This document discusses socialization and enculturation. It defines socialization as the lifelong process through which people acquire identities and skills by interacting with others in society. Socialization enables people to gradually learn the culture, values and behaviors of their society through influences like family and social groups. Enculturation is the process of being socialized into a specific culture by learning its symbols, norms, values and language from interactions with others.

2. LEARNING OBJECTIVES
•DISCUSS SOCIALIZATION AND ENCULTURATION;
•EXPLAIN HOW SOCIALIZATION AND ENCULTURATION DEVELOP
ONE’S SELF.

3. “THE HUMAN MIND AT BIRTH IS NOTHING BUT A
BLANK STATE, OR TABULA RASA”
- JOHN LOCKE

4. SOCIALIZATION

5. SOCIALIZATION
• LIFELONG PROCESS OF SOCIAL
INTERACTION THROUGH WHICH
PEOPLE ACQUIRE THEIR IDENTITIES
AND NECESSARY SURVIVAL SKILLS IN
A SOCIETY.
• IT IS CONSIDERED AS THE CENTRAL
PROCESS OF SOCIAL LIFE, AND IS
ALSO A PROCESS OF MEMBER
RECRUITMENT AND REPLACEMENT.

6. SOCIALIZATION
• ENABLES THE PERSON TO GRADUALLY BECOME A SELF – AWARE AND KNOWLEDGEABLE
HUMAN BEING, AND LEARN THE WAYS, VALUES, RULES, AND CULTURE OF HIS / HER
SOCIETY.
• GREATLY INFLUENCED BY THE CONTEXT OF HIS / HERS RESPECTIVE SOCIETY, AND THE
SOCIAL GROUPS THAT HE / SHE INTERACTS.

7. SOCIALIZATION
• POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION
• ENABLES THE DEVELOPMENT OF CITIZEN TO FUNCTION EFFECTIVELY
WITHIN A PARTICULAR POLITICAL SYSTEM.

8. SOCIALIZATION IS VIEWED IN THE
CONTEXT OF…..
• INTERNALIZATION
• PROCESS OF ACCEPTING THE SOCIAL NORMS, ATTITUDES, ROLES, AND VALUES TRANSMITTED
BY PEOPLE AND SOCIAL GROUPS WITHIN SOCIETY AS ONE’S OWN. SOCIETY IS THE PRIMARY
FACTOR RESPONSIBLE FOR HOW INDIVIDUALS LEARN TO THINK AND BEHAVE.

9. ASPECTS OF SOCIALIZATION

10. SOCIAL CONTEXT
• PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES OF A SOCIETY AND CONSIST OF ITS CULTURE, LANGUAGE,
AND THE SOCIAL STRUCTURES THAT DEFINE SOCIAL CLASS, ETHNICITY, AND GENDER.

11. CONTENT AND PROCESS
• CONTENT - IDEAS, BELIEFS, BEHAVIOR, AND OTHER INFORMATION THAT ARE PASSED ON
BY MEMBERS OF SOCIETY TO THE INDIVIDUAL.
• PROCESS - METHODS OF INTERACTION THAT ENABLES THE CONTENT TO BE GIVEN TO
THE PERSON UNDERGOING SOCIALIZATION

12. RESULTS
• OUTCOMES OF SOCIALIZATION, AND ARE EVIDENT WHEN INDIVIDUALS BEGIN TO
PRACTICE THE BEHAVIORS, ATTITUDES, AND VALUES THAT SOCIETY CONSIDERS
NECESSARY FOR THEM TO FUNCTION EFFECTIVELY AS ITS MEMBER

13. SIGNIFICANT RESULT OF
SOCIALIZATION
SELF IDENTITY
• ESTABLISHMENT OF A UNIQUE
SENSE OF IDENTITY AND AN
AWARENESS OF HOW IT
RELATES TO THEIR SOCIETY
AND THE WORLD

14. ENCULTURATION

15. ENCULTURATION
• PROCESS OF BEING SOCIALIZED INTO A
SPECIFIC CULTURE. INDIVIDUALS LEARN
CULTURAL SYMBOLS, NORMS, VALUES, AND
LANGUAGE BY OBSERVING AND INTERACTING
WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND THE REST OF
SOCIETY.