What are the differences between primary socialization and anticipatory socialization? Describe a time when you experienced anticipatory socialization.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary but should discuss that primary socialization refers to early socialization--for example, equipping the young to fit better into society through teaching social norms, values, and cultural routines. Anticipatory socialization refers to teaching children what will be expected of them in the future. For example, parents may prepare children for important developmental changes such as puberty.
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Institutions appear to most people in society to be
a. oppressive. b. progressive. c. statuses. d. natural patterns.
Describe the four key functions of socialization.
What will be an ideal response?
When people are cast into a lower status, they must reduce their requirements, restrain their needs, and practice self-control. This situation characterizes _______ suicide
a. egoistic b. altruistic c. anomic d. fatalistic
Talcott Parsons viewed society as naturally being in a state of
A. equilibrium. B. anarchy. C. conflict. D. evolution.