Research Report On Socialization And Social Interaction

Write the research report on socialization and social interaction?

Sociology

This is a research paper that covers issues that deal with sociology. The paper discusses in detail socialization as well as social interaction. Socialization and social interaction can be defined as a situation where a person learns to adapt to a society (or group) as well as behaving in a manner agreed by the group (Conkling, 2018). Individuals become members of any society through socialization. It is a core element of a society. The five forces of Socialization are also well discussed in this research paper. They help in shaping the sense of an individual belonging to a specific group. Lastly, there is a discussion on the importance of Socialization and social interaction and how it affects our society.

The most essential agent of socialization for young children and infants is the family (Patterson, DeBaryshe & Ramsey, 2017). The remaining four includes peer groups, mass media, and peer group.

Family influences the lives of each and every one in the society. From the early childhood, it taught people things that are bad and good. We all get our values, religion, habits, and language and gender role from the people that we are living with in our homestead (Steinberg & Darling, 2017). People get their ranks in society through their family’s wealth and connection which later on help in the determination of an individual’s job opportunities in future life. Even though people grow up and begin to develop their own beliefs and opinions and values, the family beliefs, opinion and values that were implanted in an individual since there childhood never disappear (Kochanska, 2017).                                                                              

Family is the building block of any society. With the exception of family, we as the people would not be able to socialize (Wagner, Doehler & González, 2018) A good illustration of how family is very important would be a separated child without the family like Genie. She was separated from the family until she was found at a tender age of 13 years old. Genie was living in isolation and that means she never interacted with the family and the outside world. The Feral child does not know how to communicate with the family and was later abused by her own father. This indicates that it is important for a child to learn how to speak and interact with different people especially when the child is at the peak of their learning. It is true that without any form of interaction, the child will not be in the position of knowing how to communicate and act appropriately with other people (Light, 2017).

Agents of Socialization

Peers play a major role in the life of any child. This is mostly true during the stage of adolescence, when friends influence our tastes in clothes, music and different aspects of the lives of individuals. Friends can also be vital during other parts of our lives. This is because we depend on friends for emotional support and comfort, for companionship, and for fun.

That is the positive effect of having friendship. The negative effect is that is known as peer pressure. This suggests that our friends can greatly influence us in different ways. During the stage of adolescence, the interest of our friends can greatly influence own interests in music and films.

Mass media is one of the forces that influence socialization. It represents movies, magazines, popular music, and Television show. The mass media influences our taste in well-known culture; our political views, people views on women, individuals of color, as well as gays; and many available practices and beliefs (Rubin, Bowker,  Barstead & Coplan, 2018).

In many countries, the mass media are always being taken as a causative agent of youth violence. Many children watch different acts of violence in the movies and on television before reaching their adulthood. The mass media can also strengthen gender stereotypes and racial, as well as the belief that woman are appropriate targets of violence for male and that they are also sex objects (Petrova et.al, 2016).

Religion as a set of beliefs brings many people together. It influences our values, behaviors, and beliefs. Religious preference and religiosity can greatly influence our beliefs and values on religious (Schieffelin, 2018).

Socialization happens in schools through teaching the children the formal curriculum as well as the hidden curriculum. The formal curriculum is divided into three parts that is writing, arithmetic, and reading (Koegel, Oliver & Koegel, 2018). The school also imparts cultural values to children and this type is known as the hidden curriculum. Schools also teach the children through their grading and tests to be competitive. The grading and test motivates children to work hard and this can also help them in future to work hard and be more competitive in the society.

Formal institution such as workplaces, the government, and schools are all capable of teaching people on how to adapt and behave in the society. Other institutions such as the media make contribution to socialization by providing us with different messages about expectations and norms.

Family

The government helps in establishing many of the rites of passage that the individuals are undergoing today in the society. For example individuals are being defined as adult when they at age 18 years. The start of an old age as set by the government is age 65 years.

Socialization is crucial both to the people and to the surrounding societies. It allows us human being to fully function. It is true that without socialization both the culture and society could not have been in place. On the other hand social interaction allowed for the existence of socialization. Socialization is also important because it affects an individual understanding of beliefs, norms, interest as well as desire. It also enables us to be aware of ourselves in the groups where we belong. The Human beings are also capable of growing economically through interaction with other species and their fellow individuals. Without social interaction people could not coexist with fellow humans and other species since they all depend from each other and interaction enables them to understand each other. Social interaction is also important as it can enables human being to boost mood.

Conclusion

Thus, in the field of sociology, there is the study of human social institutions and relationships (Bell, 2017). We also realized that there has been an increase in the level of socialization from child to parent and also from parent to child. According to researchers the forces that affect socialization are legion. We also found out that that peer group is capable of socializing children as compare to any other forces of socialization. It is also true that Historical events, media family structure, culture and socioeconomic status all affect both children and their parents. It is also explained the different contexts in which socialization can occurs for example at home and in the work environment. It is therefore, imperative for all people to develop a self-image that is positive and to protect the emotional fulfillment of all the human being. All people should also share their physical and physical and emotional connections. The interaction of human will ensure that they develop mentally as well as learn from other members of the society.  

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