Socialisation is a term used by sociologists to refer to the lifelong process of inheriting and disseminating norms, customs and ideologies, providing an individual with the skills and habits necessary for participating within his or her own society. There are two types of socialisation; Primary and secondary.
Examine the ways in which two of the following agencies may shape the process of socialisation: family; education; mass media; religion. (24 marks)
Socialisation is the process of learning norms and values. These are things like manners and ways to behave around others and what behaviour is suitable for your gender. From your birth onwards all individuals go through a process of socialisation during which they learn the norms and values of their society and certain factors will influence your interpretation of society and what norms and values you have been taught.
Family is an important agent of socialisation. Family socialisation begins the process through which we learn and develop to be a grown up. For some adults their interaction with family continues in such a close relationship that the family maintains a very dominant role in their on-going socialisation. Most of the time growing up is spent with family and so this is what is called primary socialisation. Through primary socialisation we learn basic norms and values, as well as manners and other suitable behaviours to follow. Things like eating with a knife and fork is a good example. Your family, especially your parents teach you how to speak, walk and eat. This is the first things that are required to learn in order for the socialisation process to work. These child rearing practises such as nutrition, sleeping and use of toilets are to be trained by the parents and mentioned above. However all these practises keep changing from society to society. When we talk about the topic of secondary