In fact, there are many ideas and objects that people in the United States teach children about in hopes of keeping the society’s way of life going through another generation.įigure 5.2 Can you use your hands to eat? Who should pay? Do you stand when someone else gets up, and is that dependent on their gender? The dining manners and customs of different cultures are learned by socialization. culture for the younger generation to learn the etiquette of eating in a restaurant or the rituals of tailgate parties at football games. Of course, some would argue that it’s just as important in U.S. They may learn these through watching their parents or guardians vote, or, in some schools, by using real machines in student government elections. culture to continue, for example, children in the United States must learn about cultural values related to democracy: they have to learn the norms of voting, as well as how to use material objects such as voting machines. Whatever is distinctive about a culture must be transmitted to those who join it in order for a society to survive. If new generations of a society don’t learn its way of life, it ceases to exist. First, it is through teaching culture to new members that a society perpetuates itself. It illustrates how completely intertwined human beings and their social worlds are. Socialization is critical both to individuals and to the societies in which they live. Explain the nature versus nurture debate.
Describe the importance of socialization both for individuals and society.
By the end of this section, you should be able to:
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