secondary socialization

Examples of secondary socialization in the following topics:

• Child Socialization

  • Primary and secondary socialization are two forms of socialization that are particularly important for children.
  • These two types are known as primary and secondary socialization.
  • Secondary socialization takes place outside the home.
  • Secondary socialization is usually associated with teenagers and adults, and involves smaller changes than those occurring in primary socialization.
  • Justify the importance of socialization for children, in terms of both primary and secondary socialization

• Stages of Socialization Throughout the Life Span

  • The socialization process can be separated into two main stages: primary socialization and secondary socialization.
  • Socialization is a life process, but is generally divided into two parts: primary and secondary socialization.
  • Secondary socialization refers to the socialization that takes place throughout one's life, both as a child and as one encounters new groups that require additional socialization.
  • While there are scholars who argue that only one or the other of these occurs, most social scientists tend to combine the two, arguing that the basic or core identity of the individual develops during primary socialization, with more specific changes occurring later—secondary socialization—in response to the acquisition of new group memberships and roles and differently structured social situations.
  • Socialization, as noted in the distinction between primary and secondary, can take place in multiple contexts and as a result of contact with numerous groups.

• Socialization Throughout the Life Span

  • Socialization is a process that continues throughout an individual's life.
  • Some social scientists say socialization represents the process of learning throughout life and is a central influence on the behavior, beliefs and actions of adults as well as of children.
  • The socialization process can be divided into primary and secondary socialization.
  • Secondary socialization is the process of learning what is the appropriate behavior as a member of a smaller group within the larger society.
  • Discuss the concept of both primary and secondary socialization as a lifelong process which begins in infancy and continues into late adulthood

• Childhood Socialization

  • Gender roles are taught from infancy through primary socialization, or the type of socialization that occurs in childhood and adolescence.
  • Social norms pertaining to gender are developed through socialization, the lifelong process of inheriting, interpreting, and disseminating norms, customs, and ideologies.The process of socialization continues throughout one's life and is constantly renegotiated, but socialization begins as soon as one is born.
  • Sociologists divide socialization into two different parts.
  • Secondary socialization refers to the socialization that takes place throughout one's life, both as a child and as one encounters new groups that require additional socialization.
  • Gender is instilled through socialization immediately from birth.

• Informal Means of Control

  • The social values that are present in individuals are products of informal social control.
  • In extreme cases sanctions may include social discrimination and exclusion.
  • Secondary socialization takes place outside the home, where children and adults learn how to act in a way that is appropriate for the situations they are in.
  • Agents of socialization can differ in effects.
  • A peer group is a social group whose members have interests, social positions, and age in common.

• Elements of Socialization

  • Secondary socialization refers to the socialization that takes place throughout one's life, both as a child and as one encounters new groups that require additional socialization.
  • While there are scholars who argue that only one or the other of these occurs, most social scientists tend to combine the two, arguing that the basic or core identity of the individual develops during primary socialization, with more specific changes occurring later - secondary socialization - in response to the acquisition of new group memberships and roles and differently structured social situations.
  • Socialization is, of course, a social process.
  • Socialization, as noted in the distinction between primary and secondary, can take place in multiple contexts and as a result of contact with numerous groups.
  • When the goal of an institution is socialization (primary or secondary), the institution tends to use normative pressures.

• Use of Existing Sources

  • Studying existing sources collected by other researchers is an essential part of research in the social sciences.
  • For example, in her 1979 book States and Social Revolutions, Skocpol compared the history of revolution in three countries: France, Russia, and China.
  • Common sources of secondary data for social science include censuses, organizational records, field notes, semi-structured and structured interviews, and other forms of data collected through quantitative methods or qualitative research.
  • Researchers use secondary analysis for several reasons.
  • In addition, analysts of social and economic change consider secondary data essential, since it is impossible to conduct a new survey that can adequately capture past change and developments.

• Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft

  • "Gemeinschaft" (community) and "Gesellschaft" (society) are concepts referring to two different forms of social organization.
  • In Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft (1887), Ferdinand Tönnies set out to develop concepts that could be used as analytic tools for understanding why and how the social world is organized.
  • Characteristics of these groups include slight specialization and division of labor, strong personal relationships, and relatively simple social institutions.
  • Characteristics of these groups include highly calculated divisions of labor, impersonal secondary relationships, and strong social institutions.
  • The equilibrium in Gemeinschaft is achieved through morals, conformism, and exclusion (social control), while Gesellschaft keeps its equilibrium through police, laws, tribunals and prisons.

• Primary and Secondary Groups

  • A Primary group is typically a small social group whose members share close, personal, enduring relationships.
  • Secondary groups are large groups whose relationships are impersonal and goal-oriented.
  • Some secondary groups may last for many years, though most are short term.
  • People in a secondary group interact on a less personal level than in a primary group.
  • Since secondary groups are established to perform functions, people's roles are more interchangeable.

• Secondary Groups

  • Some secondary groups may last for many years, though most are short term.
  • Secondary relationships involve weak emotional ties and little personal knowledge of one another.
  • The distinction between primary and secondary groups was originally proposed by Charles Cooley.
  • A secondary group is one you have chosen to be a part of.
  • Primary groups can form within secondary groups as relationships become more personal and close.