This document defines socialization as the lifelong process by which individuals learn the norms, values, and behaviors needed to function as members of society. It discusses the importance of socialization for transmitting culture between generations and helping individuals acquire social roles and statuses. The major agents of socialization that influence development include family, peer groups, schools, mass media, religion, and primary groups. Each plays a role in socializing individuals and teaching them how to participate in their communities.

1. Socialization
Lead discussant:
Feljun Asequia
Lou Villadores

2. Specific objective; after this
lesson, the students will be
able to:
• 1. define socialization
• 2. Examine the nature and importance of
socialization
• 3. Discuss the concepts of social role
and status
• 4. Identify the various agents of
socialization
• 5. Examine the degree of influence of
each agent of socialization exerts on
every individual
• 6. understand the importance of the
different agents of socialization

3. Meaning of socialization
• Animals and other living organisms
join each other and act together to
achieve a specific. We see migratory
birds flying toward the same
direction, a group of ants carrying
certain objective or goal. Through
socialization, specific roles are
learned, individual status is acquired,
and norms are established; and each
member understand his/her
contributions to the community.

4. Meaning of socialization
* But individual roles are not learned and
realized instantly. They are transmitted by
various agents. These agents serve as
instruments to help each individual easily
adapt to community expectations.
* Socialibility is a characteristic of human life
from the very beginning. Normally, an infant
is surrounded by people who interact with
him/her from the moment of his/her birth. The
child then becomes a social being because of
socialization. But what then is socialization?

5. Meaning of socialization
• weiten et al (2009) - socialization is
the acquization of the norms and roles
expected of people in a particular
society.
• socialization is a life-long process of
learning whereby the individual
acquires the accepted beliefs, value,
sentiments, norms, and behavior of
his/her group and society. It is through
socialization that the individual
becomes a functioning member of
his/her group.

6. Meaning of socialization
• Espiritu (1980) define socialization as a
process by which social sharing and
transmission occur.
• Garcia (1992) said the socialization is the
process by which an individual learns to
conform to the norms of his/her social group,
acquire status, and plays a corresponding
role.
• brinkerhoff and white (1988) pointed out that
socialization is a process of learning the
roles, statuses, and values necessary for
participation in social institutions.

7. Importance of Socialization
Socialization is very important to an individual and
to society. Here are some reasons why
socialization is important.
1. Human culture is transmitted from one
generation to the next.
2. The young become part of an organized
society.
3. The individual acquires a social self and
personality.
4. Knowledge and skills are developed to
ensure satisfaction of needs and human
survival.

8. Social role and status
• An essential part of the socialization process is
the learning of social roles. The individual
learns social roles as he/she acquires the
culture of the society through interaction. Roles
are taught in a direct way, in deliberately
planned ways, or in more subtle ways. A
teacher may directly informs students of the
behavior that is expected in the classroom, or
this expectation may be transmitted less
directlyby means of the teacher's stare or tone
of voice. In fact, gestures, expressions, and cues
can, convey much more than conscious,
deliberate instructions.

9. • A role is a pattern of behavior that is
expected of an individual who occupies
a particular status in society. A status is
a rank or position relative to other
positions in a particular group at a
particular time. For example, when a
person occupies the status of a teacher,
she is expected to play the teacher's
role with all its rights and obligations.
Roles also help us structure our behavior
in accordance with socially expected
guidelines.
• A status may be assigned to a person at
birth or at another stage in the life cycle.
This is called "ascribed status." This is
hardly a personal choice with this
status.

10. Agents of
Socialization

11. 1. Family - It is considered as the most important
agent in the sense that is is usually the first group
to provide meaning and support to the individual.
The family is a socially sanction, relatively
permanent grouping of people united by blood,
marriage, or adoption, who generally live together
and cooperate economically. Within the family,
young children learn the socially approved means
of satisfying their needs and begin to develop an
understanding of the many basic roles of the
society. The family is the child's first interpretation
of the world. The Children rely heavily upon close
contact and nurtuting from the family members,
particularly the mother. The extent to which
parents provide the basic needs such as foods,
shelter, and love, to a great measure, detemines
how a child's personality develops. both mentally
and emotionally. The parent-child relationships in
the years from birth to the age of three (3) is
critical in human development.

12. 2. Peer Group - another important agent of
socialization is the child's peer group. It consists
of many groups made up of children, in which the
child participates. The peer group enables the
child to experience an egalitarian type of
relationship. In this group, individual engages in
the process of give-and-take. The peer group
provides the setting within which the child
develops close relationships of his/her choice. The
Peer group membership places the child in a social
context where much of the learning that takes
place in non-deliberate and non-authoritative. The
peer group represents a choice of companions,
relationships, and activities based on the interests
of the individual members. It is the first agent of
socialization that the child actively Chooses.
Because the peer group ios chosen, it is usually a
reflection of prior learning as well as the source of
new knowledge.

13. 3. School - The school is another
major agent of socialization. It
does much more than teach the
basic skills and technical
knowledge. It further transmit
society's central cultural values
and ideologies, so that they may fir
into roles of the community. The
school exposes children to
situations in which the same roles,
regulations, and authority patterns
apply to everyone.

14. 4. Mass Media - The mass media such
as newspapers, radio, movies,
television, and books, are also
important in communicating to
individuals a society beliefs, values,
mores, and traditions. Before, the
children and adults spent many hours
each week listening to to the radio and
watching television but at present the
most popular media being used are
"facebook", "twitter", and "Instagram."
Of course, these three social networks
have advantages and disadvantages.

15. 5. Religion - In any society,
religion is an important source
of individual direction. The
values and moral principles in
religious doctrines serve as
guide to appropriate roles and
behaviors. Often, the values
learned from religion are
compatible with the ideals
learned through other agents of
socialization.

16. 6. Primary Group - A primary group is
one of the major agents of
socialization. Being small, intimate, and
face-to-face, it goes far in determining
the personality of the individual. It
strongly influences personality and
character development. It makes
people into human beings who are able
to symphatize, love, resent and so on.
These sentiments, impulses, and human
feelings are developed within people as
they are molded by primary group.

19. Meaning of socialization
Espiritu (1980) define socialization as a process by
which social sharing and transmission occur.
Garcia (1992) said the socialization is the process by
which an individual learns to conform to the norms of
his/her social group, acquire status, and plays a
corresponding role.
brinkerhoff and white (1988) pointed out that
socialization is a process of learning the roles,
statuses, and values necessary for participation in
social institutions.