Socializing agents include: the family, the school, the peer group, media/technology, commercial advertising, and violence.
The family is the first and major socializing agent and as such has responsibility for early socialization patterns.
These agents can be related to bias depending on the family the child is in. Schools are important socializing agents, and teachers have a responsibility to recognize bias in their teaching. The peer group grows in importance as socializing agents as the child matures.
Other socializing agents include media influences on children. There is a plea for professionals who work with parents to become aware of and monitor media use.
Write a 2-page essay discussing what contributed to your socialization. What was an important socializing agent in your life? Was there a particular person who was more important than the others to your process of becoming a social being? What stands out in your mind about your socialization?
The essay must be 2-3 pages in length, 7-8 paragraphs, 3-5 sentences per paragraph, written in APA format, include a minimum of at least one scholarly or news article to support the assignment information being discussed, and provide a reference page.
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Less than two of the questions within the assignment prompt were addressed with detail explaining each answer. The assignment does not meet the one to two-page length requirement. A peer-reviewed scholarly article is not cited and referenced within the assignment. There are grammatical and spelling errors; exceeds 5 errors present. The assignment is not written in APA format. |
At least two of the questions within the assignment prompt were addressed with detail explaining each answer. The assignment meets the one to two-page length requirement. A peer-reviewed scholarly article is cited and referenced within the assignment. There are grammatical and spelling errors; less than 5 errors. The assignment is written in APA format. |
All questions within the assignment prompt were addressed with detail explaining each answer. The assignment meets the one to two-page length requirement. A peer-reviewed scholarly article is cited and referenced within the assignment. There are no grammatical and spelling errors. The assignment is written in APA format. |