SOCIALIZATION
Unit Two

Definition
• Socialization is the process of learning to become successful members
of our society
• teaching of values, norms and roles
• begins in childhood with family and continues as we mature
• in adolescence: school, media and religion often also play a growing role as
secondary agents of socialization
• The role of the family starts to lessen
• However, what we learn in our family of origin often has a lasting
influence throughout our lives – both positive and negative

Big Question
How do we learn behaviours?
• Who or what influences children that causes them to behave a specific way?

Criteria for “influential”
• What does influential mean to you in this context?

Agents of Socialization
•Check the image to determine which agent of
socialization you have been assigned
•Complete the following statement, “_______ is the
most influential agent of socialization because…” on
a piece of paper independently

Agents of Socialization
•Share your independent response with your
group members
•The group is responsible for making an argument in
point form about why their agent is the most
influential
•Record group ideas on chart paper
• Select spokesperson/people to present group ideas

Homework
•Read pages 40-41 and answer
questions 1-3 (page 41)