Essays on Socialization

In the National Geographic article, “Toddlers Bond With Robot, Study Shows,” by Stefan Lovgren describes a study done to observe the interactions between toddlers and robots. This study showed how during the early stages of childhood, toddlers treated a robot the same way as a regular human of their age. This study was done with…

Juvenile delinquents, or youth that have been convicted of a crime, seem to be the norm these days. Citizens, families, and poliy makers want new programs and policies within the juvenile justice system. Researchers have found that the family structure can be a precursor to delinquent behavior, and families do not have the control or…

An analysis of Black Identity, Politics, and Religion Prior to the Civil War and Reconstruction, the main goal of the African American population was to be granted freedom. African Americans had been enslaved since 1619 in America, when the first slaves were sold on the auction block. However, their concepts of freedom were extremely romanticized…

Societies often exercise complicated religious ceremonies and daily services that are seemingly irrational, but define their culture and give them a distinct personality. In “Body Ritual among the Nacirema”, author Horace Miner (1956) recalls his studies about a “North American group called the Nacirema, living in the territory between the Canadian Cree, the Yaqui and…

IntroAs one of the fastest growing trends in modern education and with more members than ever before, it is no wonder that homeschooling has received recent media coverage (Swartout-Corbeil; Saba and Gattis 1, National Household Education Surveys Program 1). However, many people are unsure about the reality of homeschooling (Saba and Gattis XI). Some of…

A baby is born and the doctor looks at the proud parents or parent and says three simple words: Its a boy, or Its a girl! Before a newborn child even takes his or her first breath of life outside the mothers womb, he or she is distinguishable and characterized by gender. The baby is…

PRIMARY SOCIALIZATION THEORYTraditional sociological analyses tie secondary socialization sources to behavior, usually using linkage through stress. Situations, personal traits, etc. lead to stress, and drugs relieve them. According to Oetting and Donnermeyer, these secondary socialization sources operate only via their effects on primary socializations sources. Unless a personality trait, a community characteristic, stress, or any…

Erik Homburger Erikson ( 1902-1994 ) . a superb Germen-born American Psychoanalyst one time said that “It is human to hold a long childhood ; it is civilized to hold an even longer childhood. Long childhood makes a proficient and mental ace out of adult male. but it besides leaves a life-long residue of emotional…

Music has played a major role as an agent of socialization in each of my 4 decades. I know and hope that it will continue to do so. During each period music has affected my personality, shown my personality, affected my perceptions and helped me to cope with growing and changing as a person. My…

When I look back to my childhood the way I was brought definitely affected and made into the person I am today. I was born in Congo, African and moved to Pretoria, South Africa when I was six. Growing up in Pretoria was an amazing life experience; I wouldn’t change anything about it. My parents…