, humans would have nothing to differentiate themselves from animal groups.
VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY The role of socialization is to acquaint individuals with the norms of a given social group or society. It prepares individuals to participate in a group by illustrating the expectations of that group. • Socialization prepares people to participate in a social group by teaching them its norms and expectations. • Socialization has three primary goals: teaching impulse control and developing a conscience, preparing people to perform certain social roles, and cultivating shared sources of meaning and value. • Socialization is culturally specific, but this does not mean certain cultures are better or worse than others. • Helps in building positive and constructive relationships via the real social networks that are formed. • Socializing plays a pivotal role in improving overall growth and development of an individual. • As per Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin by SAGE, socializing enhances mental functioning, as the mind is kept occupied with real thoughts. • Stress and anxiety levels can be reduced to a great extent. Solutions to problems may be found in dialogue. • It provides great opportunity to understand various kinds of people, their mannerisms, personalities, thought processes and so on. Socializing develops better understanding of human perspectives and attributes. • Socializing is a great tool for development of self-confidence and giving your self-esteem the required boost. It kicks out shyness and hesitance from an individual making him ready to face the world in a smart manner.
WHICH PART OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN THE SOCIETY
Meaning of socialization Socialization is the Process by which individuals acquire the knowledge, language, social skills, and value to conform to the norms and roles required for integration into a group or community. FAMILY AS AN AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION The family is the central establishment for the socialization of youngsters. As the essential unit for bringing up kids, anthropologists for the most part arrange most family associations as matrilocal (a mother and her kids); matrimonial (a spouse, her better half, and youngsters, likewise called the atomic family); avuncular (for instance, a grandparent, a sibling, his sister, and her kids); or expanded (guardians and kids co-dwell with different individuals from one parent's family). Sexual relations among the individuals are directed by rules concerning inbreeding, for example, the interbreeding forbidden MEANING OF FAMILY Family is a group of individuals, more often than not of a similar blood (however don't need to be), who truly adore, trust, think about, and pay special mind to each other. Not to be mixed up with relatives having a similar family unit who detest each other. REASONS WHY FAMILY IS NECESSARY IN THE SOCIETY Families are often the first people to teach children their norms, values and beliefs. Parents do this through both verbal and nonverbal communication. Families help develop levels of trust, independence, initiative (for example through demonstrating how to handle social situations), a sense of competence and ambition (such as through pushing their child in sport or academia) and also help them make decisions about who one is. Functionalist sociologists believe that the family is a particularly important institution of socialization as it is the family which performs the crucial functions of socializing the young and meets the emotional needs of its members. According to functionalist sociologists, stable families underpin social order and economic stability. Family is a fundamental social institution in society, the family, is considered the primary and most important agent of socialization. Family typically consists of a man and woman and their children or two or more people who usually reside in the same home and share same goals and values. Traditionally, in all societies, the family has always been seen as a social institution; that has the biggest impact on society. Everyone is born into some form of family, with the family taking the responsibility of nurturing, teaching the norms or accepted behaviors within the family structure and within society. There are many types of families, which can be described as a set of relationships including parents and children and can include anyone related by blood or adoption. Family is the most important, “for it is within the family that the child is first socialized to serve the needs of the society and not only its own needs” (Goode, 1982). Families are considered to be the most important agents of primary socialization. Children are most often heavily ependent on their families to carry out their basic needs (feeding, cleaning etc.).
NAME: UGWU PATIENCE TOCHI DEPT: SOS/IGBO REG. NO: 16108358 COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION LEVEL: 200 INTRODUCTION Socialization occurs throughout our life, but some of the most important socialization occurs in childhood. So, let's talk about the most influential agents of socialization. These are the people or groups responsible for our socialization during childhood - including family, school, peers, and mass media. WHICH PART OF THE AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN SOCIETY The family gets the baby first. Hence the process of socialization begins in the family. A child is born with some basic abilities that are genetically transmitted through germplasm. These abilities and capacities are shaped in ways determined by culture. The mother with whom the relation of the child is the most intimate plays a significant role in the process of moulding the child in the initial stages. Subsequently, father and older siblings transmit to the child many other values, knowledge and skill that children are expected to acquire in that particular society. Family is the first agent of socialization. Mothers and fathers, siblings and grandparents, plus members of an extended family, all teach a child what he or she needs to know. For example, they show the child how to use objects (such as clothes, computers, eating utensils, books, bikes); how to relate to others (some as “family,” others as “friends,” still others as “strangers” or “teachers” or “neighbors”); and how the world works (what is “real” and what is “imagined”). As you are aware, either from your own experience as a child or from your role in helping to raise one, socialization includes teaching and learning about an unending array of objects and ideas. VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY The role of socialization is to acquaint individuals with the norms of a given social group or society. It prepares individuals to participate in a group by illustrating the expectations of that group. • Socialization prepares people to participate in a social group by teaching them its norms and expectations. • Socialization has three primary goals: teaching impulse control and developing a conscience, preparing people to perform certain social roles, and cultivating shared sources of meaning and value. • Socialization is culturally specific, but this does not mean certain cultures are better or worse than others. • Helps in building positive and constructive relationships via the real social networks that are formed. • Socializing plays a pivotal role in improving overall growth and development of an individual. • As per Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin by SAGE, socializing enhances mental functioning, as the mind is kept occupied with real thoughts. • Stress and anxiety levels can be reduced to a great extent. Solutions to problems may be found in dialogue. • It provides great opportunity to understand various kinds of people, their mannerisms, personalities, thought processes and so on. Socializing develops better understanding of human perspectives and attributes. • Socializing is a great tool for development of self-confidence and giving your self-esteem the required boost. It kicks out shyness and hesitance from an individual making him ready to face the world in a smart manner. • It provides happiness and joy when you meet your family and friends in real rather that online life.
NAME: NGENE, EVANGELINE AMARACHI REG. NO.: 16208508 DEPARTMENT: ENGLISH / SOCIAL STUDIES COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION LEVEL: 200 DATE: 7/05/2018
QUESTION NO. 1 1. Which part of agent of socialization is very important in the society? ANSWER Socialization is a lifelong process during which we learn about social expectations and how to interact with other people. Nearly all of the behavior that we consider to be 'human nature' is actually learned through socialization. And, it is during socialization that we learn how to walk, talk, and feed ourselves, about behavioral norms that help us fit in to our society.
The part of the agents of socialization that is very important in society is the "FAMILY" because the socialization that we receive in childhood has a lasting effect on our ability to interact with others in the society and we have other most influential agents of socialization in childhood: family, school, peers, church and media.
QUESTION NO. 2 2. State various reasons why they are necessary in our society.
ANSWER The reasons why they are necessary in our society are: FAMILY: There is no better way to start than to talk about the role of family in our social development, as family is usually considered to be the most important agent of socialization. As infants, we are completely dependent on others to survive. Our parents, or those who play the parent role, are responsible for teaching us to function and care for ourselves. They, along with the rest of our family, also teach us about close relationships, group life, and how to share resources. Additionally, they provide us with our first system of values, norms, and beliefs - a system that is usually a reflection of their own social status, religion, ethnic group, and more.
SCHOOL: The next important agent of childhood socialization is the school. Of course, the official purpose of school is to transfer subject knowledge and teach life skills, such as following directions and meeting deadlines. But, students don't just learn from the academic curriculum prepared by teachers and school administrators. In school, we also learn social skills through our interactions with teachers, staff, and other students. For example, we learn the importance of obeying authority and that to be successful, we must learn to be quiet, to wait, and sometimes to act interested even when we're not.
PEERS: Peer groups allow children to form relationships and learn. These are the people or groups responsible for our socialization during childhood.
CHURCH: Church/Religion is one of the agents of socialization that has been an important factor in society. In the early society religion provided a bond of unity. Though in modern society the importance of religion has diminished, yet it continues to mould our beliefs and ways of life. In every family some or the other religious practices are observed on one or the other occasion. The child sees his parents going to the temple and performing religious ceremonies. He listens to religious sermons which may determine his course of life and shape his ideas.
NAME: NGENE, EVANGELINE AMARACHI REG. NO.: 16208508 DEPARTMENT: ENGLISH / SOCIAL STUDIES COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION LEVEL: 200 DATE: 7/05/2018
QUESTION NO. 1 1. Which part of agent of socialization is very important in the society? ANSWER Socialization is a lifelong process during which we learn about social expectations and how to interact with other people. Nearly all of the behavior that we consider to be 'human nature' is actually learned through socialization. And, it is during socialization that we learn how to walk, talk, and feed ourselves, about behavioral norms that help us fit in to our society.
The part of the agents of socialization that is very important in society is the "FAMILY" because the socialization that we receive in childhood has a lasting effect on our ability to interact with others in the society and we have other most influential agents of socialization in childhood: family, school, peers, church and media.
QUESTION NO. 2 2. State various reasons why they are necessary in our society.
ANSWER The reasons why they are necessary in our society are: FAMILY: There is no better way to start than to talk about the role of family in our social development, as family is usually considered to be the most important agent of socialization. As infants, we are completely dependent on others to survive. Our parents, or those who play the parent role, are responsible for teaching us to function and care for ourselves. They, along with the rest of our family, also teach us about close relationships, group life, and how to share resources. Additionally, they provide us with our first system of values, norms, and beliefs - a system that is usually a reflection of their own social status, religion, ethnic group, and more.
SCHOOL: The next important agent of childhood socialization is the school. Of course, the official purpose of school is to transfer subject knowledge and teach life skills, such as following directions and meeting deadlines. But, students don't just learn from the academic curriculum prepared by teachers and school administrators. In school, we also learn social skills through our interactions with teachers, staff, and other students. For example, we learn the importance of obeying authority and that to be successful, we must learn to be quiet, to wait, and sometimes to act interested even when we're not.
PEERS: Peer groups allow children to form relationships and learn. These are the people or groups responsible for our socialization during childhood.
CHURCH: Church/Religion is one of the agents of socialization that has been an important factor in society. In the early society religion provided a bond of unity. Though in modern society the importance of religion has diminished, yet it continues to mould our beliefs and ways of life. In every family some or the other religious practices are observed on one or the other occasion. The child sees his parents going to the temple and performing religious ceremonies. He listens to religious sermons which may determine his course of life and shape his ideas.
NAMEEZE, BLESSING OLUCHUKWU DEPARTMENT ENG/SOS REG.NO 16208479 COURSE CODE SOS 222 Course TITLE CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION LEVEL: 200 DATE 8/05/2018
QUESTION Which part of agent of socialization is very important in the society? State various reasons why they are necessary in our society. INTRODUCTION Socialization refers to a process by which the citizens are educated to know or practices the values, attitudes and beliefs of his/her society through which and individual is made a normal human being. The agent of socialization area as fellows: the family, the school, the peer groups, political parties and so on. In this agent of socialization listed above I think that family is very important in the society more than other agents of socialization or this following reason: Family is the head of the root of every society. When a child is born in the family he/she learns first from her mother how to speak or interact that is greetings to people he/she learns how to do chorus like washing plates, sweeping the compound, fetching water and fire Wood and so on. Socialization starts right from birth (conception). Family as an agent of political socialization: the home is the first place an individual makes his first contact. Children learn mainly through observation and by observing the political behaviours of their parents, they tend to learn them. Children from political conscious families tends to be more politically aware and interested in politics. Family as an agent of socialization helps to bring up children in a Christian way; their parents teach them their belief of their religion and even the culture of their society.
NAME: NGENE, EVANGELINE AMARACHI REG. NO.: 16208508 DEPARTMENT: ENGLISH / SOCIAL STUDIES COURSE CODE: SOS 222 COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION LEVEL: 200 DATE: 7/05/2018
QUESTION NO. 1 1. Which part of agent of socialization is very important in the society? ANSWER Socialization is a lifelong process during which we learn about social expectations and how to interact with other people. Nearly all of the behavior that we consider to be 'human nature' is actually learned through socialization. And, it is during socialization that we learn how to walk, talk, and feed ourselves, about behavioral norms that help us fit in to our society.
The part of the agents of socialization that is very important in society is the "FAMILY" because the socialization that we receive in childhood has a lasting effect on our ability to interact with others in the society and we have other most influential agents of socialization in childhood: family, school, peers, church and media.
QUESTION NO. 2 2. State various reasons why they are necessary in our society.
ANSWER The reasons why they are necessary in our society are: FAMILY: There is no better way to start than to talk about the role of family in our social development, as family is usually considered to be the most important agent of socialization. As infants, we are completely dependent on others to survive. Our parents, or those who play the parent role, are responsible for teaching us to function and care for ourselves. They, along with the rest of our family, also teach us about close relationships, group life, and how to share resources. Additionally, they provide us with our first system of values, norms, and beliefs - a system that is usually a reflection of their own social status, religion, ethnic group, and more.
SCHOOL: The next important agent of childhood socialization is the school. Of course, the official purpose of school is to transfer subject knowledge and teach life skills, such as following directions and meeting deadlines. But, students don't just learn from the academic curriculum prepared by teachers and school administrators. In school, we also learn social skills through our interactions with teachers, staff, and other students. For example, we learn the importance of obeying authority and that to be successful, we must learn to be quiet, to wait, and sometimes to act interested even when we're not.
PEERS: Peer groups allow children to form relationships and learn. These are the people or groups responsible for our socialization during childhood.
CHURCH: Church/Religion is one of the agents of socialization that has been an important factor in society. In the early society religion provided a bond of unity. Though in modern society the importance of religion has diminished, yet it continues to mould our beliefs and ways of life. In every family some or the other religious practices are observed on one or the other occasion. The child sees his parents going to the temple and performing religious ceremonies. He listens to religious sermons which may determine his course of life and shape his ideas.
SUMMARY OF ASSIGNMENT ON POL 223 NAME: ONYISHI KINGSLEY .C REG.NO: 16108310 DEPARTMENT: POL SCI/CRS THE MEANING OF FOREIGN POLICY Foreign policy is one of the wheels with which the process of international politics operates. Foreign policy is not separate from the national policy, instead it is a part of it. It consists of national interests that are to be furthered in relation to other states. Almost all the states determine the course of their foreign policies within the limits of their strengths and the realities of the external environment. The nonpolitical relations also fall in the scope of foreign policy. The term ‘foreign policy’ has been defined in number of ways. George Modelski defines it as,“The system of activities evolved by communities for changing the behaviour of other states and for adjusting their own activities to the international environment. Modelski, in his definition, has emphasized only those aspects of policy, which aim at the change in the existing behaviour of states, as the primary objectives of foreign policy. In fact, foreign policy includes both the change in the existing behaviour and continuation of the behaviour at different times. It is concerned both with the change and the status quo in so far as they serve the national interests . Feliks Gross has taken a very liberal view of the term foreign policy. He opines if a state decides not to have any relations with some country, it is also a foreign policy. Its concern is both negative and positive. EXAMPLES OF FOREIGN POLICY Upon gaining independence in 1960, Nigeria quickly committed itself to improving the lives of the people of the country and harnessing the resources that remain vital to the economy of the country and her neighbours. By observing at what benefits and appropriate for the country, Nigeria became one of the founding members of the Organisation for African Unity (OAU), which later became the African Union. The Organisation for African Unity checks political stability of any African countries and encourages them to be holding regional meetings for the union. HOW HAS THE INFLUENCE OF DOMESTIC AND EXTERNAL FACTOR AFFECTED THE NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY TILL DATE Since 1960 when Nigeria became an independent state, its relation with Israel has generated “heated controversy” (Nereus, 1993:16). From the late 1970s, the controversy climaxed when late President Sadat of Egypt embarked on his bold peace initiatives in the Middle East (Olusola, 1986:438). It is worth mentioning that the events leading to the Arab-Israeli War of 1967 also contributed in no small measure. The consideration or adoption of the Arab-Israeli War in the Nigerian domestic milieu and politics further complicated the issue, elevating the debate to a stage of great suspicion and sentiment.
NAME: UGWU CHARITY CHIGOZIE
ReplyDeleteDEPARTMENT: ECONOMICS/POLITICAL SCIENCE
REG NO: 17109712
GROUP: A
NO: 28
LEVEL: 100
QUESTION:
Mention and explain 10 reasons for Military interventions in Politics
The main role of every military force in every country is to protect the country from external military forces. The Army is expected to provide and construct plans for the effective protection of citizens from the external threats
1. Socio-Economic Development
According to this theory, a military intervention can happen as a result of disbelief in the socio-economic development of the country. Socially and economically stable countries are less prone to military coups. Military interventions usually take place in countries with low-income status. Nigeria experienced this problem during the military coups up to the beginning of the 1990s. Nigeria may not be able to survive another economic crisis.
2. Corruption and Political Development
Another great reason for military intervention in politics is political crisis in a country; like in the case of military interventions during the Cold War because the communistic regimes failed against capitalism and democracy. Corruption always weakens the government and results in high chances of military coups.
3. The Centrality of the Military
This theory provides the idea that the greater the resources and power the military has, the greater the chances of a military coup. A weak civilian institution may provoke strong military forces to take over power in the country; this is why the actions of military forces should be monitored!
4. Conflicts based on issues in the society
These conflicts may include religious and ethnic problems; this happened in Nigeria during the first rise of Biafra. Nonetheless, it can still happen as Boko Haram and other terrorist organizations are a threat to the democratic regime. Nigeria is multicultural with various religious beliefs. Nonetheless, the extremist religious groups may become a real threat and destroy the government in Nigeria. ISIS is the most obvious example of how religious fanatics can destroy a country.
5. Regional Differences
Regional differences are always provided as the reason for military intervention in the political affairs of Latin America. Nigeria also has some problems existing between some states. Nigeria is a country where more than 400 tribes coexist peacefully. Nonetheless, the political climate could change. Nigerian tribes may carry out actions that will cause political instability in the country and increase the likelihood of military coups.
Conclusion
If you try to examine military intervention in Nigerian politics throughout history, you will see that it happened due to a combination of factors. Therefore, it is necessary to stabilize the economic and social life of the country.
Name: Abah Joy Kasiemobi
ReplyDeleteDepartment: Economic/Political Science
Reg. No: 17109423
Level: 100
Course Code: Pol. 126
Course Title: Military in politics
Date: 28/04/2018
Semester: Second Semester
Group: A No.1
Question
Mention and explain 10 reasons for military intervention in politics.
Answer
Military rule means the system of administration under the authority of the armed forces. In this type of administration they exercise the executive, legislative and judicial functions. Before the Nigerian military got itself in politics, the country was at that time alleged with a lot of crises. These crises ranged from census crises and action (ag). The constitutional role of the military in Nigeria is purely to defend the country against any external attack. Since 1966 the military have added the administration of the country to its defensive role. From 1966 to date, Nigeria had experienced about ten successful and unsuccessful coups, that usher in the era of the military in Nigeria politics.
1 bribery and corruption: this is one of the reasons for military intervention, which has to do with corrupt practices like inflation of the award of contrasts, over-voicing of goods services, looting of public treasury.
2 low level of economic development: some individuals were so rich and have succeeded in developing their towns and villages at the expense of the development of the country .
3 absence of honest and reliable leader: this has been a problem since independence . Many of the rulers were dishonest and not reliable, so they actually refused to push the country forward.
4 regional differences: differences among the regions were so acute as to precipitate crises leading to direct assumption of power.
5 the personal ambition of soldiers to rule: this is because political offices in Nigeria have become the quickest way of acquiring wealth, prestigious and respectful. So for this reason soldiers get involved in order to satisfy this desire.
6 foreign influence: as a matter of suspicion, it has been alleged that the west and some multination al companies sponsor coups to remove any government that does not protect its business interests or dance its tunes.
7 protection of sectional or ethnic interest: the military is polarized to reflect the ethnic groups, to protect the interest of their groups, correct any act of injustice or marginalization.
8 mist management of public funds: the extent at which money meant for development is diverted into other projects and into private accounts.
9 absence of a free, fair and credible election : election in Nigeria have always been bedeviled with electoral malpractices such as rigging , falsification of elections, results, violence etc. Because of that it caused protest and civil disturbance which led for their intervention .
10 regional / state based political parties: the polarization of political parties caused friction among them and of course does not make for unity.
Name: Ike Matina Nneka
ReplyDeleteDepartment : political science/French
Reg. No. 17109685
Course Title Military in politics
Course code 126
Level 100
No. 170
Group: 4
QUESTION: SPECIFY THE IMPACT OF MILITARY RULE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF DEMOCRACY IN AFRICAN.
Ibrahim Babangida’s impact of military rule in the development of democracy in African:
The Economy.
General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida identified the problems and tried to evolve some economic measures for a balanced structure to be attained. One of the economic measures is:
A. The structural Adjustment programme was introduced on 26th September, 1986 by the military regime of .I.B. Bbangida. And it’s objectives are as follow:
• To restructure and diversify the productive base of the economy in order to reduce dependence on the oil sector and on imports.
• To achieve fiscal and balance of payment viability over the period
• To lay the basis for sustainable non-inflationary growth
• To reduce the dominance of unproductive investment in the public sector, improve that sector’s efficiency and enhance the growth potential of the private sector.
B. National Directorate of Employment (NDE), the national directorate of employment was lunched on January 0th, 1987. The ealy 1980s, young school leavers unemployment surfaced in Nigeria. Gen. I.B. Babangida has this a one of the problems has administration had to contend with and they dealt with the problems by establishment of NDE.
These are the NDE Essential programmes.
• National youth Employment and Vocational Skills.
• Small-scale industries and graduate Employment programme
• Agricultural sector employment programme
• Special public works programme
C. Agricultural Development Programme. (ADP), this was set up in order to improve agricultural produce in order to reach farming methods in order to bost production. So then ADP was also an impact I.B. Babangida’s made during his regime as a military rule.
D. Better Life Programme: Better life program was launched in 1987 by the wife of Gen. Ibrahim, Babangida, first Lady, Mrs. Marijam Babangida. The aim of the programme was to enhance the social economic and political status of Nigeria woman.
E. Final move of federal seat to Anuja.
On December 12, 1991. General Babangida moves the seat of the Government from lagos to Abuja.
F On 1986, General Ibrahim Babangida embarked on a programme aimed at retiming the country to a democratic society.
G On January, 1992. President Ibrahim Babangida announced the abolition of local government services
Conclusion.
The abolishment of local government services commission by I.B.Babangida means the local government could now recruit, promote and discipline their staffs without interference from any external body.
All these are done or made in the regime of Gen. Ibrahim Badamosi Babagidas Administration as the impact of military rule.
SUMMARY OF ASSIGNMENT ON POL 223
ReplyDeleteNAME: NNADI DOMINIC OKECHUKWU
DEPT: POL. SC/ CRS
REG.NO:16108315
LEVEL: 200
COURSE CODE: POL 223
COURSE TITLE: NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY
INTRODUCTION
Nations seek to attain different goals and objectives in the process of governing their sovereign entities. While some of the goals can be attained by the States on their own, others can only be attained with the cooperation or active support of other similar entities beyond their borders.
WHAT IS FOREIGN POLICY
Foreign policy is one of the wheels with which the process of international politics operates. Foreign policy is not separate from the national policy, instead it is a part of it. It consists of national interests that are to be furthered in relation to other states. Almost all the states determine the course of their foreign policies within the limits of their strengths and the realities of the external environment.
THE EXAMPLES OF FOREIGN POLICY
Following General Abacha’s sudden death in June 1998, General Abdusalami Abubakar, his successor, initiated a ten month transition programme that resulted in the coming to power of President Olusegun Obasanjo on 29 May, 1999. President Olusegun Obasanjo, at inauguration inherited a nation with a battered image and without credibility externally. He made efforts to build the country's image and re-integrate Nigeria into the world while regaining her lost glory through shuttle diplomacy.
Under his leadership, Nigeria assumed leadership of several international organizations like the ECOWAS, African Union (AU) and G- 77. Nigeria also hosted several international summits including those of the Commonwealth Heads of States and the AU in 2004, the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) in 2005 and ECOWAS since 1999.
The foreign policy direction by the Obasanjo administration was intended to address and redress the perceived inadequacy inherent in concentricism African centred foreign policy): which was the fact that “concentricism was not at all an objective but a means; it was more or less a foreign policy tactic that had not been fully taken advantage of; and as a means to an end, concentricism had to have focus”
HOW HAS THE INFLUENCE OF DOMESTIC AND EXTERNAL FACTOR AFFECTED THE NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY TILL DATE
Foreign policy environment connotes the domestic and external variables (factors, dynamics, structures and processes) that determine and motorize foreign policy actions. It is also the sumtotal of the environment within which foreign policy actors operate. The foreign policy environment is made up of the domestic and external.
The domestic environment consists of the socio-economic, political and cultural dynamics and institutional frameworks which inform policy choices within a country. The external environment refers to the configuration of power, the political and economic dynamics and institutional frameworks and structures which define the options and policy choices of actors outside a state’s territory. Environmental variables incorporate all the aggregate factors, domestic and international, ranging from living to nonliving things that contribute to, or detract from, national survival and affluence. These environmental factors affect states and are instrumental in dictating how they behave in the international arena. Generally, various environmental variables have had direct and indirect effects on states, in terms of influencing the trajectory of their objectives and the responses arising therefrom. Environmental variables can be categorised into domestic and external to depict
The domestic environmental variables, in relation to international relations, refer to all the features, factors and forces, indeed the whole ensembles of natural, human and man-made resources peculiar to a state, which determine their national power (Wanjohi 2011).
SUMMARY OF ASSIGNMENT OF POL 223
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DEPT: POL. SC/ CRS
REG.NO:16108305
LEVEL: 200
COURSE CODE: POL 223
COURSE TITLE: NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY
What is foreign policy
There is no generally agreed definition of foreign policy; hence different scholars have attempted to define the concept from their own perspectives. Modelski in Obi defines foreign policy as the system of activities evolved by communities for changing the behaviour of other states and for adjusting their own activities to the international environment. Similarly, Frankel in Obi defines foreign policy as consisting of decisions and actions that involve some appreciable extent relationship between one state and another.
A country's foreign policy consists of self-interest strategies chosen by the state to safeguard its national interests and to achieve its goals within the international relations milieu. It is the aggregate of a country’s national interest which results from the interaction of internal and external forces as perceived by the foreign policy decision makers. The approaches used are strategically employed to interact with other countries.
Examples of foreign policy
Some countries can at different times be friends or enemies or valued allies, with a relatively long or short period of time. For example Nigeria broke diplomatic relations with Cote d’ Ivoire, Gabon, Tanzania and Zambia, during the Nigerian civil war (1967-1970), because they recognized and traded with Biafra –The Break way Eastern Region of Nigerian. But the relationship was restored at the end of the war. Besides, the policy of non-recognition of the apartheid regime of South Africa by Nigeria changed with the installation of a black majority rule by the African National Congress (ANC) country. The point to keep in mind is that whatever forms it takes; some response to the outside world is always there. In effect, every country must have a foreign policy in order to live and survive as an independent body in the complex, sometime dangerous, world we live in today.
HOW HAS THE INFLUENCE OF DOMESTIC AND EXTERNAL FACTOR AFFECTED THE NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY TILL DATE
The Nigerian foreign policy opens the door to foreign investment and foreign technology as hinted earlier, thereby inflicting damage on home-grown investment and industrialization. This may, in the long run, lead to modern-day economic colonization if care is not taken.
Foreign relations with a particular country can lead to negative impact on the Nigerian state if there is a government change in that other country. The Brexit hullaballoo is a very good example; Nigerian investments in the UK are sure to suffer one way or the other due to the economic downturn the Brexit issue will lead to in Britain.
SUMMARY OF ASSIGNMENT OF POL 223
ReplyDeleteNAME: IGWE MILLICENT OZIOMA
DEPT: POL. SC/ CRS
REG.NO:16108313
LEVEL: 200
COURSE CODE: POL 223
COURSE TITLE: NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY
WHAT IS FOREIGN POLICY
Foreign policy is the category, which deals with defence, security, international political relations, and international economic relations. It deals with the relations between one actor in international system and other actors in the international system. These other actors, as we said earlier, may be states, international organizations, some types of individuals, or the environment of the system irrespective of whether the elements involve are social, cultural or structural (Rosenau, 1969 in Ofoegbu, 1980:4). Similarly, many of the goals, social, cultural, political, economic and so on, which states try to pursue in international system cannot be achieved within the territorial confines of the national state. At times, states need the active cooperation, even assistance, of other states in the system to achieve their national objectives. Because of this a state necessarily has to be in communication with the external environment. It is the totality of this communication that is commonly referred to as foreign policy (Ojo and Sesay, 2002:113). However, like many other concepts in international relations, universal acceptability still eludes the definition of foreign policy.
