Essays on Socialization

Political Opinion and Factors Affecting Voting Process

Abstract
People share common interests, their opinion express their attitudes on a particular subject, when people share the same point of view; they have what we call consensus or simply, public opinion. In politics, things sound a bit different. The most common way to understand public opinion in democratic countries is elections. Elections can give a good indicator of who will staff the government; they give public the chance to express their political tendencies. However, elections cannot be the only basis for measuring public opinion, as they reflect only the opinion of those who participated in voting process. Other Continue reading...

There are a number of influences that shape the socialization of a child. It is reasonable that the actions individuals take and the consequences of those actions are grounded on rational, logical decisions adopted and evaluated by choice. Notably, forces eliminated from the immediate scenario of decision making, impacts on life. The process of socialization is never without the hidden pull of social influences that deprive individuals of self-control (Greca, 1998). Socialization agents include mass media, school, peers, public opinion, religion, spirituality and volunteer groups (Hellar, 2010). There is a significant variation of the impacts brought forth by socialization Continue reading...

Socialization and Culture

Individual identity is shaped by two main factors, socialization, and culture. Explain how these two factors operate to produce identity.

Introduction

Individual identity is defined as distinctive qualities of an individual through which he is recognized. It can also be referred to as distinctive characteristics that are shared by any social group or category. Identity makes one individual distinguished from others as each individual is given a distinct personality that becomes his identification in a society (Gomm, 2004). The concept of personal and individual identity and its dependence upon two main factors of socialization and culture instigates with the assumptions Continue reading...

“How I Met Your Mother” is an American sitcom that has proven to be a breath of fresh air amongst television viewers. The airs on CBS but reruns of the show are available on online streaming sites such as Netflix and Amazon. Currently in its 9th season, How I Met Your Mother has been met with critical acclaim and has managed to draw millions of viewers every week it is on air. The how airs on Monday in the United states at 8.pm E.T on the CBS network. The show main characters are a group of friends named Ted, Continue reading...

Introduction

Both socialization and enculturation can be distinguished. Mead suggests that, for socialization, there are some requirements and exactions that are bestowed on the people by their societies. Fabrega also says that socialization is the symbolic system of people, (1977). On the other hand, enculturation refers to the process whereby people learn a culture into its finest details; all the uniqueness of the culture and its particulars (Merten, 1999). This paper will go further into detail to give the processes of socialization and enculturation, their differences. In addition to that, we shall see why they are both needed for a Continue reading...

Gender socialization defines the attitudes and behaviors that the society expects of the two genders: male and female. It has four major agents, which are namely: family, peer groups, education, and mass media. The media is the most pronounced of the four agents due to its aggressive nature and is a key contributor to gender socialization. The media creates, maintains, and reflects the gender-based roles that characterize our social environment. The advertisements in the mass media particularly play a major pat in gender role socialization. There is much use of gender displays in various forms of advertisements. The femininity Continue reading...

Numerous studies have been conducted that try to explain factors that determine and shape the society to be how it is, and the impact that such interpretations have to people. Various scholars have come up with models and theories that explain different sociological developments and happenings in society, and forces behind such developments. As a result, it requires proper analysis for one to comprehend the different issues that happen in the society daily not only in the past, but to the present times, as well. However, my goal in this paper is to present a sociological analysis in real Continue reading...

Disparities are related to religion, ability, culture and other variables. Disparities related to gender are the most spectacular. When a boy is born, celebrations are intense. For a baby girl, celebrations are conducted as a formality. This introduces gender-based practices. For instance, black clothes are bought for boys and pink clothes for the girls. Gender is communally constructed through our daily practices.
The parents play a great role in determining the primary socialization of a child. They teach their children about the concept male and female. This influences the perception of children towards gender roles. The differential socialization is Continue reading...

Introduction

The mass media has always been an influential force in shaping social perspectives and culture. Disney corporation is particular has played a fundamental role in the development of socialization among young children particularly for little girls. For more than 70 years the multimedia giant has been a leading authority on the subject of influencing popular culture. The tremendous power that mass media is considered as a strong influential factor in child development, which will be the focal point of this discussion. It is apparent that mass media particularly Disney Company is among the strong influential factors in the development Continue reading...

Part 1

George Ritzer defines socialization as the process that allows an individual to learn and accepts the ways of a group or society as a whole (Ritzer 154). This is the theme for this part of the paper. Individuals would always find themselves in the midst of this process as they go about their daily activities. Socialization becomes inevitable in a dynamic environment where people lives by the cliché no man is an island. For this particular theme, I find myself exploring the realm of socialization in a neutral environment—a party. I refer to this as a neutral environment Continue reading...

