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.
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.
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 ONES OWN. SOCIETY IS THE PRIMARY
FACTOR RESPONSIBLE FOR HOW INDIVIDUALS LEARN TO THINK AND BEHAVE.
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
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.