1. SOCIALIZATION

2. The Process of Socialization
Socialization-is the long complicated process of social
interaction through which a child learns the
intellectual,physical,and social skills he or she needs to
function as a member of society.
According to Fichter,Socialization is a process of
mutual influence between a person and his
fellowmen, a process that results in an acceptance of
and adaptation to the patterns of social behavior.

3. Two points of view in describing socialization:
1.Objective Socialization-refers to the society acting upon the
child
2.Subjective Socialization-process by which the society transmits
its culture from one generation to the next and adapts the
individual to the accepted and approved ways of organized social
life.
Functions of Socialization:
(1).to develop the skills and disciplines which are needed by the
individual
(2).to instill the aspirations and values and the “design for living
"which the particular society possesses
(3).to teach the social roles which individuals must enact in
society

4. Importance of Socialization
Vital to culture
Vital to personality
Vital to sex-role differentiation

5. The Social Frame of Reference
Levels in the analysis of the social frame of reference:
1.Common to all human
beings
2.Unique to each person
3.Specific to a particular
culture and society.

6. Social Learning
Subprocessess in Social Learning:
1.Immitation
2.Suggestion
3.Competition

7. Components of Socialization
1.The end or goal it is intended to achieve.
2.The motivation for its being undertaken
3.The situation or context within which it
takes place
4.The norms or rules that regulate it.

8. Types of Social Interaction
Interaction
Focused
Unfocused

9. Four Basic Types of Focused Interaction
1.Exchange
2.Cooperation
3.Conflict
4.Competition

10. AGENCIES OF
SOCIALIZATION