There are numerous schools of thought as to the role of religion in the Northern Ireland conflict. Institutionally, religion has different levels in the indirect contribution of the Roman Catholic Church and the direct one of the Orange societies. Other levels include the covenant tradition of fundamentalist Protestantism, the level of relational beliefs, level of cultures produced, and the interface between relational religious and national-political beliefs. The way religion connects to politics and conflicts is different for the each of the two dominant blocs of interest. The role of the Catholic Church takes into account. Majority of the past Continue reading...

Institutution:

HEARTLESS EVIL
Ted Bundy was one of the country’s most notorious serial killers. Just before his execution in 1989, he confessed to killing at least 30 young women, though it is uncertain how many other women he may have killed—possibly as many as one hundred, profilers have said.
Biographer Ann Rule, who wrote, “The Stranger Beside Me,” described him as "a sadistic sociopath who took pleasure from another human's pain and the control he had over his victims, to the point of death, and even after." (Rule p. xiv)
One of the main reasons that Bundy could Continue reading...

Introduction

Since nothing in this world is self-made, even the Globe came into existence after the Big Bang Theory. Thus, it is not purely coincidental that the fastest bowler in the world Brett Lee became what he was! It is neither all natural that the worst psychotic people in the world listed on Wikipedia became who they were. A clap cannot be achieved without both the hands acting simultaneously.

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The society plays its major chunk in the beginning of a human being’s moulding. And from then onwards, we ourselves shape us as per our wills and perceptions of good Continue reading...

Men and women tend to behave in different and distinct ways in the process of socialization. There are specific actions that men as well as women either consciously or unconsciously do that depict the gendered roles assigned by the society. The following is a summary of an observation on the gendered roles in both men and women in a cafeteria. The observation lasted for one hour.
I observed a total of twenty-two men and eighteen women. Fifteen men and sixteen women came accompanied (one man was accompanied by two women). The rest came unaccompanied. Whereas it is expected that Continue reading...

The universe has never run out of wonderful mysteries, and perhaps one of the greatest mysteries that we will never grow weary of exploring is the mystery of life. In Biology, we learn of the many ways through which life manifests itself in our planet. In Taxonomy, we learn that there are, under different classes and kingdoms, thousands and thousands of names that we use to refer to living things, be it animal, bacteria, protist, or any other life form. This background and context only makes more interesting another one of those mysteries of the universe that we have Continue reading...

Social control is very important in developing good morals among the members of the society through conformity to the societal social norms and customs. It refers to the social and political processes used in the society to govern individual and group behaviour with the aim of ensuring compliance to rules provided by the social group, state or society. The meaning has been subject to change overtime as it first meant the ability of the society to regulate itself but today the meaning has changed to individual’s conformity to society norms and customs. Social control is within the socialization Continue reading...

Curse:

Police Socialization
Socialization within an organization refers to the process where novice individuals learn the necessary skills to become competent members of the organization. In the context of police recruits, socialization means that they learn various forms of cultural knowledge that include presumptions, values, and behavioral norms associated with the organization. As such, gaining knowledge of the law, various codes, as well as the rules, become part of the socialization process. The recruits must adopt the assumptions and attitudes that are compatible with their work description and with the other officers within their organization. It is important to note Continue reading...

PART 1:

- Describe Peter Norvig’s vision.
Peter Norvig’s vision is about making learning a social task rather than an individual task. The socialization, however, is not among people alone, but with machines or robots. In this case, it will be the socialization with computers and computer programs. Norvig is thinking of a team that is composed of robots or computers and people. In this team the people make the final decision while the robots are consulted. Both obtain as much data as possible to learn.
- How has learning changed?
Learning has changed from coming up of new Continue reading...

PART 1

Professional socialization
Professional socialization refers to the process whereby an individual acquires skills, sense and knowledge of all aspects that characterize the profession. It involves learning everything that entails a particular profession (Claywell, 2009, p.6). This means that the internalization of the values, culture norms and ethical standards is necessary for one to be considered to have gone through full professional socialization. The values of different professions vary. In nursing, students learn through a procedural culture and in the end acquire the occupational identity of the profession. A student nurse does not acquire full professional socialization until after a Continue reading...

Quirky by definition means that one is “different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion.” One can argue that it is an endearing quality but can also argue that a specific quirk is undoubtedly annoying. In Sherlock, we can see how John finds Sherlock’s quirks annoying—most of the people in Sherlock would agree with John. While they find his quirks annoying, they still find Sherlock to be smart and a great detective. I would argue that while a quirk may seem annoying at first, it can grow on a person when the person Continue reading...

