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Unit 3: Culture and ethnicity
Quick questions on Socialisation and the agents of socialisation: VCE Sociology
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What is defining socialisation?Show answer
Socialisation is the process through which individuals learn and internalise the values, norms, language, roles and skills of their culture. It is how a biological human being becomes a competent member of a society. Importantly, socialisation is two-way and lifelong: people are shaped by their culture, and they also reshape it.
What is resocialisation?Show answer
Resocialisation is the process of unlearning old norms and learning new ones, often when a person enters a new social setting such as the army, prison or a new country. For a migrant, settling in Australia can involve resocialisation as they learn new cultural expectations while maintaining aspects of their original culture. This concept links directly to the experience of an ethnic group studied later in Unit 3.
What is agents of socialisation?Show answer
Agents of socialisation are the people, groups and institutions that transmit culture. The major agents are:
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