EXAMPLES OF FOREIGN POLICY
For example, Nigeria broke diplomatic relations with Ivory Coast, Gabon, Tanzania and Zambia during the Nigerian civil war 1967-70. This was because they recognized and traded with ‘Biafra’, the breakaway Eastern region of Nigeria. However, every state, nation or country has a foreign policy, which forms a basis for her interaction with other states, non-governmental organizations, private or public organizations in the international system. Nigeria's Foreign policy, therefore, refers to the country's: course or principle of action that determines her interaction with other states and even non-state actors in the international system.
it encompasses the laws and principles, which guide the actions in her relations with other states and non-state actors in the international system. It indeed, constitutes different policies for different issues and problems, which confront a nation-state as it interacts with other nation-states in the international system. These issues and problems are viewed and treated within a larger nation's foreign policy strategy (Njoku and Nwafor, 2005:33-34
HOW HAS THE INFLUENCE OF DOMESTIC AND EXTERNAL FACTOR AFFECTED THE NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY TILL DATE
Certain basic combinations of factors influence a nation's foreign policy, Nigeria is not an exception. As scholars have clearly demonstrated, "the foreign policy of a country is a product of environmental factors both internal and external to it" (Northedge, 1961). Therefore, this unit provides you with in-depth explanations on the various factors that have impacted, influenced or shaped the Nigeria's foreign policy choices since independence in 1960 till date. These factors are as follows:
The National Interest
National interest is the local or domestic interest of a country, which determines her activities and position in international matters. Nigeria's fundamental principles of foreign policy have been fairly consistent shortly after independence in October 1960 (Ashiru, 2013). Oshuntokun (1987:1) provides good insight into what constitutes Nigeria's national interest. According to him, it include internal cohesion, national unity, the creation of a happy and egalitarian society, the creation of a state where career is open to talents and where there is employment for those who want to work and where there are the traditional freedoms of speech, political association, religion and equality before the Law, coupled with this is the defense of the humanity and rights of all black men through deliberate action and policies.
SUMMARY OF ASSIGNMENT IN POL 223
ReplyDeleteNAME: EGBUGO HILLARY AMAECHI
DEPT: POL. SC/ CRS
REG.NO:16108312
LEVEL: 200
COURSE CODE: POL 223
COURSE TITLE: NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY
WHAT IS FOREIGN POLICY
A country's foreign policy, also called foreign relations or foreign affairs policy, consists of self-interest strategies chosen by the state to safeguard its national interests and to achieve goals within its international relations milieu. The approaches are strategically employed to interact with other countries. The study of such strategies is called foreign policy analysis. In recent times, due to the deepening level of globalization and transnational activities, the states will also have to interact with non-state actors. The aforementioned interaction is evaluated and monitored in attempts to maximize benefits of multilateral international cooperation. Since the national interests are paramount, foreign policies are designed by the government through high-level decision making processes. National interests accomplishment can occur as a result of peaceful cooperation with other nations, or through exploitation. Usually, creating foreign policy is the job of the head of government and the foreign minister (or equivalent). In some countries the legislaturealso has considerable effects. Foreign policies of countries have varying rates of change and scopes of intent, which can be affected by factors that change the perceived national interests or even affect the stability of the country itself.
EXAMPLES OF FOREIGN POLICY
General Abdulsalami Abubakar transition programme ushered in Olusegun Obasanjo as a civilian president. Some countries can at different times be friends or enemies or valued allies, with a relatively long or short period of time. For example Nigeria broke diplomatic relations with Cote d’ Ivoire, Gabon, Tanzania and Zambia, during the Nigerian civil war (1967-1970), because they recognized and traded with Biafra –The Break way Eastern Region of Nigerian. But the relationship was restored at the end of the war. Besides, the policy of non-recognition of the apartheid regime of South Africa by Nigeria changed with the installation of a black majority rule by the African National Congress (ANC) country. The point to keep in mind is that whatever forms it takes; some response to the outside world is always there. In effect, every country must have a foreign policy in order to live and survive as an independent body in the complex, sometime dangerous, world we live in today.
HOW HAS THE INFLUENCE OF DOMESTIC AND EXTERNAL FACTOR AFFECTED THE NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY TILL DATE
Since 1960 when Nigeria became an independent state, its relation with Israel has generated “heated controversy” (Nereus, 1993:16). From the late 1970s, the controversy climaxed when late President Sadat of Egypt embarked on his bold peace initiatives in the Middle East (Olusola, 1986:438). It is worth mentioning that the events leading to the Arab-Israeli War of 1967 also contributed in no small measure. The consideration or adoption of the Arab-Israeli War in the Nigerian domestic milieu and politics further complicated the issue, elevating the debate to a stage of great suspicion and sentiment. It has become an axiomatic truth that the FP of a country is to a large extent determined by its DS. Many scholars and diplomats have accepted this view. They have attempted to “demonstrate that the various constituent elements in the political system- the government, the political parties, pressure groups, the civil service, the political and bureaucratic elites, public opinion, and the press- operating within the democratic process provided by the constitution, exert direct or indirect influence in shaping a country’s FP.
SUMMARY OF ASSIGNMENT OF POL 223
ReplyDeleteNAME: CHUKWU CYNTHIA .O
DEPT: POL. SC/ ENG
REG.NO:16108322
LEVEL: 200
COURSE CODE: POL 223
COURSE TITLE: NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY
WHAT IS FOREIGN POLICY
A country's foreign policy consists of self-interest strategies chosen by the state to safeguard its national interests and to achieve its goals within the international relations milieu. It is the aggregate of a country’s national interest which results from the interaction of internal and external forces as perceived by the foreign policy decision makers. The approaches used are strategically employed to interact with other countries.
A country's foreign policy is a set of goals about how the country will work with other countries economically, politically, socially and militarily. Foreign policy also involves dealing with groups that are not countries but that are still important. These are called non-state actors, and might include religious groups, large companies, or even terrorist groups. The study of foreign relations is known as foreign policy analysis (FPA) and the work is called diplomacy. Most counties have a foreign minister who directs these things.
HOW HAS THE INFLUENCE OF DOMESTIC AND EXTERNAL FACTOR AFFECTED THE NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY TILL DATE
The Nigerian foreign policy opens the door to foreign investment and foreign technology as hinted earlier, thereby inflicting damage on home-grown investment and industrialization. This may, in the long run, lead to modern-day economic colonization if care is not taken. Foreign relations with a particular country can lead to negative impact on the Nigerian state if there is a government change in that other country. The Brexit hullaballoo is a very good example; Nigerian investments in the UK are sure to suffer one way or the other due to the economic downturn the Brexit issue will lead to in Britain. International relationship can also have negative impact on the Naira. Growth in other countries’ currencies, can lead to fall in the Naira. Foreign relations with other countries may also lead to security challenges, which may question the sovereignty of the country.
A study in Nigeria’s foreign policy over time has quite often under scored the potency of its domestic contents. Notable scholars on Nigerian external relations such as Akinyemi, Aluko, Gambari, Birai etc demonstrated the influence of domestic conditions on the country’s attitude and behaviour to other actors in the international system. The influence of domestic politics on Nigeria’s foreign policy was made obvious to the international community on 1st October, 1960, by the then first Prime Minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa himself in a moving address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
SUMMARY OF ASSIGNMENT ON POL 223
ReplyDeleteNAME: EDE DARLINGTON OBINNA
DEPT: POL. SC/ CRS
REG.NO:16108309
LEVEL: 200
COURSE CODE: POL 223
COURSE TITLE: NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY
INTRODUCTION
Nations seek to attain different goals and objectives in the process of governing their sovereign entities. While some of the goals can be attained by the States on their own, others can only be attained with the cooperation or active support of other similar entities beyond their borders. All decisions in form of actions or reactions, dealing with such matters requiring cooperation or active support of others across the borders of a given State for their attainment, fall within the ambient of foreign policy.
WHAT IS FOREIGN POLICY
Foreign policy is one of the wheels with which the process of international politics operates. Foreign policy is not separate from the national policy, instead it is a part of it. It consists of national interests that are to be furthered in relation to other states. Almost all the states determine the course of their foreign policies within the limits of their strengths and the realities of the external environment. The nonpolitical relations also fall in the scope of foreign policy. The term ‘foreign policy’ has been defined in number of ways. George Modelski defines it as,“The system of activities evolved by communities for changing the behaviour of other states and for adjusting their own activities to the international environment
THE EXAMPLES OF FOREIGN POLICY
Following General Abacha’s sudden death in June 1998, General Abdusalami Abubakar, his successor, initiated a ten month transition programme that resulted in the coming to power of President Olusegun Obasanjo on 29 May, 1999. President Olusegun Obasanjo, at inauguration inherited a nation with a battered image and without credibility externally. He made efforts to build the country's image and re-integrate Nigeria into the world while regaining her lost glory through shuttle diplomacy.
Under his leadership, Nigeria assumed leadership of several international organizations like the ECOWAS, African Union (AU) and G- 77. Nigeria also hosted several international summits including those of the Commonwealth Heads of States and the AU in 2004, the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) in 2005 and ECOWAS since 1999.
HOW HAS THE INFLUENCE OF DOMESTIC AND EXTERNAL FACTOR AFFECTED THE NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY TILL DATE
Foreign policy environment connotes the domestic and external variables (factors, dynamics, structures and processes) that determine and motorize foreign policy actions. It is also the sumtotal of the environment within which foreign policy actors operate. The foreign policy environment is made up of the domestic and external.
The domestic environment consists of the socio-economic, political and cultural dynamics and institutional frameworks which inform policy choices within a country. The external environment refers to the configuration of power, the political and economic dynamics and institutional frameworks and structures which define the options and policy choices of actors outside a state’s territory. Environmental variables incorporate all the aggregate factors, domestic and international, ranging from living to nonliving things that contribute to, or detract from, national survival and affluence. These environmental factors affect states and are instrumental in dictating how they behave in the international arena. Generally, various environmental variables have had direct and indirect effects on states, in terms of influencing the trajectory of their objectives and the responses arising therefrom. Environmental variables can be categorised into domestic and external to depict.
NAME: OGILI LOVETH EBERE
ReplyDeleteDEPT: SOS/IGBO
REG. NO: 16108359
COURSE CODE: SOS 222
COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION
LEVEL: 200
QUESTION:
1. WHICH PART OF THE AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY?
2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY.
ANSWER
1. Family
Family is a fundamental social institution in society, the family, is considered the primary and most important agent of socialization. Family typically consists of a man and woman and their children or two or more people who usually reside in the same home and share same goals and values. Traditionally, in all societies, the family has always been seen as a social institution; that has the biggest impact on society.
Everyone is born into some form of family, with the family taking the responsibility of nurturing, teaching the norms or accepted behaviors within the family structure and within society. There are many types of families, which can be described as a set of relationships including parents and children and can include anyone related by blood or adoption. Family is the most important, “for it is within the family that the child is first socialized to serve the needs of the society and not only its own needs” (Goode, 1982).
2. REASONS WHY FAMILY IS VERY NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
1. Create Lasting Relationships
When you build a family, you create an environment where kids can establish relationships with you and their siblings. Within the family children can form emotional attachments, adopt pro-social skills, learn character and morality, and learn to respect authority and comply with rules.Maintain a good relationship with your partner to help your kids learn the importance of creating lasting relationships.
2. Adopt a Consistent Parenting Style
Your parenting styles or discipline techniques can influence your children's social behavior. Parents who use forceful measures to enforce proper behavior or are uninvolved in their kids’ welfare often raise children who are withdrawn and unhappy. Unhappy kids can find it difficult to socialize. You have to be loving and ready to enforce appropriate disciplinary measures to raise children who are independent and confident of leading a socially fulfilling life. Be consistent in your parenting approach and take time to understand the social needs of each of your children.
3. Model Desired Behavior
When kids are young, they spend a lot of time with their parents and can learn from their personalities. Parental influence is a powerful force, which can be used to shape kids' social development. The way things function in your home, and how you conduct yourself in the presence of your kids, can affect their social behavior. For example, regular fights with your partner can adversely affect your kids' social development. Be what you want your kids to grow into.
4. Boost Social and Communication Skills
Parents have a legal responsibility to educate their children. When you send your kids to school, they get an opportunity to put their social skills to work. Besides meeting new people from diverse backgrounds, the education they receive can help improve their social skills. School nurtures children's communication skills and enhances their language, making it easy for them to put their ideas into words and express feelings to others. Teach social skills by modeling, role-playing and providing opportunities for your kids to practice new skills.
NAME: EZUGWU EMMANUEL CHIZOBA
ReplyDeleteDEPT: ECONOMICS/SOS
REG. NO: 16108276
COURSE CODE: SOS 222
COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION
LEVEL: 200
QUESTION:
1. WHICH PART OF THE AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY?
2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY.
ANSWER
1. Family
Family is a major social foundation in the public arena, the family, is viewed as the essential and most imperative operator of socialization. Family commonly comprises of a man and lady and their youngsters or at least two individuals who for the most part dwell in a similar home and offer same objectives and qualities. Customarily, in all social orders, the family has dependably been viewed as a social organization; that has the greatest effect on society.
Everybody is naturally introduced to some type of family, with the family assuming the liability of sustaining, educating the standards or acknowledged practices inside the family structure and inside society. There are numerous sorts of families, which can be depicted as an arrangement of connections including guardians and kids and can incorporate anybody related by blood or appropriation. Family is the most critical, "for it is inside the family that the kid is first associated to serve the necessities of the general public and not just its own particular needs" (Goode, 1982).
2. REASONS WHY FAMILY IS VERY NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
1. Create Lasting Relationships
When you manufacture a family, you make a domain where children can build up associations with you and their kin. Inside the family youngsters can shape passionate connections, embrace expert social abilities, learn character and ethical quality, and figure out how to regard specialist and agree to rules.Maintain a decent association with your accomplice to enable your children to take in the significance of making enduring connections.
2. Adopt a Consistent Parenting Style
Your child rearing styles or train methods can impact your youngsters' social conduct. Guardians who utilize intense measures to implement legitimate conduct or are uninvolved in their children's welfare frequently bring up youngsters who are pulled back and despondent. Miserable children can think that its hard to mingle. You must love and prepared to authorize proper disciplinary measures to bring up youngsters who are free and sure of driving a socially satisfying life. Be reliable in your child rearing methodology and set aside opportunity to comprehend the social needs of every one of your youngsters.
3. Model Desired Behavior
At the point when kids are youthful, they invest a considerable measure of energy with their folks and can gain from their identities. Parental impact is an intense power, which can be utilized to shape children's social improvement. The way things work in your home, and how you act within the sight of your children, can influence their social conduct. For instance, normal battles with your accomplice can unfavorably influence your children's social advancement. Be what you need your children to develop into.
4. Boost Social and Communication Skills
Guardians have a lawful obligation to instruct their kids. When you send your children to class, they get a chance to give their social abilities something to do. Other than meeting new individuals from assorted foundations, the instruction they get can help enhance their social aptitudes. School sustains kids' relational abilities and upgrades their dialect, making it simple for them to articulate their thoughts and express emotions to others. Show social aptitudes by demonstrating, pretending and giving chances to your children to hone new abilities.
NAME: UGWU LILIAN CHINENYE
ReplyDeleteDEPT: SOS/IGBO
REG. NO: 16108364
COURSE CODE: SOS 222
COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION
LEVEL: 200
QUESTION:
1. WHICH PART OF THE AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY?
2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY.
ANSWER
1. Family
Family is a noteworthy social establishment in general society field, the family, is seen as the fundamental and most basic administrator of socialization. Family normally contains a man and woman and their adolescents or possibly two people who generally stay in a comparable home and offer same targets and characteristics. Generally, in every single social request, the family has constantly been seen as a social association; that has the best impact on society.
2. REASONS WHY FAMILY IS VERY NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
1. Family protects and comforts
Your family rightfully shields you from unhealthy influences, the like of which can be the infamous peer pressure. You can handle delicate situations in life simply by going over the teachings bestowed on you by the elders of your family. Moreover, protecting one’s folks is a natural instinct, which lies at the very core of every family. You know your kith and kin are always there for you, like the time when you incessantly mourn the loss of a job or a friend.
2. Family lets you grow and learn
Your family inculcates those values in you which are to stay with you till the end of your life. It can very well be cleanliness or punctuality or anything. Besides, a family comprises of people belonging to various genres. Hence, it helps you to leave the shackles behind and become a broad minded person. As a family, you learn from each other’s’ mistakes which irretrievably aids you in growing as well as maturing as an individual.
3. A Feeling of Belonging
Many years ago, Abram Maslow created a diagram called the 'Hierarchy of Needs.' This hierarchy showed which needs were most crucial to humans. The wide base of Malow's pyramid diagram represented the basic needs mentioned above, which have to be met first. On the next level up are the Security needs followed by the Love and Belonging needs. These needs are almost as essential as the basic needs. Fortunately, a healthy family can efficiently provide them.
4. Financial Security
A well-functioning family provides financial security for everyone living in the household. First, family members who can work contribute at least a part of their earnings to help the family meet everyone's needs and prosper. Second, the family combines resources to pay bills and manage their money to ensure that financial necessities are always taken care of. Finally, the parents teach the children how to manage money so they can continue to thrive when they move out on their own.
5. More Happiness and Satisfaction
Have you ever had great news but no one to tell? That's a problem you rarely have when you're living in a family. Families plan vacations together, go to events as a group, enjoy quiet walks in the park, or get involved in a family art project. Whatever they do together, a healthy family will find satisfaction or look for a new way to spend their time together. People who are in healthy families are more likely to find joy every day than those who aren't.
6. Health Benefits for Children
Children enjoy a healthy lifestyle when they live in a healthy family. They have healthy meals, are encouraged to get up and move, enjoy time outdoors, and get prompt medical attention when needed.
SUMMARY OF ASSIGNMENT ON SOS 222
ReplyDeleteNAME: AGBO JULIET CHIOMA
DEPT: MATHS/SOS
REG.NO:16308872
LEVEL: 200
COURSE CODE: SOS 222
COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION
INTRODUCTION
Socialization is the process of internalizing the norms and ideologies of society. Socialization encompasses both learning and teaching and is thus "the means by which social and cultural continuity are attained. Socialization is strongly connected to developmental psychology. Humans need social experiences to learn their culture and to survive. Socialization essentially represents the whole process of learning throughout the life course and is a central influence on the behavior, beliefs, and actions of adults as well as of children.
THE PART OF AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY
The family is regarded as the most important agents of socialization in the society, is tis because the family is the first contact that a child has immediately he or she is born into this world and whatsoever that such child will become in the society tomorrow, have its foundation from the family. The reason we turn out much like our parents, for better or worse, is that our families are such an important part of our socialization process. When we are born, our primary caregivers are almost always one or both of our parents. For several years we have more contact with them than with any other adults. Because this contact occurs in our most formative years, our parents’ interaction with us and the messages they teach us can have a profound impact throughout our lives, as indicated by the stories of Sarah Patton Boyle and Lillian Smith presented earlier.
REASONS WHY SOCIALIZATION AGENTS ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
The social order is maintained largely by socialization. Unless the individuals behave in accordance with the norms of the group it is going to disintegrate. But how does the process of socialization begin to work? It is said that the working of the process starts long before the child is born.
The social circumstances preceding his birth lay down to a great extent the kind of life he is to lead, the parent’s courtship, and marital selection, his customs concerning pregnancy and birth and the whole system of cultural practices surrounding the family are important for the child’s growth. The techniques of parental care affect his chances of being born and of being healthy. Pre-natal care forms an integral part of family welfare. Thus the circumstances preceding his birth indirectly influence his growth in society.
But direct socialization begins only after birth. The newly born child as an organism has certain things which limit or help socialization. These things which he has may be categorised into reflexes, instincts, urges and capacities.
NAME: UGWUODO ONUORAH NOEL
ReplyDeleteREG NO: 16108340 DEPT: POL.SCI/ENG
LEVEL: 200
COURSE CODE: POL223
COURSE TITLE: NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY
There are three major factors that affects the foreign policy of any nation. These are the country’s location, its population and its economy. Nigeria is located in West Africa. Its policy to West Africa and other African countries has reflected to this fact. For example, Nigeria is a member of O.A.U. Simple because she is located in African.
Nigeria has a population of over 86 million people. She is the 9th most populous nation in the world. The size of the Nigerian population has great affect on her foreign policy. The vast enable land and mineral resources of Nigeria points to the great economic potential of the country. Because of these Nigeria is expected to play a leadership role in African affairs.
Since no nation can live in isolation, the well-being of any nation depend to a large extent on what happens in other nations. Nations are interdependent in the economic, political and socio-cultural fields. The economic interdependence is reflected in the formation of various economic unions such as the economic community of West African States (ECOWAS) and European Economic Community. Also on international sphere, Nigeria belong to the Non-Aligned group. The cold war brought about a division into the east and west box but Nigeria did not align with any of them. Also, it is because that Nigeria was colonise by Britain that mode her a member of common wealth. Also when South Africa refuse to hearken to the voice of the international community on stopping apathies policy Nigeria has nothing to do with her in terms relationship.
NAME; ANI CHINEDU ABRAHAM
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DEPT.; POL/ENG
LEVEL;200
SUMMARY OF FOREIGN POLICY WITH ILLUSTRATION OF EXAMPLE.
WHAT IS FOREIGN POLICY
“POLICY” can be defined as the decision and action taken by a person, organization or country.
Therefore, Foreign policy can be define as the decision, Plan of action adopted by one nation in regards to its diplomatic dealings with other countries. Foreign policy is also called foreign relations or foreign affairs policy
For example, Nigeria is often described as the “Giant of Africa,” has her own foreign policy i.e. the totality of Nigeria interaction within the international system[national interest].The Tafawa Belewa Era [1960-1966], tries to consolidate by joining was the international organization. It was involved in the decolonization process in Africa and stood against the apartheid policy in South Africa. The government also broke diplomatic relations with France over testing of an atomic bomb in Sahara desert. it also played crucial role in the formation of O.A.U. in may 25, 1963.
HOW HAS THE INFLUENCE OF DOMESTIC AND EXTERNAL FACTOR AFFECTED THE NIGERIA FOREIGN POLICY TILL DATE.
The Nigeria foreign policy is influenced by both the domestic and external factors
DOMESTIC FACTORS
The domestic factors consists of the socio economic, political and cultural dynamics and institutional frameworks which inform policy choices within a country, ethnic composition of the country, colonial heritage, attitude and perception of the elite and priorities which the government sets for itself.
1. The nature of political system.(2) Military capability and preparedness
EXTERNAL FACTORS
The external environment refers to the configuration of power, the political and economic dynamics and institutional frameworks and structures which define the options and policy choices of actors outside a state’s territory.
1. Bilateral, multilateral or unilateral agreement. (2) Climate change
NAME: EZE CHARITY CHINENYE
ReplyDeleteREG NO: 16108394
DEPT: CRS/SOS
LEVEL: 200
COURSE CODE: SOS 222
COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION
We identify and discuss four of the most influential agents of socialization in childhood: family, school, peers, and media.
Socialization
How do we learn to interact with other people? Socialization is a lifelong process during which we learn about social expectations and how to interact with other people. Nearly all of the behavior that we consider to be 'human nature' is actually learned through socialization. And, it is during socialization that we learn how to walk, talk, and feed ourselves, about behavioral norms that help us fit in to our society, and so much more. Socialization occurs throughout our life, but some of the most important socialization occurs in childhood. So, let's talk about the most influential agents of socialization.
Family
There is no better way to start than to talk about the role of family in our social development, as family is usually considered to be the most important agent of socialization. As infants, we are completely dependent on others to survive. Our parents, or those who play the parent role, are responsible for teaching us to function and care for ourselves.
Schools
The next important agent of childhood socialization is the school. Of course, the official purpose of school is to transfer subject knowledge and teach life skills, such as following directions and meeting deadlines. But, students don't just learn from the academic curriculum prepared by teachers and school administrators. In school, we also learn social skills through our interactions with teachers, staff, and other students. For example, we learn the importance of obeying authority and that to be successful, we must learn to be quiet, to wait, and sometimes to act interested even when we're not.
Peers
Another agent of socialization that relates to school is our peer group. Unlike the agents we've already discussed - family and school - peer groups give us an opportunity as children to form relationships with others on our own terms, plus learn things without the direction of an adult. Our peers have an incredible amount of influence on us when we're young, so it's understandable that parents worry about the type of friends we choose. Often, we discuss topics and learn behavioral norms from our peers that our parents do not or would not approve of.
REASONS WHY SOCIALIZATION IS IMPORTANT IN OUR SOCIETY
Benefits of Socializing
Just imagine what would happen if you were made to stay all alone at some place for a long period of time without any kind of interactions with people? Any normal person would be exhausted of the loneliness. The reason behind this is that humans are social animals and they love living amidst people. Society on the whole is suffering. Socializing with people is a very healthy habit. Various research studies are being carried out to understand the value and importance of socializing with striking results regarding a wholesome human development. People who have been brought up in a lonely ambience tend to develop more problems as they grow up than people who have been brought up amidst lots of social contact.
Here are the most important benefits of real-time socializing:
• Helps in building positive and constructive relationships via the real social networks that are formed.
• Socializing plays a pivotal role in improving overall growth and development of an individual.
• Stress and anxiety levels can be reduced to a great extent. Solutions to problems may be found in dialogue.
• It provides great opportunity to understand various kinds of people, their mannerisms, personalities, thought processes and so on. Socializing develops better understanding of human perspectives and attributes.
NAME: AYOGU PATIENCE NDIDIAMAKA
ReplyDeleteREG NO: 16208475 DEPT: ENG/SOS
LEVEL: 200
COURSE CODE: SOS 222
COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION
WHICH PART OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATIONS VERY IMPORTANCE IN THE SOCIETY
Several institutional and other sources of socialization exist and are called agents of socialization. The first of these, the family, is certainly the most important agent of socialization for infants and young children.
The Family
The reason we turn out much like our parents, for better or worse, is that our families are such an important part of our socialization process. When we are born, our primary caregivers are almost always one or both of our parents. For several years we have more contact with them than with any other adults. Because this contact occurs in our most formative years, our parents’ interaction with us and the messages they teach us can have a profound impact throughout our lives, as indicated by the stories of Sarah Patton Boyle and Lillian Smith presented earlier.
The ways in which our parents socialize us depend on many factors, two of the most important of which are our parents’ social class and our own biological sex. Melvin Kohn (1965, 1977) found that working-class and middle-class parents tend to socialize their children very differently. Kohn reasoned that working-class parents tend to hold factory and other jobs in which they have little autonomy and instead are told what to do and how to do it. In such jobs, obedience is an important value, lest the workers be punished for not doing their jobs correctly.
STATE VARIOUS REASON WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN THE SCOEITY
Family is the most important and valuable gift that god has given us. It is the first lesson in relationships with others. Family is really an important word. It means to feel secure, to have someone who you can count on, whom you can share your problems with. But it also means to have respect for each other and responsibility. What family means to me is love and someone that will always be there for you through the good times and the bad. It is about encouragement, understanding, hope, comfort, advice, values, morals, ideals, and faith. These things are all important to me because it makes me feel secure and happy inside regardless of what is going on in my life. This is one of the main reasons why the family is important in our life. Here in this article it is important to emphasize on the importance of family in our everyday life.
NAME: ONYEJI SARAH AMARACHI
ReplyDeleteREG NO: 16208507
DEPT: ENG/SOS
LEVEL: 200
COURSE CODE: SOS 222
COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION
WHICH PART OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATIONS VERY IMPORTANCE IN THE SOCIETY
Several institutional and other sources of socialization exist and are called agents of socialization. The first of these, the family, is certainly the most important agent of socialization for infants and young children.
The Family
The reason we turn out much like our parents, for better or worse, is that our families are such an important part of our socialization process. When we are born, our primary caregivers are almost always one or both of our parents. For several years we have more contact with them than with any other adults. Because this contact occurs in our most formative years, our parents’ interaction with us and the messages they teach us can have a profound impact throughout our lives, as indicated by the stories of Sarah Patton Boyle and Lillian Smith presented earlier.
The ways in which our parents socialize us depend on many factors, two of the most important of which are our parents’ social class and our own biological sex. Melvin Kohn (1965, 1977) found that working-class and middle-class parents tend to socialize their children very differently. Kohn reasoned that working-class parents tend to hold factory and other jobs in which they have little autonomy and instead are told what to do and how to do it. In such jobs, obedience is an important value, lest the workers be punished for not doing their jobs correctly.
STATE VARIOUS REASON WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN THE SCOEITY
Family is important because it provides love, support and a framework of values to each of its members. Family members teach each other, serve one another and share life’s joys and sorrows. Families provide a setting for personal growth. Family is the single most important influence in a child’s life. From their first moments of life, children depend on parents and family to protect them and provide for their needs. Parents and family form a child’s first relationships. Family provides all members with security, identity and values, regardless of age. When a member of the family feels insecure or unsafe, he turns to his family for help. He learns about his sense of self and gains a foundation for the rest of his life. This foundation includes the family’s values which provide the basis for his own moral code. Spending time with family shows individuals the value of love, appreciation and open communication.
Following family traditions showcases the importance of family, as well. Family traditions are experiences that families create together on a regular basis, whether these involve holidays, vacations or even attending religious services together. Not only do these experiences create memories for years to come, they also give family members a stronger sense of belonging. Families bond together and make each member feel important.
NAME: OKPETA MOSES EKENECHUKWU
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QUESTIONS
1. WHICH PART OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATIONS VERY IMPORTANCE IN THE SOCIETY
2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHILE THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
ANSWER
The part of agencies of socialization that is very
1. The family
2. The peer group
3. The school
4. The church
i. Reasons while they are necessary includes the following:
- Direct teaching of indoctrination of values which in turn effect religious orientation. The family teaching about loyalty and obedience which has effect on the orientation of the children.
- Transmission of attitudes and values that will help in bringing up the children moral
ii. A peer group: Is a group which composed of members sharing relatively equal status and bound by intimate ties. Examples of peer group.
