ASSIGNMENT: Socialization is a continuing process whereby an individual acquires a personal identity, which includes the learning of language, norms, practical knowledge, and customs necessary to survive in a society. For this assignment you will choose a number of people to interview that at strong influences on socialization throughout your life such as parents, family members, teachers, close friends, or anyone else that shaped you as you were growing up. You will identify and provide examples of the following characteristics of socialization:
1.A sociological theory of socialization (Cooley, Mead, Gilligan, or Erikson)
2.Agents of socialization.
A.Family
1)Primary Socialization
2)Personality
3)Self
4)Self-identity
B.School
1)Secondary socialization
2)Hidden Curriculum
3)Cohort
C.Peers
1)Anticipatory socialization
2)Personality
3)Self
4)Self-identity
D. Mass media
please provide a THREE-PAGE write-up identifying the above aspects of socialization as they relate to the people you have chosen to interview. Please define each concept and underline it as you connect it to what you have found. Make sure you identify who the people were that you interviewed (their relation to you, not their names). Please post a PowerPoint presentation of your findings on the on-line forum.