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This paper deals with the assessment of the answers of a given question.

1. There is no doubt that human development significantly gets affected by its surroundings as per discussed in the ecological model of human development. There are different types of environment systems that influence human development specifically in the young children in terms of their behavior. Micro system deals with the adoption of the behavior due to the direct environment such as family, friends, classmates, neighbors and other people with whom young children come in contact. The mesosystem deals with the relationship between the microsystems in the life of an individual such as children’s family environment brings Continue reading...

Maintaining organizational culture is an involving activity. As seen in the case, the department is prone to corruption and subculture. This paper will explore ways in which this can be averted so that the department can become more conducive and maintain required ethical standards. First, I would set re-write the organizational culture. This would be the values, assumptions and beliefs which guide the organization (Neocleous 93).
With this in place, the next step would start the socialization process. This would be through the following stages. Anticipatory, where new staff and existing would be given the standards they are expected Continue reading...

The dynamic nature of the world has brought various changes in society. It is worth noting that in the past sixty years, families have tremendous changes and continue to be more diverse. Socialization is one of the important lifelong processes that integrate individuals to acquire the mental, social, as well as physical skills that are necessary to survive in society. In fact, socialization develops self-awareness and self-identity among people. The agents of socialization play a crucial role in society since it affects individuals in a different perspective. There are various agents of socialization, but family is believed to be Continue reading...

Political ideology defines a set of beliefs that an individual has towards the political nature of a society. An individual possesses critical political values and feelings, which act as a filter through which he or she perceives everything and everyone in the political world (Jost, Jaime, and Christopher 309). In most cases, once an individual identifies with certain political beliefs they become part of one’s life. It is impossible for an individual to operate accordingly without the political values or beliefs. Political ideologies may vary in different ways depending on the political mission of the individual. The ideologies Continue reading...

Literature as a socializing force

Literature texts have been used throughout the centuries as a socializing tool. This is because it generally describes customs of the time which includes social behavior expectations. While today we have Internet and movies, there were times where these did not exist. The form of entertainment was solely through literature. The way it was exhibited was in the form of plays that the general public could participate. This was the case of the Greek Civilization. Literature of that time describes how everyday life was, how women and men behave and how different groups of society behaved.
Because of the Continue reading...

Introduction

Education systems in Canada and other nations of the world have made great impacts on children in different ways as well as helped in shaping the future leaders of the society. Socialization refers to the process through which people learn the ways of life or the culture of the group. This process refers to a lifelong occurrence that does not only stop at adolescence and has several agents in the society. Socialization, also referred to as enculturation refers to the process whereby individuals learn the social controls of their cultures alongside the norms and values about the wrong and Continue reading...

I will write about the family, which is a social institution that its success in socializing its members can result to a social change in the context of human resource, economic empowerment, spiritual empowerment and success of the society. Poor parenting creates members of the society who are poorly socialized.
In the family set up, there are parents, siblings and relatives. In most cases, the father is the head of the family who liaises with the mother in rearing the children. They have a great responsibility of transmitting values to their children to fit in the society. Family forms Continue reading...

Impacts of Social Networking

Social networking world is a complex and dynamic. Once one starts socializing electronically, he/she become attached to his/her electronic gadgets. Human beings are social species by nature. The dynamic world of social networking is similar to the real socializing world, the world that can affect somebody’s life as well as mind. The Real world socializing may significantly influence human behavior either positively or negatively. Such effects on human character are also seen through socializing or social networking by similar magnitude. Such effects are as a result of feedbacks in the social networking. However, this paper will try to Continue reading...

Module 3 and 4

Increase in government spending increases socialization
Independent variable – government expenditure
Response categories are $0-$1 billion+

Dependent variable – socialization

Responses categories: little, average, very much
Functionalist theory- social stability is maintained by various factors that collectively work to maintain social interactions that contribute to social stability. The socialization process is coercive, forcing members of the society to accept values and norms that have been introduced to them (Wilczynski, 28). The theory assumes that the main role of government is to ensure social stability. A social contract makes people interact and the government plays an important role in enhancing positive socialization. The growth Continue reading...

An agent of socialization is one which affects the individual and society as a whole. There are many agents of civilization seen today but a few are very important because of their profound impact on society. One of the most outstanding ones is the mass media. Mass media is very wide but narrowing down to television, we can attest to the fact that television has been a major form of popular culture that attracts millions of people across the globe. There are several programs that are aired on all television networks and many people choose programs depending on their Continue reading...