- Children playing group, friendship clicks and age-grades etc peer group socializes it’s members though discussion and communication.
iii. The school Socializes it’s members through the following ways the classroom ritual life.
The teacher
The non classroom life.
The classroom ritual life involves things like saluting the flags obedience to authority honouring past heroes.
The teacher: The teacher represent an authoritative spokesman of the society. The teacher also teaches morality to the children.
The non classroom life: This refers to the social composition of the school and extra curriculum activities, the students government will teach you the norms and valves of how to govern. The clubs will teach you how to organize.
iv. The Church: The church is the assembly of believers in Christ the church teaches the child morals through the use of Christian books and materials and organization of seminars workshops and conferences for the youth.
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Socialization is the process of internalizing the norms and ideologies of society. Socialization encompasses both learning and teaching and is thus "the means by which social and cultural continuity are attained. Socialization is strongly connected to developmental psychology. Humans need social experiences to learn their culture and to survive. Socialization essentially represents the whole process of learning throughout the life course and is a central influence on the behavior, beliefs, and actions of adults as well as of children.
Primary socialization takes place from birth through adolescence and is guided by primary caregivers, educators, and peers. Secondary socialization continues throughout one's life, and especially whenever one encounters new situations, places, or groups of people whose norms, customs, assumptions, and values may differ from one's own.
THE PART OF AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY
The family is the most important part of socialization. The reason we turn out much like our parents, for better or worse, is that our families are such an important part of our socialization process. When we are born, our primary caregivers are almost always one or both of our parents. For several years we have more contact with them than with any other adults.
REASONS WHY SOCIALIZATION AGENTS ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
The social circumstances preceding his birth lay down to a great extent the kind of life he is to lead, the parent’s courtship, and marital selection, his customs concerning pregnancy and birth and the whole system of cultural practices surrounding the family are important for the child’s growth. The techniques of parental care affect his chances of being born and of being healthy. Pre-natal care forms an integral part of family welfare. Thus the circumstances preceding his birth indirectly influence his growth in society.But direct socialization begins only after birth. The newly born child as an organism has certain things which limit or help socialization. These things which he has may be categorised into reflexes, instincts, urges and capacities.
(i) Imitation:
Imitation is copying by an individual of the actions of another. Mead defines it as “self-conscious assumption of another’s acts or roles.”
(iv) Language:
Language is the medium of social intercourse. It is the means of cultural transmission.
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THE PART OF AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY
1. The Family:
The family gets the baby first, therefore it is the most important agents of socialization in the society, hence the process of socialisation begins in the family. A child is born with some basic abilities that are genetically transmitted through germplasm. These abilities and capacities are shaped in ways determined by culture.
The mother with whom the relation of the child is the most intimate plays a significant role in the process of moulding the child in the initial stages. Subsequently, father and older siblings transmit to the child many other values, knowledge and skill that children are expected to acquire in that particular society. If parents’ social class influences how they raise their children, it is also true that the sex of their children affects how they are socialized by their parents. Many studies find that parents raise their daughters and sons quite differently as they interact with them from birth. Parents help their girls learn how to act and think “like girls,” and they help their boys learn how to act and think “like boys.” That is, they help their daughters and sons learn their gender (Wood, 2009). For example, they are gentler with their daughters and rougher with their sons. They give their girls dolls to play with, and their boys guns. Girls may be made of “sugar and spice and everything nice” and boys something quite different, but their parents help them greatly, for better or worse, turn out that way. To the extent this is true, our gender stems much more from socialization than from biological differences between the sexes, or so most sociologists probably assume.
Reasons why they are necessary in our society
The process of socialization is operative not only in childhood but throughout life. It is a process which begins at birth and continues unceasingly until the death of the individual. It is an incessant process. Formerly, the term Socialization had not been applied to adult learning experiences but had been restricted to children.
More recently, however, the concept of socialization has been broadened to include aspects of adult behaviour as well. It is now thought of “as an interactional process whereby a person’s behaviour is modified to conform to expectations held by members of the groups to which he belongs.
Thinkers describe this process in reference to children only because therein such complicating factors as are introduced when the person becomes conscious of self and others are absent. When the person begins to read books, listen to stories and is enabled to have an imagination of ideal society, it becomes difficult to separate the subjective factors from the objective ones and assess their respective contribution in the socialization of the child.
Since socialization is an important matter for society it is but desirable that the child’s socialization should not be left to mere accident but should be controlled through institutional channels. What a child is going to be is more important than what he is. It is socialization which turns the child into a useful member of the society and gives him social maturity. Therefore, it is of paramount importance to know as to who socializes the child.”
NAME: ASOGWA CHINENYE CYNTHIA
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COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION
QUESTIONS
1. WHICH PART OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATIONS VERY IMPORTANCE IN THE SOCIETY
2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHILE THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
ANSWER
The part of agencies of socialization that is very
1. The family
2. The peer group
3. The school
4. The church
i. Reasons while they are necessary includes the following:
- Direct teaching of indoctrination of values which in turn effect religious orientation. The family teaching about loyalty and obedience which has effect on the orientation of the children.
- Transmission of attitudes and values that will help in bringing up the children moral
ii. A peer group: Is a group which composed of members sharing relatively equal status and bound by intimate ties. Examples of peer group.
- Children playing group, friendship clicks and age-grades etc peer group socializes it’s members though discussion and communication.
iii. The school Socializes it’s members through the following ways the classroom ritual life.
The teacher
The non classroom life.
The classroom ritual life involves things like saluting the flags obedience to authority honouring past heroes.
The teacher: The teacher represent an authoritative spokesman of the society. The teacher also teaches morality to the children.
The non classroom life: This refers to the social composition of the school and extra curriculum activities, the students government will teach you the norms and valves of how to govern. The clubs will teach you how to organize.
iv. The Church: The church is the assembly of believers in Christ the church teaches the child morals through the use of Christian books and materials and organization of seminars workshops and conferences for the youth.
NAME: ASOGWA CHINENYE CYNTHIA
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COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION
QUESTIONS
1. WHICH PART OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATIONS VERY IMPORTANCE IN THE SOCIETY
2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHILE THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
ANSWER
The part of agencies of socialization that is very
1. The family
2. The peer group
3. The school
4. The church
i. Reasons while they are necessary includes the following:
- Direct teaching of indoctrination of values which in turn effect religious orientation. The family teaching about loyalty and obedience which has effect on the orientation of the children.
- Transmission of attitudes and values that will help in bringing up the children moral
ii. A peer group: Is a group which composed of members sharing relatively equal status and bound by intimate ties. Examples of peer group.
- Children playing group, friendship clicks and age-grades etc peer group socializes it’s members though discussion and communication.
iii. The school Socializes it’s members through the following ways the classroom ritual life.
The teacher
The non classroom life.
The classroom ritual life involves things like saluting the flags obedience to authority honouring past heroes.
The teacher: The teacher represent an authoritative spokesman of the society. The teacher also teaches morality to the children.
The non classroom life: This refers to the social composition of the school and extra curriculum activities, the students government will teach you the norms and valves of how to govern. The clubs will teach you how to organize.
iv. The Church: The church is the assembly of believers in Christ the church teaches the child morals through the use of Christian books and materials and organization of seminars workshops and conferences for the youth.
NAME: ONAH CHARITY CHINELO
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COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION
WHICH PART OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATIONS VERY IMPORTANCE IN THE SOCIETY
Several institutional and other sources of socialization exist and are called agents of socialization. The first of these, the family, is certainly the most important agent of socialization for infants and young children.
The Family
The reason we turn out much like our parents, for better or worse, is that our families are such an important part of our socialization process. When we are born, our primary caregivers are almost always one or both of our parents. For several years we have more contact with them than with any other adults. Because this contact occurs in our most formative years, our parents’ interaction with us and the messages they teach us can have a profound impact throughout our lives, as indicated by the stories of Sarah Patton Boyle and Lillian Smith presented earlier.
The ways in which our parents socialize us depend on many factors, two of the most important of which are our parents’ social class and our own biological sex. Melvin Kohn (1965, 1977) found that working-class and middle-class parents tend to socialize their children very differently. Kohn reasoned that working-class parents tend to hold factory and other jobs in which they have little autonomy and instead are told what to do and how to do it. In such jobs, obedience is an important value, lest the workers be punished for not doing their jobs correctly.
STATE VARIOUS REASON WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN THE SCOEITY
Family is the most important and valuable gift that god has given us. It is the first lesson in relationships with others. Family is really an important word. It means to feel secure, to have someone who you can count on, whom you can share your problems with. But it also means to have respect for each other and responsibility. What family means to me is love and someone that will always be there for you through the good times and the bad. It is about encouragement, understanding, hope, comfort, advice, values, morals, ideals, and faith. These things are all important to me because it makes me feel secure and happy inside regardless of what is going on in my life. This is one of the main reasons why the family is important in our life. Here in this article it is important to emphasize on the importance of family in our everyday life.
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WHICH PART OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATIONS VERY IMPORTANCE IN THE SOCIETY
Several institutional and other sources of socialization exist and are called agents of socialization. The first of these, the family, is certainly the most important agent of socialization for infants and young children.
The Family
The reason we turn out much like our parents, for better or worse, is that our families are such an important part of our socialization process. When we are born, our primary caregivers are almost always one or both of our parents. For several years we have more contact with them than with any other adults. Because this contact occurs in our most formative years, our parents’ interaction with us and the messages they teach us can have a profound impact throughout our lives, as indicated by the stories of Sarah Patton Boyle and Lillian Smith presented earlier.
The ways in which our parents socialize us depend on many factors, two of the most important of which are our parents’ social class and our own biological sex. Melvin Kohn (1965, 1977) found that working-class and middle-class parents tend to socialize their children very differently. Kohn reasoned that working-class parents tend to hold factory and other jobs in which they have little autonomy and instead are told what to do and how to do it. In such jobs, obedience is an important value, lest the workers be punished for not doing their jobs correctly.
STATE VARIOUS REASON WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN THE SCOEITY
Family is important because it provides love, support and a framework of values to each of its members. Family members teach each other, serve one another and share life’s joys and sorrows. Families provide a setting for personal growth. Family is the single most important influence in a child’s life. From their first moments of life, children depend on parents and family to protect them and provide for their needs. Parents and family form a child’s first relationships. Family provides all members with security, identity and values, regardless of age. When a member of the family feels insecure or unsafe, he turns to his family for help. He learns about his sense of self and gains a foundation for the rest of his life. This foundation includes the family’s values which provide the basis for his own moral code. Spending time with family shows individuals the value of love, appreciation and open communication.
Following family traditions showcases the importance of family, as well. Family traditions are experiences that families create together on a regular basis, whether these involve holidays, vacations or even attending religious services together. Not only do these experiences create memories for years to come, they also give family members a stronger sense of belonging. Families bond together and make each member feel important.
NJOKU AUGUSTINE NWANKWO
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Family is a fundamental social institution in society, the family, is considered the primary and most important agent of socialization. Family typically consists of a man and woman and their children or two or more people who usually reside in the same home and share same goals and values. Traditionally, in all societies, the family has always been seen as a social institution; that has the biggest impact on society.
Everyone is born into some form of family, with the family taking the responsibility of nurturing, teaching the norms or accepted behaviors within the family structure and within society. There are many types of families, which can be described as a set of relationships including parents and children and can include anyone related by blood or adoption. Family is the most important, “for it is within the family that the child is first socialized to serve the needs of the society and not only its own needs” (Goode, 1982).
To thoroughly elaborate on the institution of family we most look at the family as it was before and how much it has changed over time. Throughout the years we are recognizing that the family is slowly being replaced by other agents of socialization. Families in the past consisted of a mother and a father and most times children. We are, as many societies a patriarchal society; men are usually the head of the households. This has always been considered the norm.
Then there was the woman’s movement and women felt they deserved equal rights and should be considered man’s equal and not inferior. The man going out to work, and the wife staying home to care for the home and the children would soon become less the norm. This movement would go on to shape the changes within the nuclear family.
reasons
• As a unit of socialization, the family is an object of analysis for sociologists, and is considered to be the agency of primary socialization.
• A conjugal family includes only the husband, wife, and unmarried children who are not of age. This is also referred to as a nuclear family.
• Consanguinity is defined as the property of belonging to the same kinship as another person.
• A matrilocal family consists of a mother and her children, independent of a father. This occurs in cases when the mother has the resources to independently rear children, or in societies where males are mobile and rarely at home.
• The model of the family triangle, husband-wife-children isolated from the outside, is also called the Oedipal model of the family and it is a form of patriarchal family.
• A matrilocal family consists of a mother and her children.
• The model, common in the western societies, of the family triangle, husband-wife-children isolated from the outside, is also called the Oedipal model of the family and it is a form of patriarchal family.
ONAH CHARITY CHINAZA
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QUESTION: 1. WHICH PART OF THE AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN SOCIETY
2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
To describe the family as a social institution, one should first reveal its universal character. There is no society, no matter the era in which it functioned and has developed, in which family is missing. In other words, from the most remote times to present, the family is the most common form of social organization. To highlight this, the American anthropologist George Murdock (1897-1985) in his work entitled Social Structure (1949) examined a total of 250 societies of various kinds, both from hunters and gatherers category, as well as pastoral, agrarian or industrialized. Following this detailed analysis; Murdock concluded that in each of these societies there are certain forms that fit in the definition of family as a social institution. Therefore, despite of the variety of forms in which can occur, the family is a universal social institution.
REASONS
1. The first function that performs family as a social institution is that of regulation sexual behaviour. In this sense requires a finding that is that there is no society which leaves people to express their sexual behaviours as they want, but there are a whole set of written and unwritten rules/norms that prohibit certain ways of sexual behaviour. For example, in many societies, the practice of sexuality is not permitted during periods of mourning, in the periods of various religious ceremonies, while the woman is pregnant or during menstruation. Murdock argues that, despite significant differences between the various societies, there is a common element that is incest taboo, respectively prohibition of sexual relations and marriage between close relatives (between parents and children, between brothers and sisters, or between grandparents and grandchildren).
2. The second function that fulfils the family in society is reproduction. In order to develop, each society needs new generations of young people to replace the old people and this cannot be merely in three ways: by reproduction, migration or conquest of other societies. However, in the absence of biological reproduction, any society is sentenced to disappearance. Situations of this type were found mainly in religious communities, such as the self-entitled Shakers - namely, the society of believers in the second appearance of Jesus Christ - in which social equality is essential, but sexual relations are rejected as under the human dignity, which resulted in strong decrease of the number of members of this community
3. The economic cooperation function has also an important role in the family. Murdock's explanation for that, in addition to meeting the needs of a sexual nature, people get married and founded new families is that “by virtue of their primary sex difference, a man and a woman make an exceptionally efficient cooperating unit”9. In the traditional society, the family constitutes the basic economic unity. It has the role of satisfy the basic needs of its members, which consist mainly in food, housing, health and comfort in general. The situation has changed in modern societies, where some of the economic aspects traditionally belonging to the family were taken over by other social institutions.
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QUESTION: 1. WHICH PART OF THE AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN SOCIETY
2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
Sociologists, social psychologists, anthropologists, as well as educationists and politicians, use the word 'socialization' to refer to a process through which people inherit the norms and ideologies of the social order in which they live. Socialization, as a process, facilitates social interaction by means of give and take of common values, customs, traditions, languages, etc. It is an ongoing process which not only leads to the all-round development of an individual but also cultivates within him, a sense of belonging with regards to his family, friends, people and society as a whole.
The Family:
The family gets the baby first. Hence the process of socialisation begins in the family. A child is born with some basic abilities that are genetically transmitted through germplasm. These abilities and capacities are shaped in ways determined by culture.
The mother with whom the relation of the child is the most intimate plays a significant role in the process of moulding the child in the initial stages. Subsequently, father and older siblings transmit to the child many other values, knowledge and skill that children are expected to acquire in that particular society.
REASONS
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 virtuoso out of man, but it also leaves a life-long residue of emotional immaturity in him." Sociologists, social psychologists, educationalist as well as anthropologists and politicians have studied the process of socialization for years.
i)It is the foundation of all acceptable/ appropriate behaviour. It is the first major agent of socialization that teachers moral values/ body control/ emotional control/ language.
ii) It helps adolescents to internalize culture it helps develop social identity/ self esteem/ emotional health of the adolescents.
iii) It is the origin of gender role socialization it helps the adolescents acquire early sex roles/ masculine/ feminine behaviour/ roles.
iv) Provides an ascribed social status to its young members it educates the adolescent/ ensures good health through proper feeding/ hygiene/ immunization.
v) Gives access to emotional bond/ attachment between parents and adolescents. It is important to determine choice of peers/ friends.
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Question: 1. WHICH PART OF THE AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN SOCIETY
2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
In short, an agent of socialization assists in the development process by influencing the individual. A person learns socialization through agents, which include: the family, the school, the peer group, and the mass media. According to Sociologist Richard Gelles (1990), "The family is the most violent group in society, with the exception of the police and the military." Nonetheless, the family provides a strong backbone and a reliable foundation; it is considered the most important agent of socialization.
The family assumes the chief responsibility of developing a child, and has a substantial guise in the integration with society. The family is the primary support system for a child, especially during the first phase of their lives when they are physically and, in most cases, emotionally closest to a child. During this time, they will provide the greatest support and influence. This will extend over factors such as values, beliefs, political aspects, religious appetites, and the child's overall outlook on society in its entirety.
Children's minds are like sponges that absorb teachings; they will mimic, appreciate, worship, and accept views, behaviors, and even possessions of their parents. It is evident that the social development in a child is heavily manipulated by the family.
Furthermore, the family unit has the ability to effect change to the next generation. Parents inculcate their beliefs and values to their children from a young age, and that value system can be perpetuated from one generation to the next.
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QUESTION
1. WHICH PART OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATIONS IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY
Socialization is the process by which individuals become members of the society. There are many agents of socialization which includes: The family, school, religious institution, peer, groups, mass media etc. All these agents of socialization are important but the one I considers most important is the family.
Family is a social grouping the members of which are united by bonds of kinship or a group sharing a common residence and co-operating economically.
2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
Family as an agent of socialization is necessary in our society because socialization starts from conception which is in the mother’s womb. It helps in internalization of culture. Family is also the bedrock or foundation of every society.
The various reasons includes:
a. Family helps in teaching certain roles which are to be played by an individual.
b. It helps to inculcate in individual to be disciplined at the family level and the society at large.
c. It helps to prohibit socially undesirable habits like Iying, stealing and joining unnecessary social clubs.
d. It helps to teach an individual how to respect their elders and those in position of authority.
e. It provides an opportunity for the child to acquire certain skills from his parents in order to enable him to be self-employed and be fit in the society he finds himself.
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WHICH PART OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATIONS VERY IMPORTANCE IN THE SOCIETY
Several institutional and other sources of socialization exist and are called agents of socialization. The first of these, the family, is certainly the most important agent of socialization for infants and young children.
The Family
The reason we turn out much like our parents, for better or worse, is that our families are such an important part of our socialization process. When we are born, our primary caregivers are almost always one or both of our parents. For several years we have more contact with them than with any other adults. Because this contact occurs in our most formative years, our parents’ interaction with us and the messages they teach us can have a profound impact throughout our lives, as indicated by the stories of Sarah Patton Boyle and Lillian Smith presented earlier.
The ways in which our parents socialize us depend on many factors, two of the most important of which are our parents’ social class and our own biological sex. Melvin Kohn (1965, 1977) found that working-class and middle-class parents tend to socialize their children very differently. Kohn reasoned that working-class parents tend to hold factory and other jobs in which they have little autonomy and instead are told what to do and how to do it. In such jobs, obedience is an important value, lest the workers be punished for not doing their jobs correctly.
STATE VARIOUS REASON WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN THE SCOEITY
Family is the most important and valuable gift that god has given us. It is the first lesson in relationships with others. Family is really an important word. It means to feel secure, to have someone who you can count on, whom you can share your problems with. But it also means to have respect for each other and responsibility. What family means to me is love and someone that will always be there for you through the good times and the bad. It is about encouragement, understanding, hope, comfort, advice, values, morals, ideals, and faith. These things are all important to me because it makes me feel secure and happy inside regardless of what is going on in my life. This is one of the main reasons why the family is important in our life. Here in this article it is important to emphasize on the importance of family in our everyday life.
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Socialization is an important process through which individuals are able to interact within the society and they inherit their languages, values, norms, traditions, and customs in order for his/her peers to socially accept them. Socialization is learned by individual through socialization agents.
WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IN THE SOCIETY
Every social experience we have affects us in at least a small way. However, several familiar settings have special important to the socialization process. The key agents of socialization are the family, the school, the peer group, and the mass media this is what teaches us what we need to know in order to contribute in society (Argosy University Online, 2008). The family is the most important socialization agent, because parental influences play a key role on how we grow up and view the world. Moreover, it is the family job to teach children skills, religious beliefs, and their cultural values. Nothing is more possible to produce a happy child than a family that loves and supports them. In addition, children also get their social identity from their family.
A family starts the socialization of children and even the adjustment of adults by living together day in and day out and providing feedback to each member, good or bad, based on their intimate actions.
REASONS WHY SOCIALIZATION IS NECESSARY IN THE SOCIETY
We have just noted that socialization is how culture is learned, but socialization is also important for another important reason. To illustrate this importance, let’s pretend we find a 6-year-old child who has had almost no human contact since birth. After the child was born, her mother changed her diapers and fed her a minimal diet but otherwise did not interact with her. The child was left alone all day and night for
The importance of socialization in our life can hardly be exaggerated. The following description makes it very clear.
1. Socialization converts man, the biological being into man, the social being.
Man is not born social; He becomes social by virtue of the process of socialization. Various instances like-that of Kaspar Hauser, Anna, the wolf children of India and others have made it very clear that only through constant training the newborn child becomes social in nature.
2. Socialization contributes to the development of personality.
Personality is a product of society. In the absence of groups or society, no man can develop a personality of his own. But socialization is a process through which the personality of the new born child is shaped and molded. Through the process, the child learns an approved way of social life. At the same time, it also provides enough scope for the individual to develop his individuality.
3. Helps to became disciplined.
Socialization is social .learning. Social learning is essentially the learning of rules of social behavior. It is the values, ideals, aims and objectives of life and the means of attaining them. Socialization disciplines an individual and helps him to live according to the social expectations.
4. Helps to enact different roles.
Every individual has to enact different roles in his life. Every role is woven around norms and is associated with different attitudes. The process of socialization assists an individual not only to learn the norms associated with roles but also to develop appropriate attitudes to enact those roles.
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Socialization
How do we learn to interact with other people? Socialization is a lifelong process during which we learn about social expectations and how to interact with other people. Nearly all of the behavior that we consider to be 'human nature' is actually learned through socialization. And, it is during socialization that we learn how to walk, talk, and feed ourselves, about behavioral norms that help us fit in to our society, and so much more.
The most important agents of socialization in the society
There is no better way to start than to talk about the role of family in our social development, as family is usually considered to be the most important agent of socialization. As infants, we are completely dependent on others to survive. Our parents, or those who play the parent role, are responsible for teaching us to function and care for ourselves. They, along with the rest of our family, also teach us about close relationships, group life, and how to share resources. Additionally, they provide us with our first system of values, norms, and beliefs - a system that is usually a reflection of their own social status, religion, ethnic group, and more. The reason we turn out much like our parents, for better or worse, is that our families are such an important part of our socialization process. When we are born, our primary caregivers are almost always one or both of our parents. For several years we have more contact with them than with any other adults. Because this contact occurs in our most formative years, our parents’ interaction with us and the messages they teach us can have a profound impact throughout our lives, as indicated by the stories of Sarah Patton Boyle and Lillian Smith presented earlier
REASONS WHY SOCIALIZATION IS NECESSARY IN THE SOCIETY
Socialization is the process of learning how to become part of a culture. Through socialization one learns the culture's language, their role in life, and what is expected from them. Socialization is a very important process in the forming of personality. Socialization occurs when one interacts with other people. Socialization allows all individuals in a community to develop very similar values, norms, and beliefs (O'Neil, 2009). Socialization is a lifelong process, though the early stages of socialization are crucial (Shepard, 2009, p. 90). Without Socialization a person will develop different physical and mental disabilities. Socialization is a very important life process.
The socialization of young children is very important.
During the first few years of children's live, children interacts only with a few different people, mostly family. Everything children see and hear leaves an impression on them. In this time children learn to walk, learn talk, develop the ability to have a relationship, and start developing personality. A very important part of socialization is role taking. The first step in role taking is the preparatory stage. The Preparatory stage is also known as the imitation stage. This stage begins shortly after the first year of life. In this stage children imitate things happening around them, including sounds and physical movement, but do not understand what they are imitating. Around age three or four children begin the play stage. In the play stage children start to take the role of one person at a time.
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QUESTION:
1. WHICH PART OF AGENTS OF SOCIALISZTION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY
2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSSARY IN OUR SOCEITY
Meaning of Socialization
Socialization can be defined as the process through which the culture of a society is transmitted to its new members.
The part of the agents of socialization that are very important in the society are:
i. The home or family: the family is the smallest unit of culture and the origin of human community. (Obiadi, 1978:45)
ii. The school: the school can be seen as an institution where the child is exposed to a planned programme off activities aimed at improving the mode of socialization in his society.
The family: According to Nwabara (1981), a family is “a social group sharing a common residence and co-operating economically”
In the traditional Africa society, socializing the child is largely the function of parents and the immediate family members.
Family is an agent of socialization necessary in our society because it inculcate in the child.
i. Respect for elders and those in positions much emphasis on respect for elders and stress the importance of respect for those in positions of authority to their younger ones.
ii. Prohibition of socially undesirable Habits. It is usually in homes that parents and older siblings forbid the younger or children from engaging in socially undesirable habits like using left hand, lying, stealing etc.
iii. Telling folktales: usually at night, children are gathered in the family compound in which their parents or older ones tell them folktales of different kinds. The children imbibe a lot of moral lessons from the stories and folktales.
iv. The family encourages the children to join age grades: the age grade system is popular especially in the eastern and western parts of Nigeria. Children are always encouraged to join their age grade and doing so affords them the opportunity to interact with peers.
v. Family encourages the children to learn their parents Trades and Crafts. It has become a tradition for children to learn the type of trade or craft which their parents are identified with.
It is thus clear that the home is the very first or most important place where the socialization of a child takes place.
The school which is one of the agents of socialization, is very important in the society because it is an extension of the family as far as the socialization of the child is concerned. The roles of the school in our society as an agent of socialization include:
1. Discipline: the school instills discipline and other attitudes which promote harmonious living in the lives of the younger ones.
2. Group living: through the agency of the school, the child is made to stay together, work together with other pupils from various parts of the country. At this juncture, the child is made to develop the spirit of team work, cooperation and inter-dependence.
3. Leadership training: the framework of the school may offer the child some kind of training in leadership, by this is meant that those children who are, from the beginning, charismatic figures are further helped by the school to acquire the tools and develop their leadership qualities.
4. Skill acquisition: the school provides an opportunity for the child to acquire various physical, vocational and intellectual skills which will enable him not just fit into but become relevant to the society in which he finds himself.
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THE MOST IMPORTANT AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IN THE SOCIETY
Family is a fundamental social institution in society, the family, is considered the primary and most important agent of socialization. Family typically consists of a man and woman and their children or two or more people who usually reside in the same home and share same goals and values. Traditionally, in all societies, the family has always been seen as a social institution; that has the biggest impact on society.
Everyone is born into some form of family, with the family taking the responsibility of nurturing, teaching the norms or accepted behaviors within the family structure and within society. There are many types of families, which can be described as a set of relationships including parents and children and can include anyone related by blood or adoption. Family is the most important, “for it is within the family that the child is first socialized to serve the needs of the society and not only its own needs” (Goode, 1982).
To thoroughly elaborate on the institution of family we most look at the family as it was before and how much it has changed over time. Throughout the years we are recognizing that the family is slowly being replaced by other agents of socialization. Families in the past consisted of a mother and a father and most times children.
. To the extent this is true, our gender stems much more from socialization than from biological differences between the sexes, or so most sociologists probably assume. To return to a question posed earlier, if Gilligan is right that boys and girls reach moral judgments differently, socialization matters more than biology for how they reach these judgments.
REASONS WHY SOCIALIZATION IS IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY
Everyone is born with defined capacities. Though there may be some limits to what a man can do, this limitation can be overcome and is being overcome by the development of civilization. Man’s capacity to learn may be increased by the development of new techniques of instruction and incentives. At present, no human being learns as much as he could under more favourable circumstances, for his learning capacity is never used to maximum capacity. All societies are guilty of wasting human learning ability.
Factors of the Process of Socialization:
Socialization, as said above, is the process of learning group norms, habits and ideals. There are four factors of this process of learning. These are imitation, suggestion, identification and language.
A brief description of these four factors is necessary:
(i) Imitation:
Imitation is copying by an individual of the actions of another. Mead defines it as “self-conscious assumption of another’s acts or roles.” Thus when the child attempts to walk impressively like his father swinging a stick and wearing spectacles, he is imitating. Imitation may be conscious or unconscious, spontaneous or deliberate, perceptual or ideational. In imitation the person imitating performs exactly the same activity as the one being performed before him.
Imitation is the main factor in the process of socialization of the child. Through it he learns many social behaviour patterns. The child as compared to adult possesses the greatest capacity for imitation. Language and pronunciation are acquired by the child only through imitation. It is because of the tendency to imitate that children are so susceptible to the influence of their parents and friends whose behaviour they imitate indiscriminately.
