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SOCIALIZATION
SOCIALIZATION:

Socialization is a concept which generally refers to a process of learning or interaction through which an individual or new born acquires the norms, values, beliefs, attitudes, language and any other characteristics of his/her group. Socialization is a determinant of human behavior, a social input.

AGENCIES OF SOCIALIZATION

Personalities don’t come ready made. They are moulded or shaped through the process of socialization. The process of socialization is operative not only in childhood but throughout life. The following are the chief agencies of socialization :


 * ·      FAMILY- The process of socialization begins for everyone of us in the family . The parental and particularly the maternal influence on the child is more. The child learns speech and language ,and societal morality from the parents.The family continues to exercise its influence throughout the individuals life.


 * ·      PEER GROUPS OR FRIENDS: "PEER GROUPS" means those groups made up of the contemporaries of the child, his associates in school, in playground and in street. The playmates teach the child mutual understanding, sympathy and cooperation. They also introduce him to the informal aspects of culture ,as fashion and fads.


 * ·      SCHOOL: The child’s education is crucial in the attitudes and ideas he forms ,enabling him to become a good citizen later on .The teacher also play their role in socialization when child enters the school.


 * ·      RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION: Family religious practices help influence individual morality and the way of life of a person.

ELEMENTS OF SOCIALIZATION

The three elements that play an important role in the socialization of an individual are as following:

a)  The physical and psychological bearing of the individual;

b) the environment in the which he is born; and

c)   the culture in which he lives.