Many scholars have tried to study the growth and development of twins so that they can understand the nature and nurture question. Identical have the same genes, and many researchers have concluded that the different between them is the effect of the environment. When twins are separated at birth, their behavior is not similar, they dress in a different manner depending on the environment they have grown in, and they might talk in a different language and have different goals and dreams in life. The environment that twins grow in determines their differences. As much as they have similar Continue reading...

The classical standpoint is that Instructional techniques are derived from learning theories, and the bulk of learning theories are proposed in the last hundred years. These learning theories are painstakingly tested in controlled conditions as well as in natural settings. Accordingly, educationists have gained reasonable insights in developing effective instructions to the learners and substantial achievements are accomplished by applying these theories in the field of education. Yet, there are various instances of extraordinary learning that violates or at least contradicts the established principles of Instructional Design Systems.
There are many accounts which report about school drop outs or Continue reading...

Nowadays there are harsh debates about implementation of uniforms into schools and universities. Each side claims that its arguments are better and weightier, however one does not consider the interests of the students themselves. The main point of education is to provide the students a set of skills and knowledge that will enable them to build their successful career and life, and to socialize them. During the school and university years students interact with each other, exchange information, have fun and study, therefore the way they are dressed really matters. The essay will stress upon major issues students have Continue reading...

Gender Socialization

Gender socialization is the process by which norms and values associated with the roles of man and women are learnt and taught. It refers to the study of understanding the attitudes and behaviors of a particular sex. This learning is carried by various genders institutions that teach girls to be like girls and boys to be like boys (Corrado, 2009). Not only family influences this formation of thinking in the mind but other gender institutions also play their vital role in it like mass media, schools, and workplace. This sort of behavior directly or indirectly affects the genders the Continue reading...

The political interests of individuals are indelibly molded by various political events which they experience during their lifetime (Skowronek and Glassman 372). Throughout life, I have been socialized through various ways into politics, influencing my political ideas and views. The 1996 elections emerge as a formative political event since it was my first experience with politics. There are also other agents of socialization which have had a great impact on my views. First, the people who are always around me, especially my parents have had a tremendous impact on my political socialization. Secondly, the social groups to which I Continue reading...

Introduction

The preferred occupation title of most consumers is the personal counselor. The consumer would prefer personal counseling as this involves socializing with people. When the person socializes with the people, he or she enjoys life better than other occupations.. The personal counselor will get know other people’s problems. In knowing other people’s problems in life he or she will enjoy his or her life. This is because such a person lives with people most of the time. In such times, the personal counselor will get to know how to help people solve personal problems.
The problems, which Continue reading...

The ability to read and write as a child is influenced by very many factors. The influence of the parents on the literacy acquisition of children is impregnable. I grew up in a middle income family. As the child of a teacher, my mother placed a lot of emphasis on education for me and my siblings. My mother modeled me when I was growing up to be able to read and write. It was during these sessions that I was taught culture and mannerisms. When I look back, my parents had an undue influence on my literacy acquisition skills ( Continue reading...

Article: The problem of context in social and cultural anthropology

The article appears to be a review of research that was previously done since it only summarizes the basic concepts and facts about culture. It lacks the various sections of a research article and could therefore not be classified as a research article.
In the article, I was able to learn a simplified but comprehensive definition of culture. It defines culture as the beliefs, objects, behaviors and other characteristics that are common to members of a particular society or group. It is through culture that an individual can inclusively and enthusiastically define themselves, conforms to society’s shared values Continue reading...

Culture encompasses all spheres of life. It constitutes the building blocks of what a society subscribes to in terms of norms, morals, values, customs, attitudes and beliefs. All these social and cultural factors shape our world views and forms our belief systems as individuals, which, in turn, motivate our behavior. Culture affects our perception of occupations as much as our biological make up does. Due to the cultural diversity that exists between the occupational beliefs of different individuals, it is necessary for employers to understand the concept of occupation equity. This refers to the variability that exist between the Continue reading...

Any study focusing on religion should begin with a definition of the concept. However, the term religion assumes different meaning depending on perspective of people. In his book, Religion in society: A sociology of religion, Johnstone Ronald takes a sociological perspective in defining religion. The author defines religion as “a system of beliefs and practices by which a group of people interprets and responds to what they feel as sacred and, usually supernatural as well” (Johnstone 13). Johnstone derives the meaning of religion from the Latin word ‘Religare’ meaning, ‘to bind together,’ pointing to the concept of fellowship or Continue reading...