(ii) Suggestion:
According to McDougall, “suggestion is the process of communication resulting in the acceptance with conviction of the communicated proposition in the absence of logically adequate grounds for its acceptance.”
Suggestion is the process of communicating information which has no logical or self-evident basis. It is devoid of rational persuasion. It may he conveyed through language, pictures or some similar medium.
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QUESTION
1. WHICH PART OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATIONS VERY IMPORTANCE IN THE SOCIETY
The agent of socialization that is very and more important is the “family” although we have many of them like school, peer group, religion and mass media, all contributes to a child well being in our society and communities.
2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHILE THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
Believe it or not, the family is the most influential socializing agent because infants are burn into certain type of families and grow up with them as children and adults. Socialization is the process of imbibing the norms, values and social patterns of life.
The family and socialization are terms that are often linked in terms of their sociological nature and function. The family is in most societies the areas or the social structure where the child is socialized and where he or she learns the norms and mores of that particular social environment and culture. (Starrels, 2000) notwithstanding the recent sociological concern about the demise of the family structure in developed. Countries like limited states, the family is generally seen as the center of the socialization process.
Untimately, the values or characteristics of a family impacts the children. For example, the children of families who the not overly rigid and restrictive usually content and well-adjusted, however children who grow up in environments that are too restrictive often became defiant and lack confidence.
There are two basic aspects of socialization firstly, socialization creates individuals who are parts of a human community. It enables people to live within their groups and to be effective members of the society into which they are born. Secondly; socialization is the process by which a society reproduces itself in a new generation. It helps transmit the values and traditions of the past to the next generation.
The family is the most and important socialization agent because parental influences play a key role on how we grow up and view the world. It is the family job to teach children skills, religious beliefs, and their cultural values. As infants, we are completely dependent on others to survive. Our parents, or those who play the role of a parents are responsible for teaching us to function and care for our selves.
Lastly they provide us with our first system of values norms, and believe a system that is usually a reflection of their own social status, religion and ethnic group.
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QUESTIONS
1. WHICH PART OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATIONS VERY IMPORTANCE IN THE SOCIETY
The most important agent of socialization in the society is “family”. Though, it is never an overstatement to say that socialization is very important agent of socialization in our society. According to Uche (1980:74) sees socialization as a process by which personality is developed by internalizing the culture of a given society. For instance, they are many parts of agent of socialization that is very important in our society, but one of the most important one is family.
2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHILE THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
Family Unit: This is the most primary agent of socialization because it is the first part of call of a child or individual. The child has no choice of family to born into. But whichever family one finds oneself the individual trys to learn its norm and value of it.
Moreover, family unit is responsible for transmitting the culture of the society to the younger generation. The family role is indispensable because it influences individual personalities and proscriptions of the society, that is does and doesn’t of the society.
The family infuses discipline and inculcating sense of belonging, inter-dependence, patriotism, tolerance, respect and honesty in the child.
Family also exposed the child the occupation of the parent. When they are of age, they join their parents in their occupations like farming, fishing and black-matting. The children in the family learnt to play sex role as fathers or mother sometimes by watching and initiating their parents.
The family teachs the child mode of worship acceptance of the family form the family, the child receives moral instructions on the life and ethics of the society. It teaches the child the language of the community. The family socializes story telling, riddles and proverbs. In these ways, the family facilitate later intellectual attainment in life.
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WHICH PART OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATIONS VERY IMPORTANCE IN THE SOCIETY
Socialization is the internalization of a culture. Family is the bedrock of every society or foundation of every society, when the family fail, the society has failed. Because of this reason I chose family as the most important agent of socialization.
The Family
Family is a foundamental social institution in society; the family is considered the most important agent of socialization. The reason we turn out much like our parents, for better or worse, is that our families are such an important part of our socialization process. When we are born, our primary caregivers are almost always one or both of our parents. For several years we have more contact with them than with any other adults. Because this contact occurs in our most formative years, our parents’ interaction with us and the messages they teach us can have a profound impact throughout our lives, as indicated by the stories of Sarah Patton Boyle and Lillian Smith presented earlier.
The ways in which our parents socialize us depend on many factors, two of the most important of which are our parents’ social class and our own biological sex. Melvin Kohn (1965, 1977) found that working-class and middle-class parents tend to socialize their children very differently. Kohn reasoned that working-class parents tend to hold factory and other jobs in which they have little autonomy and instead are told what to do and how to do it. In such jobs, obedience is an important value, lest the workers be punished for not doing their jobs correctly.
STATE VARIOUS REASON WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN THE SCOEITY
Family is important because it provides love, support and a framework of values to each of its members. Family members teach each other, serve one another and share life’s joys and sorrows. Families provide a setting for personal growth. Family is the single most important influence in a child’s life. From their first moments of life, children depend on parents and family to protect them and provide for their needs. Parents and family form a child’s first relationships. Family provides all members with security, identity and values, regardless of age. When a member of the family feels insecure or unsafe, he turns to his family for help. He learns about his sense of self and gains a foundation for the rest of his life. This foundation includes the family’s values which provide the basis for his own moral code. Spending time with family shows individuals the value of love, appreciation and open communication.
Following family traditions showcases the importance of family, as well. Family traditions are experiences that families create together on a regular basis, whether these involve holidays, vacations or even attending religious services together. Not only do these experiences create memories for years to come, they also give family members a stronger sense of belonging. Families bond together and make each member feel important.
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QUESTION: 1. WHICH PART OF THE AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN SOCIETY
2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
Family is a fundamental social institution in society, the family, is considered the primary and most important agent of socialization. Family typically consists of a man and woman and their children or two or more people who usually reside in the same home and share same goals and values. Traditionally, in all societies, the family has always been seen as a social institution; that has the biggest impact on society.
Everyone is born into some form of family, with the family taking the responsibility of nurturing, teaching the norms or accepted behaviors within the family structure and within society. There are many types of families, which can be described as a set of relationships including parents and children and can include anyone related by blood or adoption. Family is the most important, “for it is within the family that the child is first socialized to serve the needs of the society and not only its own needs” (Goode, 1982).
To thoroughly elaborate on the institution of family we most look at the family as it was before and how much it has changed over time. Throughout the years we are recognizing that the family is slowly being replaced by other agents of socialization. Families in the past consisted of a mother and a father and most times children. We are, as many societies a patriarchal society; men are usually the head of the households. This has always been considered the norm.
Then there was the woman’s movement and women felt they deserved equal rights and should be considered man’s equal and not inferior. The man going out to work, and the wife staying home to care for the home and the children would soon become less the norm. This movement would go on to shape the changes within the nuclear family.
Reasons why family is most important agent of socialization
i)It is the foundation of all acceptable/ appropriate behaviour. It is the first major agent of socialization that teachers moral values/ body control/ emotional control/ language.
ii) It helps adolescents to internalize culture it helps develop social identity/ self esteem/ emotional health of the adolescents.
iii) It is the origin of gender role socialization it helps the adolescents acquire early sex roles/ masculine/ feminine behaviour/ roles.
iv) Provides an ascribed social status to its young members it educates the adolescent/ ensures good health through proper feeding/ hygiene/ immunization.
v) Gives access to emotional bond/ attachment between parents and adolescents. It is important to determine choice of peers/ friends.
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QUESTION: WHICH PART OF THE AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN SOCIETY
2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
Agents (or people who go between two people when a situation is difficult) of socialization include individuals and institutions that help children learn attitudes, beliefs, values, skills and behaviors that society considers desirable. For example, it isn't desirable for a person to yell or bite someone when they don't get their way. The people who teach children about what kinds of behavior is appropriate or inappropriate teaches children appropriate ways to react to not getting their own way. Such as explaining to a child they need to ask to use a toy or other material when the child who is using it is done instead of biting them or grabbing it from them in order to get it or yell at them to give them the toy.
There are five agents of socialization but today we're going to talk about only one of them which is the family. The family is the most important agent of socialization. The family has been viewed as the major vehicle for socialization. Parents provide physical and social conditions in which children learn social skills. For example, if a parent asks a child if they want to unload the dishwasher or sweep the floors the children learn an important social skill is to ask people what task they want to do instead of just demanding a person do what someone else wants or has decided for them they do. Parents are critical agents of intentional socialization by teaching children specific beliefs and values that are part of the family's culture and religious beliefs. For example, parents teach children in their family everyone clears their own plate at the end of dinner and puts it in the sink. Parents teach children at what age they begin to participate in boy scouts or volunteering somewhere. Research has found that parents who have a positive relationship with their children, who are authoritative but not strict and use legitimate reasons and explain reasons for why or why not something can happen rather than power and control, are more likely to have positive outcomes such as internalization of the rules of society.
Roles parents play in socializing children are: providing a secure base in infancy that is a foundation for trust later in childhood, teaching basic self-help skills, teaching social skills, how to get along with siblings and other children and promoting core beliefs and values including religion. Siblings also play a role in socialization. They live with the other children in the home and learn beliefs and values from siblings. They learn to share, handle disagreements, how to negotiate, teach other siblings the rules of the home, how to respect their parents and they learn from the consequences and rewards of older siblings behavior.
As a child grows and develops, the parents expectations for the child's behavior changes. Parents expectations shape the development of the child and their socialization. The parents expectations form a support for an equal pattern of socialization. For example, if a parent expects a child to respect adults, they're going to support and form that equal pattern of socialization by respecting the child and showing respect to people/friends whom they come in contact with. Understanding a parent's motivation for parenthood is important because it sets the change for understanding the beliefs and value system of the family that guides the parents as they socialize their children. Guided by a parents beliefs and values, parents have specific motivations for parenthood and parents try to promote specific developmental goals for their children.
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QUESTION: WHICH PART OF THE AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN SOCIETY
2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
Family is a fundamental social institution in society, the family, is considered the primary and most important agent of socialization. Family typically consists of a man and woman and their children or two or more people who usually reside in the same home and share same goals and values. Traditionally, in all societies, the family has always been seen as a social institution; that has the biggest impact on society.
Everyone is born into some form of family, with the family taking the responsibility of nurturing, teaching the norms or accepted behaviors within the family structure and within society. There are many types of families, which can be described as a set of relationships including parents and children and can include anyone related by blood or adoption. Family is the most important, “for it is within the family that the child is first socialized to serve the needs of the society and not only its own needs” (Goode, 1982).
REASONS
Other social agents are extended family, grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins. All of these family members provide three types of support. They provide financial support, emotional support, and practical support. These agents play an important role in providing positive outcomes for children in single parent homes. Single parents have a big load they're carrying and are trying to do what is done by two. Extended family provides financial support as they give the single parent money to pay bills or offer to take care of bills for them.
They provide emotional support as they provide the single parent with a place to discuss their adult problems. They also provide emotional support to the children as they provide a place for the children to discuss things with someone other than the parent and help the children of single parents work through their emotional challenges.
Extended family provides practical support as they provide back up for the parent when a child doesn't want to listen or the parent needs help getting a child to or from school, piano lessons etc.
A family regardless of it being two family, a single parent home or it's the grandparents raising the grandchildren need support, kindness and love. They're are lots of people who help children and teach them how to socialize and behave. The family is the most important and the one most children spend the most time in and being affected by.
Families are considered to be the most important agents of primary socialisation. Chiildren are most often heavily ependent on their families to carry out their basic needs (feeding, cleaning etc.).
Families are often the first people to teach children their norms, values and beliefs. Parents do this through both verbal and non verbal communication. Families help develop levels of trust, independence, initative (for example through demonstrating how to handle social situations), a sense of competence and ambition (such as through pushing their child in sport or academia) and also help them make decisions about who one is.
Functionalist sociologists believe that the family is a particularly important institution of socialisatin as it is the family which performs the crucical functions of socialising the young and meets the emotional needs oof its members. According to functionalist sociologistss, stable families underpin social order and economic stability.
EZEMA CHIAMAKA DIANA
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QUESTION: WHICH PART OF THE AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN SOCIETY
2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
Family is a fundamental social institution in society, the family, is considered the primary and most important agent of socialization. Family typically consists of a man and woman and their children or two or more people who usually reside in the same home and share same goals and values. Traditionally, in all societies, the family has always been seen as a social institution; that has the biggest impact on society.
Everyone is born into some form of family, with the family taking the responsibility of nurturing, teaching the norms or accepted behaviors within the family structure and within society. There are many types of families, which can be described as a set of relationships including parents and children and can include anyone related by blood or adoption. Family is the most important, “for it is within the family that the child is first socialized to serve the needs of the society and not only its own needs” (Goode, 1982).
To thoroughly elaborate on the institution of family we most look at the family as it was before and how much it has changed over time. Throughout the years we are recognizing that the family is slowly being replaced by other agents of socialization. Families in the past consisted of a mother and a father and most times children. We are, as many societies a patriarchal society; men are usually the head of the households. This has always been considered the norm.
Then there was the woman’s movement and women felt they deserved equal rights and should be considered man’s equal and not inferior. The man going out to work, and the wife staying home to care for the home and the children would soon become less the norm. This movement would go on to shape the changes within the nuclear family. Women deci...
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...of the family in socialization is vastly becoming obsolete. There is still the need for the family unit, more importantly in the early development stages. But thereafter; many issues that face most families today and the vast number of other agents available to persons to learn the social norms of society, such mass media, is slowly replacing the need for the family to teach these social norms.
Families are considered to be the most important agents of primary socialisation. Chiildren are most often heavily ependent on their families to carry out their basic needs (feeding, cleaning etc.).
Families are often the first people to teach children their norms, values and beliefs. Parents do this through both verbal and non verbal communication. Families help develop levels of trust, independence, initative (for example through demonstrating how to handle social situations), a sense of competence and ambition (such as through pushing their child in sport or academia) and also help them make decisions about who one is.
Functionalist sociologists believe that the family is a particularly important institution of socialisatin as it is the family which performs the crucical functions of socialising the young and meets the emotional needs oof its members. According to functionalist sociologistss, stable families underpin social order and economic stability.
In my humble opinion, the family. And we see this in how society has begun to break down horribly as we've allowed the family unit to deteriorate and disappear. A family starts the socialization of children and even the adjustment of adults by living together day in and day out and providing feedback to each member, good or bad, based on their intimate actions. No other entity does so much on a regular basis.
References
Goode, W. J. (1964) The Family (2nd ed.) New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc.
Macionis, J. J., & Plummer, K. (2005) Sociology: A Global Introduction (3rd ed.)
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Socialization is a lifelong process during which we learn about social expectations and how to interact with other people. Nearly all of the behavior that we consider to be 'human nature' is actually learned through socialization. And, it is during socialization that we learn how to walk, talk, and feed ourselves, about behavioral norms that help us fit in to our society, and so much more.
Socialization occurs throughout our life, but some of the most important socialization occurs in childhood. So, let's talk about the most influential agents of socialization. These are the people or groups responsible for our socialization during childhood - including family, school, peers, and mass media.
Reasons why family are been consider as most necessary in our society
Family is usually considered to be the most important agent of socialization. As infants, we are completely dependent on others to survive. Our parents, or those who play the parent role, are responsible for teaching us to function and care for ourselves. They, along with the rest of our family, also teach us about close relationships, group life, and how to share resources. Additionally, they provide us with our first system of values, norms, and beliefs - a system that is usually a reflection of their own social status, religion, ethnic group, and more.
Families are considered to be the most important agents of primary socialization. Children are most often heavily dependent on their families to carry out their basic needs (feeding, cleaning etc.).
Families are often the first people to teach children their norms, values and beliefs. Parents do this through both verbal and non verbal communication. Families help develop levels of trust, independence, initiative (for example through demonstrating how to handle social situations), a sense of competence and ambition (such as through pushing their child in sport or academia) and also help them make decisions about who one is.
Functionalist sociologists believe that the family is a particularly important institution of social sating as it is the family which performs the crucial functions of socializing the young and meets the emotional needs of its members. According to functionalist sociologists, stable families underpin social order and economic stability.
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Socialization is an important process through which individuals are able to interact within the society and they inherit their languages, values, norms, traditions, and customs in order for his/her peers to socially accept them. Agents of socialization in short are the people, groups, and social institutions, as well as the interactions within these groups that influence a person’s social and self-development. Agents of socialization are believed to provide the critical information needed for children to function successfully as a member of society. Some examples of such agents are family, neighborhood, schools, peers, religion, sports, the workplace, and especially the mass media.
The process of socialization is better understood when examining how heredity and environment function alone. Socialization begins in the womb and ends in the grave. Individuals learn attitudes, values, and behaviors appropriate for a particular culture through human interaction. We learn from those people who matter most in our lives—family members, friends, and teachers.
Family is most important agents of socialization but they are not the only source of socialization when it comes to kids. In this paper is discussing the most important factors of socialization in our society and what we perceive to be a turning point in our children lives. Believe it or not but parents, family, educational institutions, and media are socializing agents who carry out the process of socialization.
The reasons why family is necessary for our society are:
It is the process by which older members of a society teach their way of life to the young.
It is also the way we develop our own special personality, and this learning continues over the entire life course from infancy to old age.
Every social experience we have affects us in at least a small way, parental influences play a key role on how we grow up and view the world.
It is the family job to teach children skills, religious beliefs, and their cultural values.
Nothing is more possible to produce a happy child than a family that loves and supports them.
In addition, children also get their social identity from their family.
The family assumes the chief responsibility of developing a child, and has a substantial guise in the integration with society. The family is the primary support system for a child, especially during the first phase of their lives when they are physically and, in most cases, emotionally closest to a child. During this time, they will provide the greatest support and influence. This will extend over factors such as values, beliefs, political aspects, religious appetites, and the child's overall outlook on society in its entirety.
Children's minds are like sponges that absorb teachings; they will mimic, appreciate, worship, and accept views, behaviors, and even possessions of their parents. It is evident that the social development in a child is heavily manipulated by the family.
Furthermore, the family unit has the ability to effect change to the next generation. Parents inculcate their beliefs and values to their children from a young age, and that value system can be perpetuated from one generation to the next.
ASOGWA FAITH CHINAGOLUM
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1. WHICH PART OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY
Socialization is a process by which culture is transmitted to the younger generation and men learn the rules and practices of social groups to which they belong. The term socialization refers to the process of interaction through which the growing individual learns the habits, attitudes, values, and beliefs of the social group into which he has been born. Every society builds an institutional framework within which socialization of the child takes place. Culture is transmitted through the communication they have with one another and communication thus comes to be the essence of the process of cultural transmission
2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
• Family As the primary agent of socialization and the first “educator”, the family, plays an essential role in the transmission of the fundamental values that encourage and nurture learning in a young child. Studies have demonstrated that children from homes in which both parents have college educations have a much higher probability of academic success as well as personal and professional success. The opposite is also true. Children from homes in which parents do not possess a college education will have a more difficult time achieving academic success. The disparity inherent in this environment demonstrates the importance of the family and its role as the transmitter of values. The institution of the family in America is the primary purveyor of education as a core value regardless of educational background. For some, it comes by way of birth and privilege. For others, it comes by way of perseverance, hard work, and persistence in the face of adverse economic factors. Regardless, the likelihood of academic success is minimal without the family as a guiding force.
• The family is rightly called the cradle of social virtues. Family being a mini-society act as a transmission belt between the individual and society. There is no better way to start than to talk about the role of the family in our social development, as a family is usually considered to be the most important agent of socialization. The family plays an outstanding role in the socialization process. The family is the most important agent of socialization because it is the center of the child’s life, as infants are totally dependent on others. Not all socialization is intentional, it depends on the surrounding. Our parents, or those who play the parent role, are responsible for teaching us to function and care for ourselves. They, along with the rest of our family, also teach us about close relationships, group life, and how to share resources.
• Family plays the most important role in the formation of personality. Additionally, they provide us with our first system of values, norms, and beliefs – a system that is usually a reflection of their own social status, religion, ethnic group, and more. The family has informal control over its members. It trains the younger generation in such a way that it can take the adult roles in a proper manner. As a family is a primary and intimate group, it uses informal methods of social control to check the undesirable behavior on the part of its members. The parents use both reward and punishment to imbibe what is socially required from a child.
• According to Robert. K. Merton, “it is the family which is a major transmission belt for the diffusion of cultural standards to the oncoming generation”. The family serves as “the natural and convenient channel of social continuity. The most profound effect is gender socialization; however, the family also shoulders the task of teaching children cultural values and attitudes about themselves and others. Children learn continuously from the environment that adults create. Children also become aware of class at a very early age and assign different values to each class accordingly.
OMEJE LINDA CHIDERA
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Socialization can be defined as a process through which the culture of a society is transmitted to its new members.
1. Which part of the agent of socialization is very important in the society?
THE FAMILY
The family is usually considered to be the most important agent of socialization. This is the primary and chief agent of socialization for most people, especially in the first five years of their life. In rural societies, children have most of their early social contact with the family. Today, however, the family’s importance in the child’s life is changing. Although most children growing up today will spend a great deal of time with people other than members of their family.
2. State various reasons why they are necessary in our society
i. They help in teaching the children how to respect and obey their elderly ones in the society and those in position.
ii. They help in the inculcation of the fundamental human right on the children.
iii. The family help in the inculcation of the people’s culture on the children
iv. The family help in the teaching of the children about the values beliefs and norms of the people or society.
v. Prohibition of socially undesirable habits
vi. Teaching of sex roles
vii. The family encourage girls to remain virgins until they are married in the society.
viii. They encourage children to join age grades in the society.
NAME: UGWU UKAMAKA COMFORT
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QUESTIONS
1. WHICH PART OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATIONS VERY IMPORTANCE IN THE SOCIETY
What is Socialization
Is the process of internalizing the norms and ideologies of society. It is also the means by which social and cultural continuity are attained.
AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION
1. The family
2. The school
3. The church
4. The peer group etc
These are agents of socialization we have but the most important one to the society is family.
2. STATES VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
The Family: There is no better way to start than to talk about the role of family in our social development. As family is usually considered to be the most important agent of socialization as infants we are completely dependent on others to survive. Our parents, or those who play the parent role are responsible to teaching us functions and the right way to live.
The family is the most influential socializing agent. The family as socialization that are often linked interm of their sociological nature and function (starrels, 2000) notwithstanding the recent sociological in developed countries like the united states, the family is the generally seen as the center of the socialization process. It enable people live within their groups and to be effective member of the society into which they are born.
The family is also the bedrocks of any society and also the foundation of the society without the family, society can not function. The family is fundamental to socialization process. In accordance with the demands of society this is the reason why family is regarded as the primary agent of socialization.
NAME: OGBU NANCY ADAOBI
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QUESTIONS
1. WHICH PAIR OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATIONS VERY IMPORTANCE IN THE SOCIETY
Socialization can be defined as the transmission or inculcation of the people’s culture from new generation to generation for effective participation in the society where one fines himself.
Socialization is a process, that because, it takes place throughout life, stating as soon as an infant leaves the mother’s womb and continues until death
AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION
Agents of socialization are those means through which an individual develops into a social being and they are divided into two namely:
1. The primary and the secondary agent
Primary agent include
1. Family
2. School
3. Church
4. Public opinion
5. Mass media
The primary agent include the family which the secondary agent includes, the school, the church peer groups, the mass media and public opinion.
But the most important agent of socialization is family, because, the family has the primary responsibly for inculcating shaping of the child’s character and behaviour in accordance with the demand of the society which is fundamental to socialization process.
STATES VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
1. The school is necessary because it socializes children into their cultural approved sex roles in the society.
2. The church also contribute to the spiritual development and moral development which regard to the culture of the people
3. Per groups: They allow children to engage in activities without the direct supervision of the adult.
OZIOKO JENNIFER KELECHI
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Socialization can be defined as a process through which the culture of a society is transmitted to its new members. It can also be defined as a process by which individuals become members of a society.
1. Which part of agent of socialization is very important in the society?
The family
Family as the primary agent of socialization and the first “educator” the family, plays an essential role in the transmission of the fundamental values that encourage and nurture learning in a young child. Studies have demonstrated that children from homes in which both parents have college educations have a much higher probability of academic success as well as personal and professional success.
2. State various a reasons why they are necessary in our society.
i. The family encourage children to learn their parents trades and crafts
ii. They help in the initiation of their children into certain traditional rites
iii. They help in teaching their children to have respect for elders and those in positions of authority.
iv. Prohibition of socially undesirable habits in the society
v. They encourage their children to join age grades and doing so affords them the opportunity to interact with the peers.
vi. The family help in teaching the children the people’s culture and language
ARUMA OGECHI CYNTHIA
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Socialization is broadly defined as “a process in which an individual acquires the attitudes, behaviors and knowledge needed to successfully participate as an organizational member.”2 Socialization is an ongoing process that sometimes lasts for a year. It represents a sense-making process that helps new hires adapt, form work relationships and find their place in the organization.
1. Which part of agent of socialization is very important in the society?
THE FAMILY
Family is a fundamental social institution in society, the family, is considered the primary and most important agent of socialization. Family typically consists of a man and woman and their children or two or more people who usually reside in the same home and share same goals and values. Traditionally, in all societies, the family has always been seen as a social institution; that has the biggest impact on society.
Everyone is born into some form of family, with the family taking the responsibility of nurturing, teaching the norms or accepted behaviors within the family structure and within society. Ther e are many types of families, which can be described as a set of relationships including parents and children and can include anyone related by blood or adoption. Family is the most important, “for it is within the family that the child is first socialized to serve the needs of the society and not only its own needs” (Goode, 1982).
To thoroughly elaborate on the institution of family we most look at the family as it was before and how much it has changed over time. Throughout the years we are recognizing that the family is slowly being replaced by other agents of socialization. Families in the past consisted of a mother and a father and most times children. We are, as many societies a patriarchal society; men are usually the head of the households. This has always been considered the norm
2. State various a reasons why they are necessary in our society.
i)It is the foundation of all acceptable/ appropriate behaviour. It is the first major agent of socialization that teachers moral values/ body control/ emotional control/ language.
ii) It helps adolescents to internalize culture it helps develop social identity/ self esteem/ emotional health of the adolescents.
iii) It is the origin of gender role socialization it helps the adolescents acquire early sex roles/ masculine/ feminine behaviour/ roles.
iv) Provides an ascribed social status to its young members it educates the adolescent/ ensures good health through proper feeding/ hygiene/ immunization.
v) Gives access to emotional bond/ attachment between parents and adolescents. It is important to determine choice of peers/ friends.
EGWUETE CHINELO SABINA
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Every society is faced with the necessity of making a responsible member out of each child born into it. The child must learn the expectations of the society so that his behaviour can be relied upon. He must acquire the group norms. The society must socialise each member so that his behaviour will be meaningful in terms of the group norms. In the process of socialisation the individual learns the reciprocal responses of the society.
Socialisation stands for the development of the human brain, body, attitude, behaviour and so forth. Socialisation is known as the process of inducting the individual into the social world. The term socialisation refers to the process of interaction through which the growing individual learns the habits, attitudes, values and beliefs of the social group into which he has been born.
1. THE FAMILY
1. Family:
The family plays an outstanding role in the socialisation process. In all societies other agencies besides the family contribute to socialisation such as educational institutions, the peer group etc. But family plays the most important role in the formation of personality. By the time other agencies contribute to this process family has already left an imprint on the personality of the child. The parents use both reward and punishment to imbibe what is socially required from a child.
The family has informal control over its members. Family being a mini society acts as a transmission belt between the individual and society. It trains the younger generation in such a way that it can take the adult roles in proper manner. As family is primary and intimate group, it uses informal methods of social control to check the undesirable behaviour on the part of its members. The process of socialisation remains a process because of the interplay between individual life cycle and family life cycle.
REASONS
• Family is the centre of all religious activities. All the family members offer their prayers together and observe different religious rites, rituals and practices jointly.
• iv) Provides an ascribed social status to its young members it educates the adolescent/ ensures good health through proper feeding/ hygiene/ immunization.
v) Gives access to emotional bond/ attachment between parents and adolescents. It is important to determine choice of peers/ friends.
• Family performs a number of social functions. It teaches about social customs, mores, traditions, norms, etiquette to the coming generations.
• Since ancient times family has been performing several economic functions. It is an important economic unit.
NWEKWURU CHISOM JULIETH
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QUESTION: WHICH PART OF THE AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY?
STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
Socialization can be define as the process through which we learn to understand, assimilate and reproduce the rules, values and meanings shared by members of our society and which are constantly enacted and negotiated in everyday life. Socialization starts from conception [that is once a woman conceive the behavior or mood of the mother determines the nature of the child or how the child would behave when he/she is being born].
If I should say, the family is the agent of socialization that is very important in the society.
THE REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN THE SOCIET
Firstly, the reason why family are necessary in the society is that the family marks the beginning of every society, for instance, a child start learning the values and norms of his family as well as the society, immediately he or she is born.
Secondly, the family is necessary in the society in the sense that they help in shaping the child’s behavior and character in accordance with the demands of the society.
Furthermore, socialization starts immediately from conception, thereby enabling grow and learn to adapt to their environment, because without family, there will be nothing like society.
In addition, family is very necessary in the society because each member of a society belongs to a particular family or the other and each family has a role to play in the life of each member of their family as far as the society is concern.
Finally, family plays an important role in the socialization of a child.
JONATHAN SALOME CHINENYE
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QUESTION: WHICH PART OF THE AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY?
STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
Socialization is defined in broad terms according to Otite and Oginonwo[1979] as the process by which beings who are biologically humans become socially humans. It is the process by which man acquires his social behavior patterns.
In my opinion, the agent of socialization which is very important in the society is the family, which is the primary agent of socialization. The bedrock of every society.
The reasons why they are necessary in our society are:
To start with, the family is the bedrock or the foundation of every society. Without the family, there is no society. Because families made up the society.
Secondly, the family is the first agent of socialization the child has contact with right from conception, birth and through infancy. Without the family there is no socialization because, socialization starts from conception that is; after the institution of a family.
Thirdly, the family is fundamental to socialization process. The family has the primary responsibility for initial shaping of the child’s character and behavior in accordance with the demands of the society.
Furthermore, the family is very necessary in the society because, each member of a society belongs to or is from one family or the other, and each family has a role to play in the life of each member of their family as far as the society is concern. That is why when someone committed an offence or crime, or does something good, the first thing people will ask is whose child is he? Or from which family is he?.
Finally, family is very necessary and important in the society because, family is very essential to the society and everything the society wants to do, even in the secondary agents of socialization, needs the consent and support of the family.
NAME: NNADI PRECIOUS NNENNA
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QUESTION
1. WHICH PART OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATIONS VERY IMPORTANCE IN THE SOCIETY
2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHILE THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
ANSWER
The part of agencies of socialization that is very
1. The family
2. The peer group
3. The school
4. The church
Reasons while they are necessary includes the following:
- Direct teaching of indoctrination of values which in turn effect religious orientation. The family teaching about loyalty and obedience which has effect on the orientation of the children.
- Transmission of attitudes and values that will help in bringing up the children moral
A peer group: Is a group which composed of members sharing relatively equal status and bound by intimate ties. Examples of peer group.
- Children playing group, friendship clicks and age-grades etc peer group socializes it’s members though discussion and communication.
The school Socializes it’s members through the following ways the classroom ritual life.
The teacher
The non classroom life.
The classroom ritual life involves things like saluting the flags obedience to authority honouring past heroes.
The teacher: The teacher represent an authoritative spokesman of the society. The teacher also teaches morality to the children.
The non classroom life: This refers to the social composition of the school and extra curriculum activities, the students government will teach you the norms and valves of how to govern. The clubs will teach you how to organize.
The Church: The church is the assembly of believers in Christ the church teaches the child morals through the use of Christian books and materials and organization of seminars workshops and conferences for the youth.
NAME: ITODO CHIDERA CYNTHIA
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1. WHAT PART OF AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY
FIRST OF ALL WHAT IS SOCIALIZATION?
SOCIALIZATION is the act of adapting behavior to the norms of a culture or society,it is the process of making social.
According to oxford dictionary socialization was defined as the process of becoming socialized. It is also the process through which a persin , form birth through death ,is taught the norms ,customs ,values and roles of the society in which they live. This process serves to incoperate new member into a society so that they and it can function smoothly , it is guided by family , teachers , coaches , religious leaders , peers , community and media among others. Socialization is the process of learning one’s culture and how to live within it , it is also the act of interacting with others of being social.
FORMS OF SOCIALIZATION
Sociologists recognized two key form or stages of socialization , primary and secondary socialization.
Primary socialization occurs when a child learns the attitudes , values and actions appropriate to individuals as members of a particular culture . it is mainly influenced by the immediate family and friends .for example ,if a child sees his or her mother expressing a discriminatory opinion about a minority group, then that child may think this behavior is acceptable and could continue to have thus opinion minority group.
Secondary Socialization refers to the process of learning what is the appropriate behavior as a member of a smaller group within the larger society , it takes place outside the home. It is where children and adults learn how to act in a way that is appropriate for the situations they are.
THE AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY
The agents of socialization that is very important in the society. Is family because first thing anyone is expressed is his or her family . family is a group of people who come together and are related by blood , marriage , and adoption.
It happens in several ways , direct or acting teaching , indirect teaching , observing behavior and attitudes , even the games and bedtime stories have an effect.
In the first few years of a child’s life , the child is very impressionable and at the same time looks up to his family especially his parents , what he learns in these years get imprinted in his subconscious and becomes very hard to remove.
The process of socialization begins for everyone of us in the family .Here, the parental and particularly the maternal influence (mother) on the child is very great the parents are the first persons to introduce to the child the culture of his group.
2 STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
Disciplines :it is an act of law, one use to discipline a child on how to know the done and does of the societies.
It helps socialization comfortly right way or aspected norm or behavior to the existing norms , possible and therefore makes social stability and predictability of behavior.
The method of science are also inculcated through socialization.
It helps rudimentary eating, means teaching your child how to eat called eating habit and sleeping habit.
It helps central body of knowledge skills and habit is what a child require to be intergrated into a society.
NAME: OZODURU NGOZI
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1. WHAT PART OF AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY
FIRST OF ALL WHAT IS SOCIALIZATION?
SOCIALIZATION is the process of learning to behave in a way that is acceptable to the society and is also internalizing the norms and ideology o society. It is encompassed both learning and teaching and thus, is the process of learning a particular cultures norms and values,
Agents of socialization assist in the development processes by influencing the individuals
THE AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY
FAMILY
PEERS
SCHOOLS
MASS MEDIA
The most important in our society is our family
What is family? It’s a unit of two or more people related by blood , marriage , or adoption and having shared commitments to mutual relationship and also family is the bedrock foundation of every society.
PEER GROUPS is an agent of socialization where one socializes with his or her mate or influence in a given society.
MASS MEDIA it is an agent of socialization used to communicate or get information whether good or bad.
SCHOOL it is an agent of socialization where one is inculcated on how to read and write and also become a patriotic person in the society.
CHURCH is an agent of socialization where one is impacted with good knowledge and on how to respect his or her elderly ones.
2 STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
It is by acquiring needed skills and habits that individuals can fit into the society eg, respect , dressing code , love , etc.
It helps in traditional practice handed down from generation to generation and are learned by institution through socialization eg way of greeting, children learning their father’s craft like local medication .inheritance
It helps basic discipline.
Ranging from rudimentary ,eating , toileting , and sleeping habit.
It helps to inculcate discipline and control
It teaches how to control their temperament and self esteem.
NAME: EZE PATIENCE AMUCHE
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QUESTIONS
1. WHICH PAIR OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATIONS IS VERY IMPORTANCE IN THE SOCIETY
Firstly, socialization is the process of internalizing the norms and ideologies of the society or the process of learning to behave in a way that is acceptable to society and organization of an industry according to the principles of socialism.
The important pair of agent of socialization in the society are four because they occurs in childhood.
They are
1. Family
2. School
3. Peer group
4. Mass media
And among them family is usually considered to be the most important agent of socialization.
2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
I choose family among the agent of socialization with the following reasons.
Firstly, family can be defined as a single most important influence in a child’s life from their first moments of life, children depend on parents and family to protect them and provide for their needs. Parents and family form a child’s first relationship.
REASONS I CHOOSE FAMILY
1. Family is your Support System: It your family that stands by you through thick and thin in hard time and follow your situation no matter now difficult it is to the end and makes sure that your troubles are over.
2. Family Loves in a way no one can: Even when you stay in a different city and far away from your family, you know they will receive your phone call in the middle of the night. Family stick up for you when you are let down by your best friends.
3. Family protects and comforts you: Family rightful shields their children from unhealthy influences. They protect you no matter how cost, starting from child to adult. They give you the most comforts no one can give you not even your friends can
4. Family Lets you Grow and Learn: Family inculcates those value in you which are to stay with you till the end of your life. They are the first person that lecture you from birth, shows you the positive and the negative part of the world. They fight for your development and upgrade.
5. Family Provides: Family is reliable and dependable they provides your needs including the time you spent in your mother’s womb family takes care of your financial problem until you started earning money yourself and become economically self sufficient, they provides food, shelter and cloth the time you are still small without family provides I wonder how the life of the society would have turn to.
NAME :ODOH GIFT ONYINYECHI
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DATE : 5TH MAY 2018
QUESTION
WHAT PART OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN NIGERIA .
STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY.
ANSWER
The part and agent of socialization that is very important in our society is the family
The family is a dwelling place used as a permanent or semi permanent residence for an individual to make his first contact in Nigeria , the family which is the first primary agent of socialization it is made up father, mother , children and other members of the extended family .here the children can learn mainly through observation of their parents . it is the family that educates the individuals informally through the indirect teaching and indoctivination of their values and norms .it is the most agent of socialization because parental influence play a key role on how the children grow up and view the world .more over , it is the family job to teach children skills, religious beliefs and their cultural values ,and nothing more is possible to produce a happy child than giving supports to them . in addition children also get social identity from their family how to associate with elderly ones in the society , the certain norms and values are been taught to the children in the home such as honesty , punctuality , good social relationship between parents and other members of the community.
This is my reasons why socialization is necessary in our society and they are as follow,
1 It helps the child to learn the values ,norms and belief of the family.
2 Through socialization children learn the culture language and how to respect the elders in the societies or the family.
3 Why socialization is also necessary in the home is that it helps the child to develop the ablity to have relationship and start to develop his or her personality whenever he or she is out from home
NAME: OMEH LOVINA UKAMAKA.
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QUESTIONS
(1)WHICH PART OF THE AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN SOCIETY.
First of all we need to know what socialization is all about. Socialization is the process by which a child learns how to do things like other human beings in the society. Socialization is the process by which an individual acquires new behaviour through social interactions and direct learning from other human. It is also the process by which a new member goes through understanding the needs, practices and patterns of behaviour of his people or community and subsequently adapts to them. Socialization is a life long process. It starts early in life (from birth) and continues throughout our lifetime. The agents of socialization are the individual or persons that socialize the individual. There are many agents of socialization and there are the means or institutions through which an individual is being refined morally and religiously towards becoming a good citizen. And they include the family, school, peer group, religious institutions, mass media e.t.c. The part of the agents of socialization that is very important in the society and the society can not function well without it is the family.
The family as an agent of socialization: The family is considered as the most important agent of socialization because we learns the dos and don't and culture of the society through socialization. The family is the first agents of of primary socialization, as the principal socializing agency of the child, family is the closest set of people to an individual, they are the ones that have the greatest impact on the socialization process of the child in the society. Many people from birth to early adulthood rely heavily on their family for support, basic necessities such as shelter and food, nurturing and guidance. Due to this, many of the influence from the family become a part of the growing individual. The family imposes on the child their language, culture, race, religion and class and as a result of all these concepts contribute to the child's self. Failure of the family to be continuously present as a strong influence can lead to deviant behaviours later on in life. various theories of primary socialization states that the degree of bonding during this process and the norms acquired during childhood may lead to deviant behaviours and even drug abuse as an adult. The child is taught the first things he or she needs to know, things like morals, good attitude, accepted behaviours, values and norms e.t.c. and as well as how to interact with other members of the society are learnt by children from the family. The socializing agents in the family are: mother - the first agent of socialization of the child. Father, siblings and other relatives or relations. Family is the foundation of every society.
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QUESTIONS
1. WHICH PAIR OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATIONS IS VERY IMPORTANCE IN THE SOCIETY
Firstly Socialization can be defined as a process through which the culture of a society is transmitted to its new members. In other words, socialization involves a lot of interaction that are usually structured and streamlined among members of a given society such that each knows the role she is expected to play. Finally socialization is a life-long process. If begins from birth and continues as long as the individual remains alive. So it is process that is carried out all through life till death occurs.
There are many agents of socialization
They are
The family
The school
The church
The market
The peer group and so on
But according to my definition on socialization I prefer that family is the most important agents of socialization.
STATES VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
Family which can be defined as a total number of people that related by blood or is the agent of socialization which comprises father, mother and their children with close contact to themselves.
In family set-up, the man who is the head of the family is expected to understand his role as a husband to his wife and a father to his children and should behave accordingly.
The same is applicable to the mother and the children belonging to this nulear family. They are expected to understand their roles and carry them out.
So family is the most important agent of socialization because it is the bed rock of every society and also the foundation of the society in which the communit and individual cannot foundation without. So the progress and life of individual relies in the family.
Family is also a part of primary group member in which they have face-to-face contact among themselves and regard themselves as ends in the melees.
Family is also the bedrock of the society where by its member learn more about the life experience that link with how to respect their elder, their way of life, belief, norm etc. In my conclusion family is one of the agent of socialization that brings improvement and progress in society, community as will as in the country.
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INTRODUCTION
Socialization is a continuous and life long process till to the end of life. An individual learns language, culture, values, norms, attitudes and behaviors which molds his/her personality and becomes a social-being. This is the only process which a person develops his/her personality and self when an individual interacts with other members of his/her family and community or groups.
The most important agents of socialization in the society
Socialization occurs throughout our life, but some of the most important socialization occurs in childhood. So, let's talk about the most influential agents of socialization. These are the people or groups responsible for our socialization during childhood - including family, school, peers, and mass media. There is no better way to start than to talk about the role of family in our social development, as family is usually considered to be the most important agent of socialization. As infants, we are completely dependent on others to survive. Our parents, or those who play the parent role, are responsible for teaching us to function and care for ourselves. They, along with the rest of our family, also teach us about close relationships, group life, and how to share resources. Additionally, they provide us with our first system of values, norms, and beliefs - a system that is usually a reflection of their own social status, religion, ethnic group, and more. The family provides a strong backbone and a reliable foundation; it is considered the most important agent of socialization.
The family assumes the chief responsibility of developing a child, and has a substantial guise in the integration with society. The family is the primary support system for a child, especially during the first phase of their lives when they are physically and, in most cases, emotionally closest to a child. During this time, they will provide the greatest support and influence. This will extend over factors such as values, beliefs, political aspects, religious appetites, and the child's overall outlook on society in its entirety.
Reasons why socialization is important in the society
A very important part of socialization is role taking. The first step in role taking is the preparatory stage. The Preparatory stage is also known as the imitation stage.
Another part of the process of socialization is cognitive development. Cognitive development refers to the development of thinking, knowing, perceiving, judging, and reasoning.
There are three major Sources of Socialization that affect Children; family, school, mass media. The Family is one of the most important parts of socialization for children, because, their first contact is with family, and for the first few years of life children interact mostly with family.
1. Without socialization children will not develop skills necessary for living. They are not able to learn to talk, walk, eat, use the bathroom, read, write, and many other things. There are some documented observations of children who have been socially isolated.
Socialization among children is very important. Children must learn to walk, talk, eat, and lots of other life skills. Without socialization individuals can not develop intelligence, and never learn how to perform basic daily functions.
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1. WHICH PAIR OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATIONS IS VERY IMPORTANCE IN THE SOCIETY
2. STATE VARIOUS REASON WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
Firstly, according to green “socialization is the process by which the child acquires a cultural content, along with selfhood and personality.
Socialization occurs through out our life but some of the most important socialization occurs in childhood. It four of the most influential agents of socialization during that phase of lives are the family, school, peers and mass media. Family is usually considered to be the most important agent of socialization because the parents or family are the first to socialization the child. They are not only closely related to the child but physically also they are nearer to him. Than others from the parents he learns his speech and languages. He learns respect for persons in authority. In the family he learns a number of civil virtues. The child gets his first lessons in cooperation, tolerance, self sacrifice, love and affection in the family. The environment if a family influences the growth of a child. In the case, the child does not follow the rules, he may be coerced. Of the parents if is the mother who first begin the process of socialization.
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This is the summary of the assignment on SOS 222,Citizenship Education.
Socialization could also be defined as the process of interaction that exists among individuals of a given society to shape their behaviour in line with the ethics of such society.
To make socialization possible,there are agents that see to it and those agents are known as the agents of socialization.These agents include family unit,the school,the church/mosque,the market,the Peer group,mass media,political parties,musical groups and occupational groups etc(Enem,2007:84).Among these agents of socialization,I personally fancy the family unit.
family is the foundation of the socialization of the child and to me,it is the most important agent of socialization because it lays the foundation upon which other agents build
Below are various ways the family as an agent of socialization is important in socializing the child.
1.Educating the child on social environment.
2.Development of initiatives and independence.
3.Religious beliefs and acceptance.
4.Sex and leadership roles in the society.
5.Patriotism,creation of awareness and participation.
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QUESTIONS
1. WHICH PAIR OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATIONS VERY IMPORTANCE IN THE SOCIETY
Socialization is the formal process by which somebody, especially a child, learns to behave in a wa that is acceptable in their society. It is the process of learning one’s culture and how to live within it. socialization the act of interacting with others, of being social.
There are many agents of socialization
They are
The family
The school
The church
The market
The peer group and soon
But according to my definition on socialization I prefer that family is the most important agents of socialization.
STATES VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
Family which can be defined as a total number of people that related by blood or is the agent of socialization which comprises father, mother and their children with close contact to themselves.
In family set-up, the man who is the head of the family is expected to understand his role as a husband to his wife and a father to his children and should behave accordingly.
The same is applicable to the mother and the children belonging to this nulear family. They are expected to understand their roles and carry them out.
So family is the most important agent of socialization because it is the bed rock of every society and also the function of the society in which the community and individual cannot foundation without. So the progress and life of individual relies in the family.
Family is also a part of primary group member in which they have face-to-face contact among themselves and regard themselves as ends in the melees.
Family is also the bedrock of the society where by its member learn more about the life experience that link with how to respect their elder, their way of life, belief, norm etc. In my conclusion family is one of the agent of socialization that brings improvement and progress in society, community as will as in the country.
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QUESTIONS
1. WHICH PAIR OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATIONS IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY
Socialization can be define as the process through which a person, from birth through death; is taught the norms, customs, values and roles of the society in which they live.
Agent of socialization are as followed:
1. Family
2. Church
3. School
4. Peer group etc.
Among the agent of socialization, family is the most important agent of socialization because family is a group consisting of two parents and their children living together as a unit.
Family teach us about close relationships, group life, and how to share resources. Additionally, they provides us with our first system of values norms and beliefs.
2. STATE VARIOUS REASON WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
1. Family gives one a sense of belonging: The family members such as mother, father siblings and your grandparent, these are the ones who defines the kind of a person you are because they have seen you at your best and they have sure seen you at your worst and even give you the mind to belong to any groups.
2. Family helps you take decisions that are crucial can help make man lives, but with your family right beside you, you just know what you ought to do. Instead of judging you, they will be sincere and straight forward with you they will let you know how you can empower your flaws and your short comings to get farther in life.
3. Family lets one grow and learn: It is the family who inculcates those values in you which are to stay with you till the end of your life. As a family, you learn from each others mistakes which irretrievably aids you in growing as well as mating as an individual,
4. Family is reliable and dependable: It is the family who provides for ones needs, take care of all your financial where about until you start learning money yourself and become economically self sufficient. Family provide those material wants which we simply can’t do without them, not talking only about the basic needs of hum life, a part from your shelter, cloths end food.
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ASSIGNMENT
1. Which part of agent of socialization is very important in the society?
2. State various reasons why they are necessary in our society?
Parent or the family are the most influential and important agent of socialization.
Socialization as the name implies is the process by which individuals acquire the knowledge, language, social skills, and value to conform to the norms and roles required for integration into a group or community. with this the family has the chief responsibility of developing a child and has a substantial guise in the integration with the society.
The family is the primary support system for the child, especially during the first face of life when they are physically in most cases emotionally closes to the child, they teach the child how to stand, craw, and how to walk. The family or the home is the first place the child finds him or herself, before any other place.
REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY.
1. The family teaches the child the norms and values of the country and society, so as to be a good citizen of the country and to know what to and what not to do, to respect all rules that are to be respected.
2. The family teaches the child their languages they use in communicating before the child can go to school to learn the lingua franca{English language}.
3. The family especially the mother educates the child on sexual matters by letting the child know that when she has sex with a man fortunately it becomes an unwanted pregnant or will be infected with diseases.
4. The family teaches the child how to cook and how to manage a home with her husband and children. They teach the child how to respect their elders and those in position. So that they can gain the blessings and words of our elders, because it is said that the words of our elders are the words of wisdom.
5. The family encourage their children to eat in the same dish, it is the tradition in most traditional homes for all the members of the family to eat from the same dish. With this parent carefully watch and teach their children how best to eat, without rushing the food.
6. The family encourage their children to join their age grade in whatever good things they are doing especially in the eastern and western state, with this, the children learn and become more comfortable with there friends and parent help in faster socialization of the child.
Children minds are like sponges that absorbs teachings; they will mimic, appreciate, worship, and accept views , behaviors and even possessions of their parents. It is evident that the social development in a child is heavily manipulated by the family. Furthermore, the family unit has the ability to affect change to the next generation, parent inculcates their beliefs and values to their children from a young age and that value system can be perpetuated from one generation to the next.
So with these my following reasons, parent or the family are the most influential and important agent of socialization.
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QUESTIONS
1. WHICH PAIR OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATIONS IS VERY IMPORTANCE IN THE SOCIETY
Firstly, socialization is the process of internalizing the norms and ideologies of the society or the process of learning to behave in a way that is acceptable to society and organization of an industry according to the principles of socialism.
The important pair of agent of socialization in the society are four because they occurs in childhood.
They are
1. Family
2. School
3. Peer group
4. Mass media
And among them family is usually considered to be the most important agent of socialization.
2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
I choose family among the agent of socialization with the following reasons.
Firstly, family can be defined as a single most important influence in a child’s life from their first moments of life, children depend on parents and family to protect them and provide for their needs. Parents and family form a child’s first relationship.
REASONS I CHOOSE FAMILY
1. Family is your Support System: It your family that stands by you through thick and thin in hard time and follow your situation no matter now difficult it is to the end and makes sure that your troubles are over.
2. Family Loves in a way no one can: Even when you stay in a different city and far away from your family, you know they will receive your phone call in the middle of the night. Family stick up for you when you are let down by your best friends.
3. Family protects and comforts you: Family rightful shields their children from unhealthy influences. They protect you no matter how cost, starting from child to adult. They give you the most comforts no one can give you not even your friends can
4. Family Lets you Grow and Learn: Family inculcates those value in you which are to stay with you till the end of your life. They are the first person that lecture you from birth, shows you the positive and the negative part of the world. They fight for your development and upgrade.
5. Family Provides: Family is reliable and dependable they provides your needs including the time you spent in your mother’s womb family takes care of your financial problem until you started earning money yourself and become economically self sufficient, they provides food, shelter and cloth the time you are still small without family provides I wonder how the life of the society would have turn to.
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THE MOST IMPORTANT AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION IN THE SOCIETY
There is no better way to start than to talk about the role of family in our social development, as family is usually considered to be the most important agent of socialization. As infants, we are completely dependent on others to survive. Our parents, or those who play the parent role, are responsible for teaching us to function and care for ourselves. They, along with the rest of our family, also teach us about close relationships, group life, and how to share resources. Additionally, they provide us with our first system of values, norms, and beliefs - a system that is usually a reflection of their own social status, religion, ethnic group, and more.
The family is the most important socialization agent, because parental influences play a key role on how we grow up and view the world. Moreover, it is the family job to teach children skills, religious beliefs, and their cultural values. Nothing is more possible to produce a happy child than a family that loves and supports them. In addition, children also get their social identity from their family.
Family teaches one the basic lessons in life that you need to survive. For example, hygiene, eating, and behaving in a way that is acceptable in your own family so it does not affect your social development as much as your peers do. Generally speaking, the most important agent of socialization is family; however, your peers have a bigger impact on your social development Agents of socialization The most important agent of socialization that impacts social development is peers Greatest Impact Your peers are the ones who have the biggest impact on your social development because .
REASONS WHY SOCIALIZATION IS IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY
Everyone is born with defined capacities. Though there may be some limits to what a man can do, this limitation can be overcome and is being overcome by the development of civilization. Man’s capacity to learn may be increased by the development of new techniques of instruction and incentives. At present, no human being learns as much as he could under more favourable circumstances, for his learning capacity is never used to maximum capacity. All societies are guilty of wasting human learning ability.
1. Socialization converts man, the biological being into man, the social being.
Man is not born social; He becomes social by virtue of the process of socialization. Various instances like-that of Kaspar Hauser, Anna, the wolf children of India and others have made it very clear that only through constant training the newborn child becomes social in nature.
2. Socialization contributes to the development of personality.
Personality is a product of society. In the absence of groups or society, no man can develop a personality of his own. But socialization is a process through which the personality of the new born child is shaped and molded. Through the process, the child learns an approved way of social life. At the same time, it also provides enough scope for the individual to develop his individuality.
3. Helps to became disciplined.
Socialization is social .learning. Social learning is essentially the learning of rules of social behavior. It is the values, ideals, aims and objectives of life and the means of attaining them. Socialization disciplines an individual and helps him to live according to the social expectations.
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1.WHICH PARTS OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY.
2.VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY.
DATE: MAY. 2018
WHICH PART OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY
Socialization is a process by which individual acquire the knowledge, Language, social skills and value to conform to the norms and roles require for integration into a group or community.
The family is certainly the most important agent of socialization for infants and young children. Parents’ values and behaviour patterns profoundly influence those of their daughters and sons.
The family is the most influential socializing agent. Infants are born into certain types of families and grow up with them as children and adults.
Various reasons why family is necessary on our Society.
1. Family members teach each other, serve one another and share life’s joys
and sorrows.
2. Families provide a setting for personal growth.
3. Family gives sense of belonging.
4. Family protects and comfort.
5. Family is reliable and dependable.
6. Family is the single most important influence on a child’s life.
7. Family helps members on taking decisions.
8. Family help you pull through failures and makes sure that you are never
Lonely.
9. Family loves you on a way on one can.
10. Family is important because it provides love, Support and a framework of values to each member of its members.
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1. WHICH PARTS OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY.
2. VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY.
DATE: MAY. 2018
WHICH PART OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY
Socialization is a process which a person develops his/her personality and self when and individual interacts with other members of his/her family and community or groups. It a process which moulds a baby in a social person of society.
The family is certainly the most important agent of socialization for infants and young children. Parents’ values and behaviour patterns profoundly influence those of their daughters and sons.
The family is the most influential socializing agent. Infants are born into certain types of families and grow up with them as children and adults.
Various reasons why family is necessary on our Society.
1. Family is important because it provides love, Support and a framework of values to each member of its members.
2. Family members teach each other, serve one another and share life’s joys
and sorrows.
3. Families provide a setting for personal growth.
4. Family is the single most important influence on a child’s life.
5. Family gives sense of belonging
6. Family helps members on taking decisions
7. Family protects and comfort
8. Family help you pull through failures and makes sure that you are never
Lonely.
9. Family is reliable and dependable.
10. Family loves you on a way on one can.
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1. WHICH PARTS OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY.
2. VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY.
DATE: MAY. 2018
1. WHICH PARTS OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY.
Socialization as “the process whereby original nature is transformed into human nature and the individual into person.”
Every man tries to adjust himself to the condition and environment predominantly determined by the society of which he is a member. If he fails to do so, he becomes a social deviant and is brought back into line by the efforts of the group of which he is a member. This process of adjustment may be termed socialization. It is the opposite of individualization. It is a process of the expansion of the self. It develops in him the community feeling.
Socialization may be differentiated from sociality and socialism. Sociality is a quality, socialization is a process. Sociality may mean the capacity to mix with others, to enter into relations with them easily and comfortably. Man is a socialized animal, though he may not possess very much sociality in the common sense of the term. In the process of socialization one comes to acquire the quality of sociality.
2. VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY.
The Family:
The parents or family are the first to socialize the child. They are not only closely related to the child but physically also they are nearer to him than others. From the parents he learns his speech and languages. He is taught societal morality. He learns respect for persons in authority. In the family he learns a number of civic virtues.
The family is rightly called the cradle of social virtues. The child gets his first lessons in cooperation, tolerance, self-sacrifice, love and affection in the family. The environment of a family influences the growth of a child. The psychologists have shown that a person is what he becomes in a family. In a bad family the child learns bad habits whereas in a good family he acquires good habits.
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1.WHICH PARTS OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY.
2.VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY.
DATE: MAY. 2018
WHICH PARTS OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY
Agencies of Socialization:
The process of socialization is operative not only in childhood but throughout life. It is a process which begins at birth and continues unceasingly until the death of the individual. It is an incessant process. Formerly, the term Socialization had not been applied to adult learning experiences but had been restricted to children.
More recently, however, the concept of socialization has been broadened to include aspects of adult behaviour as well. It is now thought of “as an interactional process whereby a person’s behaviour is modified to conform to expectations held by members of the groups to which he belongs.
VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY.
Agents of Socialization helps people learn to function successfully in their social worlds. How does the process of socialization occur? How do we learn to use the objects of our society’s material culture? How do we come to adopt the beliefs, values, and norms that represent its nonmaterial culture? This learning takes place through interaction with various agents of socialization, like peer groups and families, plus both formal and informal social institutions.
Agency: The Family:
The family gets the baby first. Hence the process of socialisation begins in the family. A child is born with some basic abilities that are genetically transmitted through germplasm. These abilities and capacities are shaped in ways determined by culture.
The mother with whom the relation of the child is the most intimate plays a significant role in the process of moulding the child in the initial stages. Subsequently, father and older siblings transmit to the child many other values, knowledge and skill that children are expected to acquire in that particular society.
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WHAT IS SOCIALIZATION
Socialization occurs throughout our life, but some ofthe most important socialization occurs in childhood. Four of the most influential agents of socialization during that phase of our lives are the family, school, peers, and mass media.
