3.4: Agents of Socialization

How do schools prepare children to one day enter the workforce?

• With a standardized curriculum

• Through the hidden curriculum

• By socializing them in teamwork

• All of the above

Which of the following is typically the earliest agent of socialization?

• School

• Family

• Mass Media

• Friends/ Peers

Socialization varies by social class

• True

• False

Which agent of socialization includes people of roughly the same age with similar interests?

• Peers

• Mass Media

• Family

• Religion

Breaking with past socialization experiences and learning new values is:

• Socialization

• Assimilation

• Internalization

• Resocialization

Which of the following is an example of a total institution?

• a day camp

• a prison

• a public university

• a hospital emergency room

Which of the following is NOT an agent of socialization?

• family

• school

• food

• friends/ peers

Unofficial aspects of culture that children are taught in school

• hidden curriculum

• rites of passage

• role taking

• peer group

Which of the following is an example of a peer group?

• students and teachers

• children and parents

• players and coaches

• classmates and friends

Secondary socialization usually takes place first in:

• school

• the home

• teenage friend groups

• adulthood