THE MOST IMPORTANT AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IN THE SOCIETY
The family is the most important socialization agent, because parental influences play a key role on how we grow up and view the world. Moreover, it is the family job to teach children skills, religious beliefs, and their cultural values. Nothing is more possible to produce a happy child than a family that loves and supports them. In addition, children also get their social identity from their family.
Family teaches one the basic lessons in life that you need to survive. For example, hygiene, eating, and behaving in a way that is acceptable in your own family so it does not affect your social development as much as your peers do. Generally speaking, the most important agent of socialization is family; however, your peers have a bigger impact on your social development Agents of socialization The most important agent of socialization that impacts social development is peers Greatest Impact Your peers are the ones who have the biggest impact on your social development.
Family is a fundamental social institution in society, the family, is considered the primary and most important agent of socialization. Family typically consists of a man and woman and their children or two or more people who usually reside in the same home and share same goals and values. Traditionally, in all societies, the family has always been seen as a social institution; that has the biggest impact on society.
The following are the important of socialization in the society
6. Helps to develop right aspiration in life.
Every individual may have his own aspirations; ambitions and desires in life. All these aspirations may not always be in consonance with the social interests. Some of them even be opposed to the communal interests. But through the process of socialization an individual learns to develop those aspirations. Which are complementary to the interests of society. Socialization helps him to direct or channelize his whole energy for the realization of those aspirations.
7. Contributes to the stability of the social order.
It is through the process of socialization that every new generation is trained acceding to the Cultural goals, ideals, and expectations of a society. It assures the cultural continuity of the society. At the same time, it provides enough scope for variety and new achievements. Every new generation need not start its social life a fresh. It can conveniently rely on the earlier generation and follow in cultural traditions. In this regard, socialization contributes to the stability of the social order.
8. Helps to reduce social distance.
Socialization reduces social distance arid brings people together if proper attention is given to it. By giving proper training and guidance to the children during their early years, it is possible to reduce the social distance between people of different castes, races, regions, religions and professions.
9. Provides scope for building the bright future
Socialization is one of the powerful instruments of changing the destiny of mankind. It is through the process of socialization that a society can produce a generation of its expectations can be altered significantly. The improvement of socialization offers one of the greatest possibilities for the future alteration of human nature and human.
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QUESTIONS
1. WHICH PARTS OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY.
2. VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY.
LECTURER: MRS M. N. OGENYI
DATE: MAY. 2018
WHICH PART OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY
Socialization is the process of learning to behave in a way that is acceptable to society. It is also an organization of an industry or company according to the principle of socialism. Socialization is the process of internalizing the norms and ideologies of society, it encompasses both learning and teaching and it thus ‘’this means by which social and culture continuity are attained.
Socialization occurs throughout our life, but some most important of it occurs in childhood. There are four agents of socialization that phase our life.they are
1. Family
2. School
3. Peer
4. Mass media, but family is usually considered to be most important agent in our society.
Family is a fundamental social institution in the society, the family, is considered the primary and most important agent of socialization. Family typically consist of a man and woman and their children or two or more people who usually reside in the same home and share some goal and value. Traditionally, in all societies, the family has always been seen as a social institution, that has the biggest impact on society.
Everyone inborn into some form of family, with the family taking the responsibility of nurturing, teaching the norms or accepted behaviour within the family structure and within the society. Family is the most important, for it is within the family that the child is first socialized to serve the needs of the society and not only its own needs. The family is a group of people which consist of parents and their children who live together and are closely related by blood. The family is always perceived as the basic social units whether they are living together in the same compound or at far distance.
Therefore, the family units has had a great influence on the growth and character traits possessed by the children as they grow up and as they perceive the society they live in.
VARIOUS REASONS WHY FAMILY IS NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
1. It provide love, support and a framework of values to each of its members.
2. Family members teaches each other, to serve one another and share life’s joys and sorrows.
3. Family provide a setting for personal growth.
4. Family is the single most important influence in a child’s life.
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QUESTIONS
1. WHICH PARTS OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY.
2. VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY.
LECTURER: MRS M. N. OGENYI
DATE: MAY. 2018
WHICH PARTS OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY
Socialization is the process through which people are taught to be proficient members of a society. It describes the ways that people come to understand societal norms and expectations, to accept society’s beliefs, and to be aware of societal values. Socialization is not the same as socializing (interacting with others, like family, friends, and co-workers); to be precise, it is a sociological process that occurs through socializing. As Danielle’s story illustrates, even the most basic of human activities are learned. You may be surprised to know that even physical tasks like sitting, standing, and walking had not automatically developed for Danielle as she grew. And without socialization, Danielle hadn’t learned about the material culture of her society (the tangible objects a culture uses): for example, she couldn’t hold a spoon, bounce a ball, or use a chair for sitting. She also hadn’t learned its nonmaterial culture, such as its beliefs, values, and norms. She had no understanding of the concept of “family,” didn’t know cultural expectations for using a bathroom for elimination, and had no sense of modesty. Most importantly, she hadn’t learned to use the symbols that make up language—through which we learn about who we are, how we fit with other people, and the natural and social worlds in which we live.
VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY.
Agents of Socialization
Socialization helps people learn to function successfully in their social worlds. How does the process of socialization occur? How do we learn to use the objects of our society’s material culture? How do we come to adopt the beliefs, values, and norms that represent its nonmaterial culture? This learning takes place through interaction with various agents of socialization, like peer groups and families, plus both formal and informal social institutions.
Family
Family is the first agent of socialization. Mothers and fathers, siblings and grandparents, plus members of an extended family, all teach a child what he or she needs to know. For example, they show the child how to use objects (such as clothes, computers, eating utensils, books, bikes); how to relate to others (some as “family,” others as “friends,” still others as “strangers” or “teachers” or “neighbours”); and how the world works (what is “real” and what is “imagined”). As you are aware, either from your own experience as a child or your role in helping to raise one, socialization involves teaching and learning about an unending array of objects and ideas.
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Socialization is the process through which a person, from birth through death, is taught the norms, customs, values, and roles of the society in which they live. This process serves to incorporate new members into a society so that they and it can function smoothly.
Family is the major or primary agent of socialization among others since every person is born in a family and brought up in a family before engaging with other activities like schooling in the society (Monnier, 2011).
The family is the primary support system for a child, especially during the first phase of their lives when they are physically and, in most cases, emotionally closest to a child. During this time, they will provide the greatest support and influence. This will extend over factors such as values, beliefs, political aspects, religious appetites, and the child's overall outlook on society in its entirety.
The family unit has had a great influence on the growth and the character traits possessed by the children as they grow up and how they perceive the society they live in.
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Socialization, according to MacIver, “is the process by which social beings establish wider and profounder relationships with one another, in which they become more bound up with, and moa perceptive of the personality of themselves and of others and build up the complex structure of nearer and wider association.
Family is a fundamental social institution in society, the family, is the primary and most important agent of socialization. Family typically consists of a man and woman and their children or two or more people who usually reside in the same home and share same goals and values.
The family assumes the chief responsibility of developing a child, and has a substantial guise in the integration with society. The family is the primary support system for a child, especially during the first phase of their lives when they are physically and, in most cases, emotionally closest to a child. During this time, they will provide the greatest support and influence. This will extend over factors such as values, beliefs, political aspects, religious appetites, and the child's overall outlook on society in its entirety. Children's minds are like sponges that absorb teachings; they will mimic, appreciate, worship, and accept views, behaviors, and even possessions of their parents. It is evident that the social development in a child is heavily manipulated by the family.
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Socialization occurs throughout our life, but some of the most important socialization occurs in childhood. The socialization that we receive in childhood has a lasting effect on our ability to interact with others in society. The family is mostly responsible for our socialization during childhood.
The family is rightly called the cradle of social virtues. The child gets his first lessons in cooperation, tolerance, self sacrifice, love and affection in the family. The environment of a family influences the growth of a child. The psychologists have shown that a person is what he becomes in a family. In a bad family the child learns bad habits whereas in a good family he acquires good habits.
The parents or family are the first to socialize the child. They are not only closely related to the child but physically also they are nearer to him than others. From the parents he learns his speech and languages. He is taught societal morality. He learns respect for persons in authority. In the family he learns a number of civic virtues.
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Socialization is an interactive process that involves social structure and social relations between people. While many people think of it as a top-down process by which individuals are directed to accept and internalize the norms, values, and customs of the social group, it is, in fact, a two-way process. People often push back on the social forces that work to socialize us, invoking their autonomy and free will, and sometimes changing norms and expectations in the process.
The family has always been seen as a social institution; that has the biggest impact on society. Everyone is born into some form of family, with the family taking the responsibility of nurturing, teaching the norms or accepted behaviors within the family structure and within society
The family has the first opportunity to impact a personality to the children born within it and they get to learn from the parents. Most of the values and the attributes of a person are learning either consciously or unconsciously by a person as they continue interacting with the close family members like the parents and the siblings. Therefore, the family is the initial social institution that aides in shaping or forming a persons’ personality or character traits.
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Socialization is the process of learning how to become part of a culture. Through socialization one learns the culture's language, their role in life, and what is expected from them. Socialization occurs throughout our life, but some of the most important socialization occurs in childhood.
The family has the first opportunity to impact a personality to the children born within it and they get to learn from the parents. Most of the values and the attributes of a person are learning either consciously or unconsciously by a person as they continue interacting with the close family members like the parents and the siblings.
The parents or family are the first to socialize the child. They are not only closely related to the child but physically also they are nearer to him than others. From the parents he learns his speech and languages. He is taught societal morality. He learns respect for persons in authority. In the family he learns a number of civic virtues.
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Socialization is the process of learning how to become part of a culture. Through socialization one learns the culture's language, their role in life, and what is expected from them. Socialization is a very important process in the forming of personality. Socialization occurs when one interacts with other people.
Socialization occurs throughout our life, but some of the most important socialization occurs in childhood. The socialization that we receive in childhood has a lasting effect on our ability to interact with others in society. The family is mostly responsible for our socialization during childhood.
The family has always been seen as a social institution; that has the biggest impact on society. Everyone is born into some form of family, with the family taking the responsibility of nurturing, teaching the norms or accepted behaviors within the family structure and within society
The family has the first opportunity to impact a personality to the children born within it and they get to learn from the parents. Most of the values and the attributes of a person are learning either consciously or unconsciously by a person as they continue interacting with the close family members like the parents and the siblings. Therefore, the family is the initial social institution that aides in shaping or forming a persons’ personality or character traits.
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Socialization is the process whereby the individual acquires the conventional patterns of human behavior. Socialization makes it possible for us to fully function as human beings. Without socialization, we could not have our society and culture. And without social interaction, we could not have socialization. Socialization occurs throughout our life, but some of the most important socialization occurs in childhood.
The family is the primary support system for a child, especially during the first phase of their lives when they are physically and, in most cases, emotionally closest to a child. During this time, they will provide the greatest support and influence.
The parents or family are the first to socialize the child. They are not only closely related to the child but physically also they are nearer to him than others. From the parents he learns his speech and languages. He is taught societal morality. He learns respect for persons in authority. In the family he learns a number of civic virtues.
Family as the center of socialization helps in building up children in an environment where they accept to interact with different people in different cultures. Therefore, they don’t find it difficult to adapt to any other new culture but will feel accommodated in other people’s culture.
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WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION
The way we develop our own special personality, and this learning continues over the entire life course from infancy to old age (Argosy University Online, 2008). Socialization is an important process through which individuals are able to interact within the society and they inherit their languages, values, norms, traditions, and customs in order for his/her peers to socially accept them. Socialization is learned by individual through socialization agents. Every social experience we have affects us in at least a small way. However, several familiar settings have special important to the socialization process. The key agents of socialization are the family, the school, the peer group, and the mass media this is what teaches us what we need to know in order to contribute in society (Argosy University Online, 2008). The family is the most important socialization agent, because parental influences play a key role on how we grow up and view the world. Moreover, it is the family job to teach children skills, religious beliefs, and their cultural values. Nothing is more possible to produce a happy child than a family that loves and supports them. In addition, children also get their social identity from their family.
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.
Reasons why socialization is important in the society
Socialization among children is very important. Children must learn to walk, talk, eat, and lots of other life skills. Without socialization individuals can not develop intelligence, and never learn how to perform basic daily functions. Children must know the values, beliefs, and norms of the surrounding culture, so that they will be able to know what is expected from them. The process of socialization and the sources of socialization are very important in the developing of children. Socialization is a very Important Process throughout life, but it the most important in young children.
Another part of the process of socialization is cognitive development. Cognitive development refers to the development of thinking, knowing, perceiving, judging, and reasoning. Children develop these abilities through things occurring around them. According to Piaget's theory Cognitive intelligence develops in stages. In Piaget's theory there are four stages; the sensorimotor stage, the preoperational stage, the concrete operational stage, and the formal operational stage (Huitt and Hummel, 2003). The sensorimotor stage begins at birth and ends around age two. During this stage the children learns how to coordinate body movements with thoughts. They learn that they are separate from other objects, and can cause things to happen. The second stage is the preoperational stage. This stage starts around age two and ends around age seven. In this stage the children learns to associate symbols and language with objects. Children see everything through their own view point. During this stage children are very self-centered. The third stage, the stage of concrete operations, starts around age eight and ends around age twelve. In this stage children learn to solve problems and reason using physical objects.
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WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION
Agent of socialization assists in the development process by influencing the individual. A person learns socialization through agents, which include: the family, the school, the peer group, and the mass media. According to Sociologist Richard Gelles (1990), "The family is the most violent group in society, with the exception of the police and the military." Nonetheless, the family provides a strong backbone and a reliable foundation; it is considered the most important agent of socialization.
The family assumes the chief responsibility of developing a child, and has a substantial guise in the integration with society. The family is the primary support system for a child, especially during the first phase of their lives when they are physically and, in most cases, emotionally closest to a child. During this time, they will provide the greatest support and influence. This will extend over factors such as values, beliefs, political aspects, religious appetites, and the child's overall outlook on society in its entirety.
Children's minds are like sponges that absorb teachings; they will mimic, appreciate, worship, and accept views, behaviors, and even possessions of their parents. It is evident that the social development in a child is heavily manipulated by the family.
Furthermore, the family unit has the ability to effect change to the next generation. Parents inculcate their beliefs and values to their children from a young age, and that value system can be perpetuated from one generation to the next.
REASONS WHY SOCIALIZATION IS IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY
Socialization is the process of learning how to become part of a culture. Through socialization one learns the culture's language, their role in life, and what is expected from them. Socialization is a very important process in the forming of personality. Socialization occurs when one interacts with other people. Socialization allows all individuals in a community to develop very similar values, norms, and beliefs (O'Neil, 2009). Socialization is a lifelong process, though the early stages of socialization are crucial (Shepard, 2009, p. 90). Without Socialization a person will develop different physical and mental disabilities. Socialization is a very important life process.
The socialization of young children is very important. During the first few years of children's live, children interacts only with a few different people, mostly family. Everything children see and hear leaves an impression on them. In this time children learn to walk, learn talk, develop the ability to have a relationship, and start developing personality. A very important part of socialization is role taking. The first step in role taking is the preparatory stage. The Preparatory stage is also known as the imitation stage. This stage begins shortly after the first year of life. In this stage children imitate things happening around them, including sounds and physical movement, but do not understand what they are imitating. Around age three or four children begin the play stage. In the play stage children start to take the role of one person at a time (Chapter 4: Socialization). Children pretend to be a mother, father, police officer, firefighter, teacher, doctor, or someone the children know or see; most likely someone the children look up to. In this stage children imitate being someone else by doing things they think that person would do. The third and final stage of developing role taking is the game stage. The game stage generally starts around age six. In the game stage children imitate the roles of several others at the same time.
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AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION
The family is perhaps the most important agent of socialization for children. Parents’ values and behaviour patterns profoundly influence those of their daughters and sons.
Reasons the family is an important agent of socialization in the society
1. Unlike the learning that we receive through formal education or in our careers, socialization is less intentional and is generally the result of our interaction with family, friends, and the wider public. In sociology, these influential people are referred to as agents of socialization. Though these agents tend to be peers or people with whom we have established relationships, the media can also be considered an agent of socialization because it is one of the more influential means through which we acquire information about our culture and society.
In the context of primary socialization, agents tend to be limited to our immediate family members, or, depending on your family structure, certain members of our extended family. This is generally because as children, our lives are tightly controlled by our primary caregivers. It is through our interactions and observations of how they behave in the home and in public that we begin to shape our understanding of how we, too, should behave.
For example, if a person were raised by parents who possessed a white supremacist perspective, that person would likely be exposed to prejudices in the home, which they would likely then carry out into the world with them. Conversely, if they were raised by a family that valued equality and civil rights advocacy, they would likely carry those values as they moved forward in their life.
2. It is in the earliest years of our lives that we learn the most and begin to build our understanding of culture and society.
This early period of learning through family relationships is what is known as primary socialization, which is the learning that we do by interacting and observing while we are young. Primary socialization tends to begin in the home and that is where we learn about social norms, such as how to behave in society, and cultural practices in which we will eventually participate.
For example, if you are out at a restaurant and the waiter informs you that they are out of what you had hoped to order, you would simply choose another menu item rather than stomp your feet and scream at him. Your response to the disappointment is the result of learning very early in life that it is unacceptable to have such outbursts in public, and it is generally polite to treat restaurant servers with respect
Should parents get the credit when their children turn out to be good kids and even go on to accomplish great things in life? Should they get the blame if their children turn out to be bad? No parent deserves all the credit or blame for their children’s successes and failures in life, but the evidence indicates that our parents do affect us profoundly. In many ways, we even end up resembling our parents in more than just appearance.
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AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION
The family is perhaps the most important agent of socialization for children. Parents’ values and behaviour patterns profoundly influence those of their daughters and sons.
Reasons the family is an important agent of socialization in the society
1. Unlike the learning that we receive through formal education or in our careers, socialization is less intentional and is generally the result of our interaction with family, friends, and the wider public. In sociology, these influential people are referred to as agents of socialization. Though these agents tend to be peers or people with whom we have established relationships, the media can also be considered an agent of socialization because it is one of the more influential means through which we acquire information about our culture and society.
In the context of primary socialization, agents tend to be limited to our immediate family members, or, depending on your family structure, certain members of our extended family. This is generally because as children, our lives are tightly controlled by our primary caregivers. It is through our interactions and observations of how they behave in the home and in public that we begin to shape our understanding of how we, too, should behave.
For example, if a person were raised by parents who possessed a white supremacist perspective, that person would likely be exposed to prejudices in the home, which they would likely then carry out into the world with them. Conversely, if they were raised by a family that valued equality and civil rights advocacy, they would likely carry those values as they moved forward in their life.
2. It is in the earliest years of our lives that we learn the most and begin to build our understanding of culture and society.
This early period of learning through family relationships is what is known as primary socialization, which is the learning that we do by interacting and observing while we are young. Primary socialization tends to begin in the home and that is where we learn about social norms, such as how to behave in society, and cultural practices in which we will eventually participate.
For example, if you are out at a restaurant and the waiter informs you that they are out of what you had hoped to order, you would simply choose another menu item rather than stomp your feet and scream at him. Your response to the disappointment is the result of learning very early in life that it is unacceptable to have such outbursts in public, and it is generally polite to treat restaurant servers with respect
Should parents get the credit when their children turn out to be good kids and even go on to accomplish great things in life? Should they get the blame if their children turn out to be bad? No parent deserves all the credit or blame for their children’s successes and failures in life, but the evidence indicates that our parents do affect us profoundly. In many ways, we even end up resembling our parents in more than just appearance.
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THE MEANING OF SOCIALIZATION
First less look at what socialization is, socialization is a continual process whereby an individual acquires a personal identity and learns the norms, values, belief and other necessary social skills that can make him/her adapt to any environment.
The part of socialization agent that is very important to the society is the family.
Socialization of an individual or a child starts from the family or rather home. The family represents the first point of contact where a Child starts the learning of acceptable behaviours of the society. The basic values like language, toilet training, eating habits, greeting are taught are learnt in family by other members of the family like father, mother, siblings, grandparents and other relations. It is from the family that a child is been trained to be useful to the society, this is because a child who did not under home training hardly have the necessary attitude toward the society.
Whereas, the nature and size of the family have a great impact on the socialization of the child and these indicates, why children behave differently in the society.
For instance, the behaviour or view of a child trained by a single parent will be built towards the opinion trained of such a parent while the behaviour of a child trained by both parents will reflect those of the both parent. It is from the family that the socialization of a child continues to the school.
The reasons why the are necessary in our society are as follows.
1. it teaches and transmits basic cultural values such as toilet training, habits, sleeping and sitting habits.
2. Socialization of the family teaches basic knowledge skills and technics of carrying out our social responsibilities, especially when we learn through the social rales learning process.
3. It helps to promotes easy adaptation to any social change and environment. Since nothing is permanent, our socialization process enables us to adapt to any environment a child meet him or herself.
4. Socialization from the family enables a child to have mutual understanding we interact with one another in the society: this understanding also brings about trust and peaceful co-existence and prevents conflict among people in the society.
5. Family socialization trains a child to be a useful and also be a good ambassador of the society.
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1. WHICH PART OF THE AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN SOCIETY
2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
Socialization
Socialization is the process through which a person, from birth through death, is taught the norms, customs, values, and roles of the society in which they live. This process serves to incorporate new members into a society so that they and it can function smoothly. It is guided by family, teachers and coaches, religious leaders, peers, community, and media, among others.
Socialization typically occurs in two stages.
Primary socialization takes place from birth through adolescence and is guided by primary caregivers, educators, and peers. Secondary socialization continues throughout one's life, and especially whenever one encounters new situations, places, or groups of people whose norms, customs, assumptions, and values may differ from one's own.
Family
There is no better way to start than to talk about the role of family in our social development, as family is usually considered to be the most important agent of socialization. As infants, we are completely dependent on others to survive. Our parents, or those who play the parent role, are responsible for teaching us to function and care for ourselves. They, along with the rest of our family, also teach us about close relationships, group life, and how to share resources. Additionally, they provide us with our first system of values, norms, and beliefs - a system that is usually a reflection of their own social status, religion, ethnic group, and more.
For example, Alexander, a young boy who lives in America, was born to an immigrant family. He grew up bilingual and was taught the importance of collectivistic values through socialization with his family. This experience differs drastically from someone born to an older, 'traditional' American family that would emphasize the English language and individualistic values.
2. . STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
• In short, an agent of socialization assists in the development process by influencing the individual. A person learns socialization through agents, which include: the family, the school, the peer group, and the mass media. According to Sociologist Richard Gelles (1990), "The family is the most violent group in society, with the exception of the police and the military." Nonetheless, the family provides a strong backbone and a reliable foundation; it is considered the most important agent of socialization.
• The family assumes the chief responsibility of developing a child, and has a substantial guise in the integration with society. The family is the primary support system for a child, especially during the first phase of their lives when they are physically and, in most cases, emotionally closest to a child. During this time, they will provide the greatest support and influence. This will extend over factors such as values, beliefs, political aspects, religious appetites, and the child's overall outlook on society in its entirety.
• Children's minds are like sponges that absorb teachings; they will mimic, appreciate, worship, and accept views, behaviors, and even possessions of their parents. It is evident that the social development in a child is heavily manipulated by the family.
• Furthermore, the family unit has the ability to effect change to the next generation. Parents inculcate their beliefs and values to their children from a young age, and that value system can be perpetuated from one generation to the next.
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THE MEANING OF SOCIALIZATION
First less look at what socialization is, socialization is a continual process whereby an individual acquires a personal identity and learns the norms, values, belief and other necessary social skills that can make him/her adapt to any environment.
The part of socialization agent that is very important to the society is the family.
Socialization of an individual or a child starts from the family or rather home. The family represents the first point of contact where a Child starts the learning of acceptable behaviours of the society. The basic values like language, toilet training, eating habits, greeting are taught are learnt in family by other members of the family like father, mother, siblings, grandparents and other relations. It is from the family that a child is been trained to be useful to the society, this is because a child who did not under home training hardly have the necessary attitude toward the society.
Whereas, the nature and size of the family have a great impact on the socialization of the child and these indicates, why children behave differently in the society.
For instance, the behaviour or view of a child trained by a single parent will be built towards the opinion trained of such a parent while the behaviour of a child trained by both parents will reflect those of the both parent. It is from the family that the socialization of a child continues to the school.
The reasons why the are necessary in our society are as follows.
1. it teaches and transmits basic cultural values such as toilet training, habits, sleeping and sitting habits.
2. Socialization of the family teaches basic knowledge skills and technics of carrying out our social responsibilities, especially when we learn through the social rales learning process.
3. It helps to promotes easy adaptation to any social change and environment. Since nothing is permanent, our socialization process enables us to adapt to any environment a child meet him or herself.
4. Socialization from the family enables a child to have mutual understanding we interact with one another in the society: this understanding also brings about trust and peaceful co-existence and prevents conflict among people in the society.
5. Family socialization trains a child to be a useful and also be a good ambassador of the society.
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The socialization that we receive in childhood has a lasting effect on our ability to interact with others in society. In this lesson, we identify and discuss four of the most influential agents of socialization in childhood: family, school, peers, and media.
SOCIALIZATION
How do we learn to interact with other people? Socialization is a lifelong process during which we learn about social expectations and how to interact with other people. Nearly all of the behavior that we consider to be 'human nature' is actually learned through socialization. And, it is during socialization that we learn how to walk, talk, and feed ourselves, about behavioral norms that help us fit in to our society, and so much more.
Socialization occurs throughout our life, but some of the most important socialization occurs in childhood. So, let's talk about the most influential agents of socialization. These are the people or groups responsible for our socialization during childhood - including family, school, peers, and mass media.
THE MOST IMPORTANT AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION
Family
There is no better way to start than to talk about the role of family in our social development, as family is usually considered to be the most important agent of socialization. As infants, we are completely dependent on others to survive. Our parents, or those who play the parent role, are responsible for teaching us to function and care for ourselves. They, along with the rest of our family, also teach us about close relationships, group life, and how to share resources. Additionally, they provide us with our first system of values, norms, and beliefs - a system that is usually a reflection of their own social status, religion, ethnic group, and more.
The family assumes the chief responsibility of developing a child, and has a substantial guise in the integration with society.
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THE MOST IMPORTANT AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IN THE SOCIETY
There various agents of socialization of which include the family, the school, and the peer group, mass media, e.t.c. All these agents are places where a child learn and acquires the cultures. Values and norms of the society in which he find himself.
Among all the various agents of socialization been mentioned above family is the first and most important agents among other. A family can be seen as a group of people who are related by the ties of blood. Example of members of the family includes the father, mother, children, and relations e.t.cc. any child on arrival into the world first find himself in a particular family socialization here commence when the child is still in the womb, there are some certain movement made by foetus in the womb like kicking when h foetus kick the mother hard, she will caution the child by taping her stomach and the child will keep calm. Also during breast feeding, if the child bites the mother nipple she will frown at the child and sometimes beet the child.
It is also in the family that the child learns how to control himself when he is pressed. From this a children learn to crawl down from the bed or to a directed place when they want to ease themselves-rather that messing everywhere.
In the family also the child learns how to talk, the child achieve this by imitation. Here the child having found himself among the members of the family which include his immediate blood relations, the child watch the elder ones when they speak and sometimes the child will try to respect exactly they said sometimes when the child fails to pronounce some words properly, the child will be corrected immediately by his family members.
It is also at this point that the child learns how to greet his parents, siblings and other relation.
In the family also the child learns and appreciates the culture of his land. For instance. They are thought how to respect their elders, how to maintain the home by sweeping, washing and placing household materials at the right places. For the boys, some in the traditional rural areas do follow their fathers to the shrine for worship and to the village square to watch masquerade kingdom, where they will be taught the secrets of the masquerade and when this is dome they will love to belong and promote the masquerade culture.
Form the girls, their mother taught them how to cook food of various types how to care for their younger ones thereby preparing the child for marriage at the same time.
Therefore in all these angles above it is worthy to stand that among all the agents of socialization that family is the most important agent because the child is almost equipped with almost all the needed information about his environment from his immediate family before going outside the society to meet the other agents of socialization.
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THE PART OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT IN SOCIETY IS FAMILY
Socialization is the process of learning how to become part of a culture. Through socialization one learns the culture's language, their role in life, and what is expected from them. Socialization is a very important process in the forming of personality. Socialization occurs when one interacts with other people. Socialization allows all individuals in a community to develop very similar values, norms, and beliefs (O'Neil, 2009). Socialization is a lifelong process, though the early stages of socialization are crucial (Shepard, 2009, p. 90). Without Socialization a person will develop different physical and mental disabilities. Socialization is a very important life process.
The socialization of young children is very important. During the first few years of children's live, children interacts only with a few different people, mostly family. Everything children see and hear leaves an impression on them. In this time children learn to walk, learn talk, develop the ability to have a relationship, and start developing personality. A very important part of socialization is role taking. The first step in role taking is the preparatory stage. The Preparatory stage is also known as the imitation stage. This stage begins shortly after the first year of life. In this stage children imitate things happening around them, including sounds and physical movement, but do not understand what they are imitating. Around age three or four children begin the play stage.
In an idea family, each member has and knows the ideas which he is expected to perform in a traditional family, the man performs the role of husband, father and breadwinner he is husband to wife, father to his children and breadwinner he takes care of the entire family as a whole
By the same vein the woman prefer MS the role of wife, mother and housekeeper by making sure that the entire family is neatly tidy and as well takes care of the children and the husbands need. The roles of son (first born, last born), brother and so on, while the female child is the daughter (these members vividly play a very important role in the family in or der to make the society fit and conductive to live in.
In the traditional African
Society, socializing the child is largely the function of the parents and the immediate family member’s socialization process vividly starts from the family this process includes:
1. Respect for elders and those in position of authority: generally speaking great respect is accorded to elders in most communities in Nigeria if not all over African. Most families stress the importance of respect for those in position of authority irrespective of whether they are elders or not the elders are regarded as better possessors and should be respected by the younger ones.
REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY (SOCIALIZATION IN THE FAMILY)
1. It is necessary because it promotes healthy society, in this sense, because the children had been thought in the family on how to respect their elder, this will help them not to disrespect their elders.
2. To help the children to eliminates undesirable habits. It is usual in most homes for parents and older sibling to forbid children from engaging in certain socially undesirable habits. T hose habits which may be dangerous for the children includes lying, cheating refusal to run errand talking while eating e.t.c. also there are certain conversions that are unacceptable e.g use of left hand e.t.c
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Socialization
Socialization is the process through which a person, from birth through death, is taught the norms, customs, values, and roles of the society in which they live. This process serves to incorporate new members into a society so that they and it can function smoothly. It is guided by family, teachers and coaches, religious leaders, peers, community, and media, among others.
Family is the first agent of socialization and this is the setting of primary socialization (Figure 1). Nowadays we suggest that children are growing up in a variety of different types of family systems: such as large families(in which there are three or more siblings), single parent families (divorced, never-married or widowed), only child families (in which children will never have any siblings), blended/patchwork families (in which there are children from the parents’ previous marriages), adoptive families, grandparent caring family, gay or lesbian parent families and the“traditional” two-parent family with children. We don’t undertake to discuss the differences between the socialization of the children living in different types of family structures; we outline only the general role of parents and siblings in the process of socialization regardless of what kind of family structures the certain child is living in.
STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
We have to emphasize that parenting must change with the age of the child, because infants and toddlers have other needs than adolescents, so parents have to be responsive to their differences. Now we focus on how parenting influences the early socialization.
Parental warmth is influential in primary socialization because it provides children with the feeling of being loved and so they develop trust and are motivated to cooperate with others. Young children also need security which is a biologically based motivation, so they need secure trust. According to attachment theory if children are in secure attachment it provides them with confidence to explore the environment and to encounter with other adults and peers. On the other hand, security facilitates children to be more cooperative and receptive to the parents’ socialization efforts, too.
Parents are models for their children, their acts are observed and imitated by their children for example they are role models to the gender-typed behaviours how a girl or a boy has to behave. Researchers suggest that later parental practices may also be related to the children’s academic self-concepts and achievement too.
Finally, we will use the concept of social domain theorist (Bugental, 2000) to organize knowledge about socialization process. According to this there are four different domains of social life where different tasks are to be solved during the socialization process: protection and safety domain, control domain, group identification domain and mutual reciprocity domain.
The joint playing and interactions between the siblings contribute to the development of the understanding of others, how she or he feels, and the understanding the connection between people’s behaviours and their thoughts, intentions. Some studies found that children who had older siblings were better in the assessment to others’ mental states than those who didn’t have older siblings.
To summarize, we can demonstrate that siblings colour children’s socialization and siblings research is a growing area of socialization. Especially the influences of step-siblings or half-siblings are less examined and we need to know more about them, because the number of the families which include step or half-siblings is increasing (Hetherington et al., 1999).
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THE MEANING OF SOCIALIZATION
Socialization is the process through which a person, from birth through death, is taught the norms, customs, values, and roles of the society in which they live. This process serves to incorporate new members into a society so that they and it can function smoothly. It is guided by family, teachers and coaches, religious leaders, peers, community, and media, among others.
To thoroughly elaborate on the institution of family we most look at the family as it was before and how much it has changed over time. Throughout the years we are recognizing that the family is slowly being replaced by other agents of socialization. Families in the past consisted of a mother and a father and most times children. We are, as many societies a patriarchal society; men are usually the head of the households. This has always been considered the norm.
REASONS WHY SOCIALIZATION IS NECESSARY IN THE SOCIETY
Everyone is born with defined capacities. Though there may be some limits to what a man can do, this limitation can be overcome and is being overcome by the development of civilization. Man’s capacity to learn may be increased by the development of new techniques of instruction and incentives. At present, no human being learns as much as he could under more favourable circumstances, for his learning capacity is never used to maximum capacity. All societies are guilty of wasting human learning ability.
Factors of the Process of Socialization:
Socialization, as said above, is the process of learning group norms, habits and ideals. There are four factors of this process of learning. These are imitation, suggestion, identification and language.
A brief description of these four factors is necessary:
(i) Imitation:
Imitation is copying by an individual of the actions of another. Mead defines it as “self-conscious assumption of another’s acts or roles.” Thus when the child attempts to walk impressively like his father swinging a stick and wearing spectacles, he is imitating. Imitation may be conscious or unconscious, spontaneous or deliberate, perceptual or ideational. In imitation the person imitating performs exactly the same activity as the one being performed before him.
Imitation is the main factor in the process of socialization of the child. Through it he learns many social behaviour patterns. The child as compared to adult possesses the greatest capacity for imitation. Language and pronunciation are acquired by the child only through imitation. It is because of the tendency to imitate that children are so susceptible to the influence of their parents and friends whose behaviour they imitate indiscriminately.
(ii) Suggestion:
According to McDougall, “suggestion is the process of c
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IMPORTANT AGENCIES OF SOCIALIZATION
1. The Family:
The family gets the baby first. Hence the process of socialisation begins in the family. A child is born with some basic abilities that are genetically transmitted through germplasm. These abilities and capacities are shaped in ways determined by culture.
The mother with whom the relation of the child is the most intimate plays a significant role in the process of moulding the child in the initial stages. Subsequently, father and older siblings transmit to the child many other values, knowledge and skill that children are expected to acquire in that particular society.
2. The Peer Group:
As the child grows older, his contemporaries begin to influence him. He spends most of his spare hours outside his work and study schedule with his peers in the playground and places outside his home. The attraction of peers is virtually irresistible to him.
He learns from them and they also learn from him. With the passage of time, the peer group influence surpasses at of parents significantly. It is not surprising that teen age is the age of parent-child misunderstanding.
In the socialisation of the child, the members of the family, particularly those who exercise authority over him, and the members of his peer group exercise two different kinds of influence upon him. Both authoritarian relationships (typified by the former) and equalitarian relationships (typified by the latter) are equally significant to him.
He acquires the virtues of respect, constraint and obedience from the first type of relationships, and the virtues of co-operation based on trust and mutual understanding from the second.
3. The School:
When the child comes to the school, his formal indoctrination into the culture of the society begins. He is exposed to a wider background than hitherto known to him. He is formally introduced to the lore and the learning, the arts and the sciences, the values and the beliefs, the customs and taboos of the society from a wider circle, his teachers play a very significant role.
The child may admire, respect and love some of his teachers. The impression which they make during this impressionable age lasts almost throughout his life.
4. The Books:
In literate societies another important agency of socialisation is the printed word in books and magazines. Our cultural world—experiences and knowledge, values and beliefs, superstitions and prejudices—is expressed in words.
5. The Mass Media:
Apart from newspapers which carry printed words, the two other mass media, viz., the radio and television, exercise tremendous influence in the socialisation process. They “assault our ears” and communicate directly their messages and these messages also “contain in capsule form the premises of our culture, its attitudes and ideologies”.
The role of television, in particular, is very significant. It communicates directly to both our ears and eyes and thus leaves a strong impression.
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WHICH PART OF THE AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN SOCIETY
I think there are 4 agents of socialization, and they are the most fundamental elements of understanding society.
The primary and most critical agent is the family: ages around 0-5. Socialization begins within families because as an infants we develop basic skills, around our original beings. We learn love.
The secondary would be schooling. At schools children begin understanding there are rules, and limitations. They learn consequences, as well as what good vs. Bad through exemplary teaching.
The first is: Peers; children learn from one another by seeing each other. Where is the best place- schools. Schools have children with different ethnicities, cultures, religions, and lifestyles. Children learn about differences.
Media: Is one of the greatest influences on individual socialization development. By the time we get very associated with media, we are granted rights. These rights are freedom of choice- choice of what to believe, who to become.. Etc. Because of that, I believe the media could very negative, or positive.
STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
We have just noted that socialization is how culture is learned, but socialization is also important for another important reason. To illustrate this importance, let’s pretend we find a 6-year-old child who has had almost no human contact since birth. After the child was born, her mother changed her diapers and fed her a minimal diet but otherwise did not interact with her. The child was left alone all day and night for years and never went outside. We now find her at the age of 6. How will her behavior and actions differ from those of the average 6-year-old? Take a moment and write down all the differences you would find.
In no particular order, here is the list you probably wrote. First, the child would not be able to speak; at most, she could utter a few grunts and other sounds. Second, the child would be afraid of us and probably cower in a corner. Third, the child would not know how to play games and interact with us. If we gave her some food and utensils, she would eat with her hands and not know how to use the utensils. Fourth, the child would be unable to express a full range of emotions. For example, she might be able to cry but would not know how to laugh. Fifth, the child would be unfamiliar with, and probably afraid of, our culture’s material objects, including cell phones and televisions. In these and many other respects, this child would differ dramatically from the average 6-year-old youngster in the United States. She would look human, but she would not act human. In fact, in many ways she would act more like a frightened animal than like a young human being, and she would be less able than a typical dog to follow orders and obey commands.
As this example indicates, socialization makes it possible for us to fully function as human beings. Without socialization, we could not have our society and culture. And without social interaction, we could not have socialization. Our example of a socially isolated child was hypothetical, but real-life examples of such children, often called feral children, have unfortunately occurred and provide poignant proof of the importance of social interaction for socialization and of socialization for our ability to function as humans.
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QUESTION NO. 1
1. Which part of agent of socialization is very important in the society?
ANSWER
Socialization is a lifelong process during which we learn about social expectations and how to interact with other people. Nearly all of the behavior that we consider to be 'human nature' is actually learned through socialization. And, it is during socialization that we learn how to walk, talk, and feed ourselves, about behavioral norms that help us fit in to our society.
The part of the agents of socialization that is very important in society is the "FAMILY" because the socialization that we receive in childhood has a lasting effect on our ability to interact with others in the society and we have other most influential agents of socialization in childhood: family, school, peers, church and media.
QUESTION NO. 2
2. State various reasons why they are necessary in our society.
ANSWER
The reasons why they are necessary in our society are:
FAMILY: There is no better way to start than to talk about the role of family in our social development, as family is usually considered to be the most important agent of socialization. As infants, we are completely dependent on others to survive. Our parents, or those who play the parent role, are responsible for teaching us to function and care for ourselves. They, along with the rest of our family, also teach us about close relationships, group life, and how to share resources. Additionally, they provide us with our first system of values, norms, and beliefs - a system that is usually a reflection of their own social status, religion, ethnic group, and more.
SCHOOL: The next important agent of childhood socialization is the school. Of course, the official purpose of school is to transfer subject knowledge and teach life skills, such as following directions and meeting deadlines. But, students don't just learn from the academic curriculum prepared by teachers and school administrators. In school, we also learn social skills through our interactions with teachers, staff, and other students. For example, we learn the importance of obeying authority and that to be successful, we must learn to be quiet, to wait, and sometimes to act interested even when we're not.
PEERS: Peer groups allow children to form relationships and learn. These are the people or groups responsible for our socialization during childhood.
CHURCH: Church/Religion is one of the agents of socialization that has been an important factor in society. In the early society religion provided a bond of unity. Though in modern society the importance of religion has diminished, yet it continues to mould our beliefs and ways of life. In every family some or the other religious practices are observed on one or the other occasion. The child sees his parents going to the temple and performing religious ceremonies. He listens to religious sermons which may determine his course of life and shape his ideas.
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QUESTION: 1. WHICH PART OF THE AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN SOCIETY
Socialization means imparting the norms and culture of the society to the offspring. The family is the major agent of socializing the child because it is through family that the culture and social lifestyle of the society is first imparted into the child.
2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
1. The family: the family plays the major role of socialization as the child is being taught about the culture of the society first through the family.
2. The mass media: a child is being socialized through children’s debate and through this acquire certain norms and values of the society.
3. Peer group: through peer group the child forms relationship during childhood as what he or she sees the mate doing he or she does it.
4. School: the child in school is being socialized as he or she not only learn the prepared syllabus of the school but also acquire certain skills character and behavior from the teachers.
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1. Which part of agent of socialization is important in the society?
Socialization is the act of internalizing people’s culture, norms and societal values to the young ones through the family, peer groups, school and mass media etc.
The family is the most important element of socialization because it is through the family the child first learn and imbibe the culture of the society i.e when the family fails in socializing the child, the society has also fails.
2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
1. The family: the family is the most influential agent of socialization because the child depends on others to survive especially the family i.e it is through the family that the school life of the society is first being imparted into the young ones.
2. The school: the school is also one of the important agent of socialization as the child not only learn the prepared curriculum of his or her school but also learn skill, attitudes from the teacher which also help the child to fit into the social life of his or her society.
3. Peer group: the peer group influences the child in socializing and internalizing the people’s culture and ways of life. Like age grade when a child sees his or her age mate doing something, he or she would love to do that and through the peers he or she is taught on the ways of behavior.
4. The church/religion: the religion that one belongs to also helps to socialize the child to fit into the society lifestyle because he or she is taught according to the belief as the society and of the religion. Like how to respect the elders which is seen as good attitude of a child by the religion and society.
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2. VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY.
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Qn? 1 WHICH PARTS OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY.
Socialization is the process by which older members of a society teach their way of life to the young. Socialization is also the way we develop our own special personality, and this learning continues over the entire life course from infancy to old age (Argosy University Online, 2008). Socialization is an important process through which individuals are able to interact within the society and they inherit their languages, values, norms, traditions, and customs in order for his/her peers to socially accept them. Socialization is learned by individual through socialization agents. Every social experience we have affects us in at least a small way. However, several familiar settings have special important to the socialization process. The key agents of socialization are the family, the school, the peer group, and the mass media this is what teaches us what we need to know in order to contribute in society (Argosy University Online, 2008).
VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY.
Family
The family is the most important socialization agent, because parental influences play a key role on how we grow up and view the world. Moreover, it is the family job to teach children skills, religious beliefs, and their cultural values. Nothing is more possible to produce a happy child than a family that loves and supports them. In addition, children also get their social identity from their family. For example, wealthier families encourage good judgment and creativity, while lower-income families value obedience and conformity. Families have changed from being a traditional family (nuclear family) a wife a husband and two children, not only that, but both men and women traditional roles have changed from the 1950 to the present. For example, a lot of husbands to day stay at home and watches the children while their wife works. This let you know that they have seen a dramatic change take place in the way families in the present are structured. The way families are structured today you may see the basic family-a married couple, a nuclear family, an extended family-where children are be raised by the grandparents or other family member, a homosexual family-where there are two men or two women raising children. Sociology Family is a major unit of socialization of any person. A person's beliefs and attitude are made depending on the class that they belong to. It is true that the social class you belong to, they go on to affect the norms and values you possess. It is true that no one family is alike and there are many factors that go on to create differences in a family. The class a family belongs, the race they belong to and the gender of the people in the family.
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The meaning of socialization
Socialization is a lifelong process during which we learn about social expectations and how to interact with other people. Nearly all of the behavior that we consider to be 'human nature' is actually learned through socialization. And, it is during socialization that we learn how to walk, talk, and feed ourselves, about behavioral norms that help us fit in to our society, and so much more.
Socialization occurs throughout our life, but some of the most important socialization occurs in childhood. So, let's talk about the most influential agents of socialization. These are the people or groups responsible for our socialization during childhood - including family, school, peers, and mass media.
WHICH PART OF THE AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN SOCIETY
There is no better way to start than to talk about the role of family in our social development, as family is usually considered to be the most important agent of socialization. As infants, we are completely dependent on others to survive. Our parents, or those who play the parent role, are responsible for teaching us to function and care for ourselves. They, along with the rest of our family, also teach us about close relationships, group life, and how to share resources. Additionally, they provide us with our first system of values, norms, and beliefs - a system that is usually a reflection of their own social status, religion, ethnic group, and more.
The family gets the baby first. Hence the process of socialization begins in the family. A child is born with some basic abilities that are genetically transmitted through germplasm. These abilities and capacities are shaped in ways determined by culture.
VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
The social order is maintained largely by socialization. Unless the individuals behave in accordance with the norms of the group it is going to disintegrate. But how does the process of socialization begin to work It is said that the working of the process starts long before the child is born.
The social circumstances preceding his birth lay down to a great extent the kind of life he is to lead, the parent’s courtship, and marital selection, his customs concerning pregnancy and birth and the whole system of cultural practices surrounding the family are important for the child’s growth.
The techniques of parental care affect his chances of being born and of being healthy. Pre-natal care forms an integral part of family welfare. Thus the circumstances preceding his birth indirectly influence his growth in society.
But direct socialization begins only after birth. The newly born child as an organism has certain things which limit or help socialization. These things which he has may be categorised into reflexes, instincts, urges and capacities.
Reflexes put the severest limitation upon socialization. Reflexes are the automatic and rigid responses of the organism to a given stimulus. They are unlearnt and even unmodifiable. They set limits on what the organism can do. But they are not the bases out of which socialization emerges. The contraction of the pupil of the eye in strong light, the salivation of the glands of the mouth at the taste of sugar is examples of reflexes.
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Meaning of Socialization
Socialization, according to MacIver, “is the process by which social beings establish wider and profounder relationships with one another, in which they become more bound up with, and moa perceptive of the personality of themselves and of others and build up the complex structure of nearer and wider association.”
Kimball Young writes, “Socialization will mean the process of inducting the individual into the social and cultural world; of making him a particular member in society and its various groups and inducting him to accept the norms and values of that society Socialization is definitely a matter of learning and not of biological inheritance.”
WHICH PART OF THE AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN SOCIETY
Family
Family is the first agent of socialization. Mothers and fathers, siblings and grandparents, plus members of an extended family, all teach a child what he or she needs to know. For example, they show the child how to use objects (such as clothes, computers, eating utensils, books, bikes); how to relate to others (some as “family,” others as “friends,” still others as “strangers” or “teachers” or “neighbors”); and how the world works (what is “real” and what is “imagined”). As you are aware, either from your own experience as a child or from your role in helping to raise one, socialization includes teaching and learning about an unending array of objects and ideas.
Keep in mind, however, that families do not socialize children in a vacuum. Many social factors affect the way a family raises its children. For example, we can use sociological imagination to recognize that individual behaviors are affected by the historical period in which they take place. Sixty years ago, it would not have been considered especially strict for a father to hit his son with a wooden spoon or a belt if he misbehaved, but today that same action might be considered child abuse.
Here are the 9 most important benefits of real-time socializing:
• Helps in building positive and constructive relationships via the real social networks that are formed.
• Socializing plays a pivotal role in improving overall growth and development of an individual.
• As per Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin by SAGE, socializing enhances mental functioning, as the mind is kept occupied with real thoughts.
• Stress and anxiety levels can be reduced to a great extent. Solutions to problems may be found in dialogue.
• It provides great opportunity to understand various kinds of people, their mannerisms, personalities, thought processes and so on. Socializing develops better understanding of human perspectives and attributes.
• Socializing is a great tool for development of self-confidence and giving your self-esteem the required boost. It kicks out shyness and hesitance from an individual making him ready to face the world in a smart manner.
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Socialization is a lifelong process during which we learn about social expectations and how to interact with other people. Nearly all of the behavior that we consider to be 'human nature' is actually learned through socialization. And, it is during socialization that we learn how to walk, talk, and feed ourselves, about behavioral norms that help us fit in to our society.
The part of the agents of socialization that is very important in society is the "FAMILY" because the socialization that we receive in childhood has a lasting effect on our ability to interact with others in the society and we have other most influential agents of socialization in childhood: family, school, peers, church and media.
2. . STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
• In short, an agent of socialization assists in the development process by influencing the individual. A person learns socialization through agents, which include: the family, the school, the peer group, and the mass media. According to Sociologist Richard Gelles (1990), "The family is the most violent group in society, with the exception of the police and the military." Nonetheless, the family provides a strong backbone and a reliable foundation; it is considered the most important agent of socialization.
• The family assumes the chief responsibility of developing a child, and has a substantial guise in the integration with society. The family is the primary support system for a child, especially during the first phase of their lives when they are physically and, in most cases, emotionally closest to a child. During this time, they will provide the greatest support and influence. This will extend over factors such as values, beliefs, political aspects, religious appetites, and the child's overall outlook on society in its entirety.
• Children's minds are like sponges that absorb teachings; they will mimic, appreciate, worship, and accept views, behaviors, and even possessions of their parents. It is evident that the social development in a child is heavily manipulated by the family.
• Furthermore, the family unit has the ability to effect change to the next generation. Parents inculcate their beliefs and values to their children from a young age, and that value system can be perpetuated from one generation to the next.
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1. WHICH PART OF THE AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN SOCIETY
In short, an agent of socialization assists in the development process by influencing the individual. A person learns socialization through agents, which include: the family, the school, the peer group, and the mass media. According to Sociologist Richard Gelles (1990), "The family is the most violent group in society, with the exception of the police and the military." Nonetheless, the family provides a strong backbone and a reliable foundation; it is considered the most important agent of socialization.
The family assumes the chief responsibility of developing a child, and has a substantial guise in the integration with society. The family is the primary support system for a child, especially during the first phase of their lives when they are physically and, in most cases, emotionally closest to a child. During this time, they will provide the greatest support and influence. This will extend over factors such as values, beliefs, political aspects, religious appetites, and the child's overall outlook on society in its entirety.
Children's minds are like sponges that absorb teachings; they will mimic, appreciate, worship, and accept views, behaviors, and even possessions of their parents. It is evident that the social development in a child is heavily manipulated by the family.
Furthermore, the family unit has the ability to effect change to the next generation. Parents inculcate their beliefs and values to their children from a young age, and that value system can be perpetuated from one generation to the next.
2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
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 virtuoso out of man, but it also leaves a life-long residue of emotional immaturity in him." Sociologists, social psychologists, educationalist as well as anthropologists and politicians have studied the process of socialization for years.
All had a theory about the socialization process. Socialization is the process by which older members of a society teach their way of life to the young. Socialization is also the way we develop our own special personality, and this learning continues over the entire life course from infancy to old age (Argosy University Online, 2008). Socialization is an important process through which individuals are able to interact within the society and they inherit their languages, values, norms, traditions, and customs in order for his/her peers to socially accept them. Socialization is learned by individual through socialization agents. Every social experience we have affects us in at least a small way. However, several familiar settings have special important to the socialization process. The key agents of socialization are the family, the school, the peer group, and the mass media this is what teaches us what we need to know in order to contribute in society (Argosy University Online, 2008). The family is the most important socialization agent, because parental influences play a key role on how we grow up and view the world. Moreover, it is the family job to teach children skills, religious beliefs, and their cultural values. Nothing is more possible to produce a happy child than a family that loves and supports them. In addition, children also get their social identity from their family.
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1. WHICH PART OF THE AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN SOCIETY
The concept of socialization is defined in the broad sense as a process through which a human being becomes a member of a society. This learning process makes it possible to acquire knowledge, skills, norms, values, traditions etc. by a human person. Group acts on the individual from a very early age, from the earliest years of life. Therefore, through interaction with others, parents, relatives, friends etc., the child gradually becomes aware of itself as individuality, being able to think and act by his own volition.
An important distinction must be operated between two types of socialization, namely: primary socialization and secondary socialization. Primary socialization, on the one hand, occurs during childhood and refers mainly to family or others people who occupies with child care. This type of socialization constitutes the basis that support the entire children’s forming process. Family and close relatives are a kind of society in miniature, a spyglass overturned, which reproduces in miniature dimensions the whole society. This comparison is however not true in an absolute sense; the specificity of primary socialization lies in the fact that the affectivity/love is dominant, actually, there is no conflict of interests between parents and children (at least not until the children reach adolescence), while thereafter, when the child must shall integrate into a community formed by others members than his family, such as the preschool or school, the watchword will not be the unconditional love, but rather the adaptation to a situation in which each child pursues his own interest. In other words, one can notice a significant rupture between the type of socialization provided by the family, in which the child is seen as a center of the universe and the moment of relative separation from the family and integration into a new type of social structure, like school, where each child is a center of the world.
Secondary socialization refers to that period of childhood in which a child begins to interact strongly with other social environments than strictly the family. Contact with other children and with adults other than
his own parents helps the child to understand that there is another social universe outside the family. In addition, as it grows, the child will gradually loosen the direct control exercised by parents and seek to integrate into a group of colleagues/friends/acquaintances, this group being an important agent of socialization. This type of socialization works in the same direction with formal activities, e.g. school or job, but often it has a rhythm and a higher intensity than those activities.
2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
Family is a fundamental social institution in society, the family, is considered the primary and most important agent of socialization. Family typically consists of a man and woman and their children or two or more people who usually reside in the same home and share same goals and values. Traditionally, in all societies, the family has always been seen as a social institution; that has the biggest impact on society.
Everyone is born into some form of family, with the family taking the responsibility of nurturing, teaching the norms or accepted behaviors within the family structure and within society. There are many types of families, which can be described as a set of relationships including parents and children and can include anyone related by blood or adoption. Family is the most important, “for it is within the family that the child is first socialized to serve the needs of the society and not only its own needs” (Goode, 1982).
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QUESTION:
WHICH PART OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY
STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN THE SOCIETY
Meaning of socialization
“What is socialization?” The authors of one text book define socialization as “a learning process, one that involves development or changes in the individual’s sense of self”, and this is exactly true. Socialization is a learning process. When your parents teach you how to use a toilet or behave politely, when your teachers teach you about your country’s history, when a priest teaches you to behave a certain way (i.e. listen to God’s commandments), you are being socialized. When you are being socialized, you are taking part (willingly or unwillingly) in a learning process.
FAMILY AS AN AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION
The family is the principal institution for the socialization of children. As the basic unit for raising children, anthropologists generally classify most family organizations as matrifocal (a mother and her children); conjugal (a wife, her husband, and children, also called the nuclear family); avuncular (for example, a grandparent, a brother, his sister, and her children); or extended (parents and children co-reside with other members of one parent's family). Sexual relations among the members are regulated by rules concerning incest such as the incest taboo.
Meaning of family
A group of people, usually of the same blood (but do not have to be), who genuinely love, trust, care about, and look out for each other. Not to be mistaken with relatives sharing the same household who hate each other.
REASONS WHY FAMILY IS NECESSARY IN THE SOCIETY
Family is a fundamental social institution in society, the family, is considered the primary and most important agent of socialization. Family typically consists of a man and woman and their children or two or more people who usually reside in the same home and share same goals and values. Traditionally, in all societies, the family has always been seen as a social institution; that has the biggest impact on society.
Everyone is born into some form of family, with the family taking the responsibility of nurturing, teaching the norms or accepted behaviors within the family structure and within society. There are many types of families, which can be described as a set of relationships including parents and children and can include anyone related by blood or adoption. Family is the most important, “for it is within the family that the child is first socialized to serve the needs of the society and not only its own needs” (Goode, 1982).
Families are considered to be the most important agents of primary socialization. Children are most often heavily ependent on their families to carry out their basic needs (feeding, cleaning etc.).
Families are often the first people to teach children their norms, values and beliefs. Parents do this through both verbal and nonverbal communication. Families help develop levels of trust, independence, initiative (for example through demonstrating how to handle social situations), a sense of competence and ambition (such as through pushing their child in sport or academia) and also help them make decisions about who one is.
Functionalist sociologists believe that the family is a particularly important institution of socialization as it is the family which performs the crucial functions of socializing the young and meets the emotional needs of its members. According to functionalist sociologists, stable families underpin social order and economic stability.
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1. WHICH PART OF THE AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN SOCIETY
The lessons of life Family teaches you the basic lessons in life that you need to survive. For example, hygiene, eating, and behaving in a way that is acceptable in your own family so it does not affect your social development as much as your peers do. Generally speaking, the most important agent of socialization is family; however, your peers have a bigger impact on your social development Agents of socialization The most important agent of socialization that impacts social development is peers Greatest Impact Your peers are the ones who have the biggest impact on your social development because . At School is an agent that is said to be the core of your social development At the workplace Your workplace also plays a considerable role in your social
development They are the ones who teach you how to interact with people in the real world Your peers teach you the norms of society and the norms of the general group or age group of people you will interact with If you break it down it is more your peers that you meet at school that build your social skills. Nevertheless, you learn essential skills at school that you will need for the rest of your life such as the compulsory courses like Math, English etc. The workplace provides you with social skills that you learn later on in life, not the basic skills that are essential for you to function in society Skills needed for one to function are developed through the interaction of peers The Media Mass media is an agent that does not so much develop your social skills, but gives you an idea or image of things that are accepted in society Ideas seen on the television by viewers display what is socially acceptable and what is not (even if it is not always true because the media can often be misleading)
2. STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
Family is a fundamental social institution in society, the family, is considered the primary and most important agent of socialization. Family typically consists of a man and woman and their children or two or more people who usually reside in the same home and share same goals and values. Traditionally, in all societies, the family has always been seen as a social institution; that has the biggest impact on society. Everyone is born into some form of family, with the family taking the responsibility of nurturing, teaching the norms or accepted behaviors within the family structure and within society. There are many types of families, which can be described as a set of relationships including parents and children and can include anyone
Other social beliefs are norms became less important and impacted the structure of the nuclear family. More couples are getting divorced, than they were decades ago, when the belief of society was to frown upon divorce. Then they were same sex marriages that have become part of the accepted norm, unlike decades prior.
There are many other factors that contribute to the change in views and beliefs, replacing what was the responsibility of the family. This is especially true in this 21st century technological era; we are no longer limited to learning about the norms of society through the family but through other agents like mass media.
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INTRODUCTION
The socialization that we receive in childhood has a lasting effect on our ability to interact with others in society. In this lesson, we identify and discuss four of the most influential agents of socialization in childhood: family, school, peers, and media.
Socialization
Socialization is a lifelong process during which we learn about social expectations and how to interact with other people. Nearly all of the behavior that we consider to be 'human nature' is actually learned through socialization. And, it is during socialization that we learn how to walk, talk, and feed ourselves, about behavioral norms that help us fit in to our society, and so much more.
Socialization occurs throughout our life, but some of the most important socialization occurs in childhood. So, let's talk about the most influential agents of socialization. These are the people or groups responsible for our socialization during childhood - including family, school, peers, and mass media.
The most important agents of socialization in the society
There is no better way to start than to talk about the role of family in our social development, as family is usually considered to be the most important agent of socialization. As infants, we are completely dependent on others to survive. Our parents, or those who play the parent role, are responsible for teaching us to function and care for ourselves. They, along with the rest of our family, also teach us about close relationships, group life, and how to share resources. Additionally, they provide us with our first system of values, norms, and beliefs - a system that is usually a reflection of their own social status, religion, ethnic group, and more.
The family gets the baby first. Hence the process of socialisation begins in the family. A child is born with some basic abilities that are genetically transmitted through germplasm. These abilities and capacities are shaped in ways determined by culture.
The mother with whom the relation of the child is the most intimate plays a significant role in the process of moulding the child in the initial stages. Subsequently, father and older siblings transmit to the child many other values, knowledge and skill that children are expected to acquire in that particular society.
As the child grows older, his contemporaries begin to influence him. He spends most of his spare hours outside his work and study schedule with his peers in the playground and places outside his home. The attraction of peers is virtually irresistible to him.
The following are why socialization is necessary the society
Helps in building positive and constructive relationships via the real social networks that are formed.
Socializing plays a pivotal role in improving overall growth and development of an individual.
As per Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin by SAGE, socializing enhances mental functioning, as the mind is kept occupied with real thoughts.
Stress and anxiety levels can be reduced to a great extent. Solutions to problems may be found in dialogue.
It provides great opportunity to understand various kinds of people, their mannerisms, personalities, thought processes and so on. Socializing develops better understanding of human perspectives and attributes.
Socializing is a great tool for development of self-confidence and giving your self-esteem the required boost. It kicks out shyness and hesitance from an individual making him ready to face the world in a smart manner.
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INTRODUCTION
Socialization can be define as a process be which the culture of a society is transmitted to its new members. It can also be defined as a process by which individuals becomes member. It can also be define as process by which individuals becomes members of a society.
WHICH PART OF THE AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN SOCIETY?
The part of the agents of socialization that is very important in society is family. Family is a social group sharing a common residence and co-operating economically. The family is the most violent group in society, with the exception of the police and the military." Nonetheless, the family provides a strong backbone and a reliable foundation; it is considered the most important agent of socialization.
The family assumes the chief responsibility of developing a child, and has a substantial guise in the integration with society. The family is the primary support system for a child, especially during the first phase of their lives when they are physically and, in most cases, emotionally closest to a child. During this time, they will provide the greatest support and influence. This will extend over factors such as values, beliefs, political aspects, religious appetites, and the child's overall outlook on society in its entirety.
Children's minds are like sponges that absorb teachings; they will mimic, appreciate, worship, and accept views, behaviors, and even possessions of their parents. It is evident that the social development in a child is heavily manipulated by the family.
STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY ARE.
1. Respect for elders and those in positions of authority. The elders are usually regarded as better possessor of wisdom than the youth. Hence the aphorism that the words of our elders are words of wisdom.
2. Prohibition of socially undesirable habits: It is usual in most homes for parents an older siblings to forbid children from engaging in certain socially undesirable habits. Such habits which children may be restrained from practicing include lying, cheating, stealing refusal to run errands, scrambling for food, talking while eating e.t.c.
3. Eating from the same dish: It is the tradition in most traditional homes for all the members of the family to eat from the same dish or plate. When parents are carefully watch the children how best to eat.
4. Initiation into certain traditional rites: When they come of age, children are initiated into certain traditional rites in accordance with the traditions of communities involved.
5. Encourage children to join age grades: The age grade system is popular especially in the eastern and western parts of Nigeria.
6. Encouraging children to learn their parents trades and crafts: It has becomes a tradition for children to learn the type of trade or craft which their parents are identified with. Hence a male child naturally begins to carefully watch his father when the later is carrying out his duties.
7. Teaching of sex roles: Depending on whether one is male or female, the society prescribes certain roles which are to be played by the individual. In this regard, the roles played by males are different from those of females.
8. Encouraging girls to remains virgins until they are married: An interesting aspect of this is the fact that girls, as much as possible, are encouraged to remain virgins until they get married. This accounts for the relatively fewer cases of abortion and unwanted pregnancies of abortion and unwanted pregnancies in our tradition set-up.
9. Telling folk tales: Usually at night, children gather in the family compound where they talk folk tales of different kind. At time, parents help to release the children so as to go for the moon light plays where they also join other children in telling these stories. The children imbibe a lot of moral lessons from the stories and folk tales.
Socialization
ReplyDeleteSocialization is the process through which a person, from birth through death, is taught the norms, customs, values, and roles of the society in which they live. This process serves to incorporate new members into a society so that they and it can function smoothly. It is guided by family, teachers and coaches, religious leaders, peers, community, and media, among others.
Socialization typically occurs in two stages.
Primary socialization takes place from birth through adolescence and is guided by primary caregivers, educators, and peers. Secondary socialization continues throughout one's life, and especially whenever one encounters new situations, places, or groups of people whose norms, customs, assumptions, and values may differ from one's own.
Family
There is no better way to start than to talk about the role of family in our social development, as family is usually considered to be the most important agent of socialization. As infants, we are completely dependent on others to survive. Our parents, or those who play the parent role, are responsible for teaching us to function and care for ourselves. They, along with the rest of our family, also teach us about close relationships, group life, and how to share resources. Additionally, they provide us with our first system of values, norms, and beliefs - a system that is usually a reflection of their own social status, religion, ethnic group, and more.
For example, Alexander, a young boy who lives in America, was born to an immigrant family. He grew up bilingual and was taught the importance of collectivistic values through socialization with his family. This experience differs drastically from someone born to an older, 'traditional' American family that would emphasize the English language and individualistic values.
2. . STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
Family is important because it provides love, support and a framework of values to each of its members. Family members teach each other, serve one another and share life’s joys and sorrows. Families provide a setting for personal growth. Family is the single most important influence in a child’s life. From their first moments of life, children depend on parents and family to protect them and provide for their needs. Parents and family form a child’s first relationships. Family provides all members with security, identity and values, regardless of age. When a member of the family feels insecure or unsafe, he turns to his family for help. He learns about his sense of self and gains a foundation for the rest of his life. This foundation includes the family’s values which provide the basis for his own moral code. Spending time with family shows individuals the value of love, appreciation and open communication.
Following family traditions showcases the importance of family, as well. Family traditions are experiences that families create together on a regular basis, whether these involve holidays, vacations or even attending religious services together. Not only do these experiences create memories for years to come, they also give family members a stronger sense of belonging. Families bond together and make each member feel important.
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DEFINITION
Socialization is a lifelong process during which we learn about social expectations and how to interact with other people. Nearly all of the behavior that we consider to be 'human nature' is actually learned through socialization. And, it is during socialization that we learn how to walk, talk, and feed ourselves, about behavioral norms that help us fit in to our society,and so much more.
Socialization occurs throughout our life, but some of the most important socialization occurs in childhood. So, let's talk about the most influential agents of socialization. These are the people or groups responsible for our socialization during childhood - including family, school, peers, and mass media.
According to Ogburn, “Socialization is the process by which the individual learns to conform to the norms of the group.” Ross defined socialization as “the development of the we feeling in associates and their growth in capacity and will to act together.” Through the process of socialization the individual becomes a social person and attains personality.
Gillin and Gillin write, “By the term ‘socialization’ we mean the process by which individual develops into a functioning member of the group according to its standards, conforming to its modes, observing its traditions and adjusting himself to the social situations.” Socialization is the process whereby the individual acquires the conventional patterns of human behaviour.
1. The Family: Family is a fundamental social institution in society, the family, is considered the primary and most important agent of socialization. Family typically consists of a man and woman and their children or two or more people who usually reside in the same home and share same goals and values.
2. REASONS
• The parents or family are the first to socialize the child. They are not only closely related to the child but physically also they are nearer to him than others. From the parents he learns his speech and languages. He is taught societal morality. He learns respect for persons in authority. In the family he learns a number of civic virtues.
• The family is rightly called the cradle of social virtues. The child gets his first lessons in cooperation, tolerance, self sacrifice, love and affection in the family. The environment of a family influences the growth of a child. The psychologists have shown that a person is what he becomes in a family. In a bad family the child learns bad habits whereas in a good family he acquires good habits.
• An important cause of juvenile delinquency is bad family environment. At the time of mate choice the parents also try to find out the family history of the boy and girl in order to know their good and bad points. The relationship between the parents and the child is one of constraint.’ The parents are older than he and have the power to command obedience.
• In case the child does not follow the rules, he may be coerced. Of the parents it is the mother who first begins the process of socialization. The family continues to exercise its influence throughout life. There is a vast literature on family to describe its role in society.
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According to Lundberg, socialization consists of the “complex processes of interaction through which the individual learns the habits, skills, beliefs and standards of judgment that are necessary for his effective participation in social group and communities.”“Socialization is a learning that enables the learner to perform social roles.”
According to Green, “Socialization is the process by which the child acquires a cultural content, along with selfhood and personality”.According to Horton and Hunt, “Socialization is the process whereby one internalizes the norms of his groups, so that a distinct “self” emerges, unique to this individual.” H. T. Mazumdar defines socialization as “the process whereby original nature is transformed into human nature and the individual into person.”
Every man tries to adjust himself to the condition and environment predominantly determined by the society of which he is a member. If he fails to do so, he becomes a social deviant and is brought back into line by the efforts of the group of which he is a member. This process of adjustment may be termed socialization. It is the opposite of individualization. It is a process of the expansion of the self. It develops in him the community feeling.
Family is a fundamental social institution in society, the family, is considered the primary and most important agent of socialization. Family typically consists of a man and woman and their children or two or more people who usually reside in the same home and share same goals and values. Traditionally, in all societies, the family has always been seen as a social institution; that has the biggest impact on society.
REASONS
Families are considered to be the most important agents of primary socialisation. Chiildren are most often heavily ependent on their families to carry out their basic needs (feeding, cleaning etc.).
Families are often the first people to teach children their norms, values and beliefs. Parents do this through both verbal and non verbal communication. Families help develop levels of trust, independence, initative (for example through demonstrating how to handle social situations), a sense of competence and ambition (such as through pushing their child in sport or academia) and also help them make decisions about who one is.
Functionalist sociologists believe that the family is a particularly important institution of socialisatin as it is the family which performs the crucical functions of socialising the young and meets the emotional needs oof its members. According to functionalist sociologistss, stable families underpin social order and economic stability.
In my humble opinion, the family. And we see this in how society has begun to break down horribly as we've allowed the family unit to deteriorate and disappear. A family starts the socialization of children and even the adjustment of adults by living together day in and day out and providing feedback to each member, good or bad, based on their intimate actions. No other entity does so much on a regular basis.
NAME:OGBO BENEDICTA OLUCHUKWU
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COURSE CODE: SOS 222
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INTRODUCTION
Socialization occurs throughout our life, but some of the most important socialization occurs in childhood. Four of the most influential agents of socialization during that phase of our lives are the family, school, peers, and mass media. Family is usually considered to be the most important agent of socialization.
THE MOST IMPORTANT AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IN THE SOCIETY
Family
The most important agent of socialization, family helps mold an individual. The family values, beliefs, religious inclinations and political views shape an individual's outlook towards society. Parents are the biggest influence for the social development in children. Schools After family, schools are probably the most important influence on an individual. Schools help pass on knowledge, create awareness and inculcate the feelings of tolerance in individuals. The second step to socialization is schools where a child meets different children and learns to make out the right and wrong in society. Community and Culture Community and culture help pass on the religious views and cultural traditions in an
individual. A community is the group where an individual meets people with similar ideologies and interact for personal and community growth. Peers Meeting like-minded people, making friends and hanging out together may seem like a teenagers life. But in fact, each and every individual in society loves to have social contact. Peers have great impact on an individual's thoughts and line of thinking. An individual learns to behave in a manner that they think will be acceptable to their peers. Peer acceptance is an important part of socialization. Mass Media In today's world, mass media is one of important ways of socialization. People are influenced by the social norms portrayed by the mass media. Political, religious and social views are enforced in a hard way through the repeated exposure and arguments put forth by the agents of mass media. Through the above explanation, you will understand, that agents of socialization play an important role in an individual's life. The different positive attributes fed by these agents create harmony in an individual that makes him feel confident and respect social etiquette. Without the norms and rules of a society, humans would have nothing to differentiate themselves from animal groups.
VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
The role of socialization is to acquaint individuals with the norms of a given social group or society. It prepares individuals to participate in a group by illustrating the expectations of that group.
• Socialization prepares people to participate in a social group by teaching them its norms and expectations.
• Socialization has three primary goals: teaching impulse control and developing a conscience, preparing people to perform certain social roles, and cultivating shared sources of meaning and value.
• Socialization is culturally specific, but this does not mean certain cultures are better or worse than others.
• Helps in building positive and constructive relationships via the real social networks that are formed.
• Socializing plays a pivotal role in improving overall growth and development of an individual.
• As per Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin by SAGE, socializing enhances mental functioning, as the mind is kept occupied with real thoughts.
• Stress and anxiety levels can be reduced to a great extent. Solutions to problems may be found in dialogue.
• It provides great opportunity to understand various kinds of people, their mannerisms, personalities, thought processes and so on. Socializing develops better understanding of human perspectives and attributes.
• Socializing is a great tool for development of self-confidence and giving your self-esteem the required boost. It kicks out shyness and hesitance from an individual making him ready to face the world in a smart manner.
NAME: EZUGWU BLESSING OGOCHUKWU
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COURSE CODE: SOS 222
COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION
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LECTURER: MRS. M.N. OGENYI
DATE: 8TH MAY, 2018
WHICH PART OF AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOCIETY
STATE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN THE SOCIETY
Meaning of socialization
Socialization is the Process by which individuals acquire the knowledge, language, social skills, and value to conform to the norms and roles required for integration into a group or community.
FAMILY AS AN AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION
The family is the central establishment for the socialization of youngsters. As the essential unit for bringing up kids, anthropologists for the most part arrange most family associations as matrilocal (a mother and her kids); matrimonial (a spouse, her better half, and youngsters, likewise called the atomic family); avuncular (for instance, a grandparent, a sibling, his sister, and her kids); or expanded (guardians and kids co-dwell with different individuals from one parent's family). Sexual relations among the individuals are directed by rules concerning inbreeding, for example, the interbreeding forbidden
MEANING OF FAMILY
Family is a group of individuals, more often than not of a similar blood (however don't need to be), who truly adore, trust, think about, and pay special mind to each other. Not to be mixed up with relatives having a similar family unit who detest each other.
REASONS WHY FAMILY IS NECESSARY IN THE SOCIETY
Families are often the first people to teach children their norms, values and beliefs. Parents do this through both verbal and nonverbal communication. Families help develop levels of trust, independence, initiative (for example through demonstrating how to handle social situations), a sense of competence and ambition (such as through pushing their child in sport or academia) and also help them make decisions about who one is.
Functionalist sociologists believe that the family is a particularly important institution of socialization as it is the family which performs the crucial functions of socializing the young and meets the emotional needs of its members. According to functionalist sociologists, stable families underpin social order and economic stability.
Family is a fundamental social institution in society, the family, is considered the primary and most important agent of socialization. Family typically consists of a man and woman and their children or two or more people who usually reside in the same home and share same goals and values. Traditionally, in all societies, the family has always been seen as a social institution; that has the biggest impact on society.
Everyone is born into some form of family, with the family taking the responsibility of nurturing, teaching the norms or accepted behaviors within the family structure and within society. There are many types of families, which can be described as a set of relationships including parents and children and can include anyone related by blood or adoption. Family is the most important, “for it is within the family that the child is first socialized to serve the needs of the society and not only its own needs” (Goode, 1982).
Families are considered to be the most important agents of primary socialization. Children are most often heavily ependent on their families to carry out their basic needs (feeding, cleaning etc.).
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INTRODUCTION
Socialization occurs throughout our life, but some of the most important socialization occurs in childhood. So, let's talk about the most influential agents of socialization. These are the people or groups responsible for our socialization during childhood - including family, school, peers, and mass media.
WHICH PART OF THE AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IN SOCIETY
The family gets the baby first. Hence the process of socialization begins in the family. A child is born with some basic abilities that are genetically transmitted through germplasm. These abilities and capacities are shaped in ways determined by culture.
The mother with whom the relation of the child is the most intimate plays a significant role in the process of moulding the child in the initial stages. Subsequently, father and older siblings transmit to the child many other values, knowledge and skill that children are expected to acquire in that particular society.
Family is the first agent of socialization. Mothers and fathers, siblings and grandparents, plus members of an extended family, all teach a child what he or she needs to know. For example, they show the child how to use objects (such as clothes, computers, eating utensils, books, bikes); how to relate to others (some as “family,” others as “friends,” still others as “strangers” or “teachers” or “neighbors”); and how the world works (what is “real” and what is “imagined”). As you are aware, either from your own experience as a child or from your role in helping to raise one, socialization includes teaching and learning about an unending array of objects and ideas.
VARIOUS REASONS WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY
The role of socialization is to acquaint individuals with the norms of a given social group or society. It prepares individuals to participate in a group by illustrating the expectations of that group.
• Socialization prepares people to participate in a social group by teaching them its norms and expectations.
• Socialization has three primary goals: teaching impulse control and developing a conscience, preparing people to perform certain social roles, and cultivating shared sources of meaning and value.
• Socialization is culturally specific, but this does not mean certain cultures are better or worse than others.
• Helps in building positive and constructive relationships via the real social networks that are formed.
• Socializing plays a pivotal role in improving overall growth and development of an individual.
• As per Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin by SAGE, socializing enhances mental functioning, as the mind is kept occupied with real thoughts.
• Stress and anxiety levels can be reduced to a great extent. Solutions to problems may be found in dialogue.
• It provides great opportunity to understand various kinds of people, their mannerisms, personalities, thought processes and so on. Socializing develops better understanding of human perspectives and attributes.
• Socializing is a great tool for development of self-confidence and giving your self-esteem the required boost. It kicks out shyness and hesitance from an individual making him ready to face the world in a smart manner.
• It provides happiness and joy when you meet your family and friends in real rather that online life.
NAME: NGENE, EVANGELINE AMARACHI
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COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION
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DATE: 7/05/2018
QUESTION NO. 1
1. Which part of agent of socialization is very important in the society?
ANSWER
Socialization is a lifelong process during which we learn about social expectations and how to interact with other people. Nearly all of the behavior that we consider to be 'human nature' is actually learned through socialization. And, it is during socialization that we learn how to walk, talk, and feed ourselves, about behavioral norms that help us fit in to our society.
The part of the agents of socialization that is very important in society is the "FAMILY" because the socialization that we receive in childhood has a lasting effect on our ability to interact with others in the society and we have other most influential agents of socialization in childhood: family, school, peers, church and media.
QUESTION NO. 2
2. State various reasons why they are necessary in our society.
ANSWER
The reasons why they are necessary in our society are:
FAMILY: There is no better way to start than to talk about the role of family in our social development, as family is usually considered to be the most important agent of socialization. As infants, we are completely dependent on others to survive. Our parents, or those who play the parent role, are responsible for teaching us to function and care for ourselves. They, along with the rest of our family, also teach us about close relationships, group life, and how to share resources. Additionally, they provide us with our first system of values, norms, and beliefs - a system that is usually a reflection of their own social status, religion, ethnic group, and more.
SCHOOL: The next important agent of childhood socialization is the school. Of course, the official purpose of school is to transfer subject knowledge and teach life skills, such as following directions and meeting deadlines. But, students don't just learn from the academic curriculum prepared by teachers and school administrators. In school, we also learn social skills through our interactions with teachers, staff, and other students. For example, we learn the importance of obeying authority and that to be successful, we must learn to be quiet, to wait, and sometimes to act interested even when we're not.
PEERS: Peer groups allow children to form relationships and learn. These are the people or groups responsible for our socialization during childhood.
CHURCH: Church/Religion is one of the agents of socialization that has been an important factor in society. In the early society religion provided a bond of unity. Though in modern society the importance of religion has diminished, yet it continues to mould our beliefs and ways of life. In every family some or the other religious practices are observed on one or the other occasion. The child sees his parents going to the temple and performing religious ceremonies. He listens to religious sermons which may determine his course of life and shape his ideas.
NAME: NGENE, EVANGELINE AMARACHI
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DEPARTMENT: ENGLISH / SOCIAL STUDIES
COURSE CODE: SOS 222
COURSE TITLE: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION
LEVEL: 200
DATE: 7/05/2018
QUESTION NO. 1
1. Which part of agent of socialization is very important in the society?
ANSWER
Socialization is a lifelong process during which we learn about social expectations and how to interact with other people. Nearly all of the behavior that we consider to be 'human nature' is actually learned through socialization. And, it is during socialization that we learn how to walk, talk, and feed ourselves, about behavioral norms that help us fit in to our society.
The part of the agents of socialization that is very important in society is the "FAMILY" because the socialization that we receive in childhood has a lasting effect on our ability to interact with others in the society and we have other most influential agents of socialization in childhood: family, school, peers, church and media.
QUESTION NO. 2
2. State various reasons why they are necessary in our society.
ANSWER
The reasons why they are necessary in our society are:
FAMILY: There is no better way to start than to talk about the role of family in our social development, as family is usually considered to be the most important agent of socialization. As infants, we are completely dependent on others to survive. Our parents, or those who play the parent role, are responsible for teaching us to function and care for ourselves. They, along with the rest of our family, also teach us about close relationships, group life, and how to share resources. Additionally, they provide us with our first system of values, norms, and beliefs - a system that is usually a reflection of their own social status, religion, ethnic group, and more.
SCHOOL: The next important agent of childhood socialization is the school. Of course, the official purpose of school is to transfer subject knowledge and teach life skills, such as following directions and meeting deadlines. But, students don't just learn from the academic curriculum prepared by teachers and school administrators. In school, we also learn social skills through our interactions with teachers, staff, and other students. For example, we learn the importance of obeying authority and that to be successful, we must learn to be quiet, to wait, and sometimes to act interested even when we're not.
PEERS: Peer groups allow children to form relationships and learn. These are the people or groups responsible for our socialization during childhood.
CHURCH: Church/Religion is one of the agents of socialization that has been an important factor in society. In the early society religion provided a bond of unity. Though in modern society the importance of religion has diminished, yet it continues to mould our beliefs and ways of life. In every family some or the other religious practices are observed on one or the other occasion. The child sees his parents going to the temple and performing religious ceremonies. He listens to religious sermons which may determine his course of life and shape his ideas.
NAMEEZE, BLESSING OLUCHUKWU
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DATE 8/05/2018
QUESTION
Which part of agent of socialization is very important in the society?
State various reasons why they are necessary in our society.
INTRODUCTION
Socialization refers to a process by which the citizens are educated to know or practices the values, attitudes and beliefs of his/her society through which and individual is made a normal human being. The agent of socialization area as fellows: the family, the school, the peer groups, political parties and so on.
In this agent of socialization listed above I think that family is very important in the society more than other agents of socialization or this following reason:
Family is the head of the root of every society. When a child is born in the family he/she learns first from her mother how to speak or interact that is greetings to people he/she learns how to do chorus like washing plates, sweeping the compound, fetching water and fire
Wood and so on. Socialization starts right from birth (conception).
Family as an agent of political socialization: the home is the first place an individual makes his first contact. Children learn mainly through observation and by observing the political behaviours of their parents, they tend to learn them.
Children from political conscious families tends to be more politically aware and interested in politics.
Family as an agent of socialization helps to bring up children in a Christian way; their parents teach them their belief of their religion and even the culture of their society.
NAME: NGENE, EVANGELINE AMARACHI
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DEPARTMENT: ENGLISH / SOCIAL STUDIES
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DATE: 7/05/2018
QUESTION NO. 1
1. Which part of agent of socialization is very important in the society?
ANSWER
Socialization is a lifelong process during which we learn about social expectations and how to interact with other people. Nearly all of the behavior that we consider to be 'human nature' is actually learned through socialization. And, it is during socialization that we learn how to walk, talk, and feed ourselves, about behavioral norms that help us fit in to our society.
The part of the agents of socialization that is very important in society is the "FAMILY" because the socialization that we receive in childhood has a lasting effect on our ability to interact with others in the society and we have other most influential agents of socialization in childhood: family, school, peers, church and media.
QUESTION NO. 2
2. State various reasons why they are necessary in our society.
ANSWER
The reasons why they are necessary in our society are:
FAMILY: There is no better way to start than to talk about the role of family in our social development, as family is usually considered to be the most important agent of socialization. As infants, we are completely dependent on others to survive. Our parents, or those who play the parent role, are responsible for teaching us to function and care for ourselves. They, along with the rest of our family, also teach us about close relationships, group life, and how to share resources. Additionally, they provide us with our first system of values, norms, and beliefs - a system that is usually a reflection of their own social status, religion, ethnic group, and more.
SCHOOL: The next important agent of childhood socialization is the school. Of course, the official purpose of school is to transfer subject knowledge and teach life skills, such as following directions and meeting deadlines. But, students don't just learn from the academic curriculum prepared by teachers and school administrators. In school, we also learn social skills through our interactions with teachers, staff, and other students. For example, we learn the importance of obeying authority and that to be successful, we must learn to be quiet, to wait, and sometimes to act interested even when we're not.
PEERS: Peer groups allow children to form relationships and learn. These are the people or groups responsible for our socialization during childhood.
CHURCH: Church/Religion is one of the agents of socialization that has been an important factor in society. In the early society religion provided a bond of unity. Though in modern society the importance of religion has diminished, yet it continues to mould our beliefs and ways of life. In every family some or the other religious practices are observed on one or the other occasion. The child sees his parents going to the temple and performing religious ceremonies. He listens to religious sermons which may determine his course of life and shape his ideas.
SUMMARY OF ASSIGNMENT ON POL 223
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THE MEANING OF FOREIGN POLICY
Foreign policy is one of the wheels with which the process of international politics operates. Foreign policy is not separate from the national policy, instead it is a part of it. It consists of national interests that are to be furthered in relation to other states. Almost all the states determine the course of their foreign policies within the limits of their strengths and the realities of the external environment. The nonpolitical relations also fall in the scope of foreign policy.
The term ‘foreign policy’ has been defined in number of ways. George Modelski defines it as,“The system of activities evolved by communities for changing the behaviour of other states and for adjusting their own activities to the international environment. Modelski, in his definition, has emphasized only those aspects of policy, which aim at the change in the existing behaviour of states, as the primary objectives of foreign policy. In fact, foreign policy includes both the change in the existing behaviour and continuation of the behaviour at different times. It is concerned both with the change and the status quo in so far as they serve the national interests . Feliks Gross has taken a very liberal view of the term foreign policy. He opines if a state decides not to have any relations with some country, it is also a foreign policy. Its concern is both negative and positive.
EXAMPLES OF FOREIGN POLICY
Upon gaining independence in 1960, Nigeria quickly committed itself to improving the lives of the people of the country and harnessing the resources that remain vital to the economy of the country and her neighbours. By observing at what benefits and appropriate for the country, Nigeria became one of the founding members of the Organisation for African Unity (OAU), which later became the African Union. The Organisation for African Unity checks political stability of any African countries and encourages them to be holding regional meetings for the union.
HOW HAS THE INFLUENCE OF DOMESTIC AND EXTERNAL FACTOR AFFECTED THE NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY TILL DATE
Since 1960 when Nigeria became an independent state, its relation with Israel has generated “heated controversy” (Nereus, 1993:16). From the late 1970s, the controversy climaxed when late President Sadat of Egypt embarked on his bold peace initiatives in the Middle East (Olusola, 1986:438). It is worth mentioning that the events leading to the Arab-Israeli War of 1967 also contributed in no small measure. The consideration or adoption of the Arab-Israeli War in the Nigerian domestic milieu and politics further complicated the issue, elevating the debate to a stage of great suspicion and sentiment.