societies operate well because members of society learn culture from generations to make it shared culture
shared culture= allows societys members to communicate and cooperate
learn through socialiastion
sharing norms values of a culture so that ways of thinking, behaving and seeing are taken for granted
family and primary socialisation
Baumeister says family socialisation provides children with a sense of identity and are proud of their family name
family also provides conformity, control and production of law obiding citizens
disciplinary sanctions reinforce and reward approptiate behaviour and disip0line bad behaviour
role models
learn family identity and social identities through imitative play
It is in families where we learn our gender roles
feminists claim that a nuclear family is patriarchal where the male dominates .
the way the roles are allocated in families influence gender identities.
Ann Oakley says boys and girls learn their identities through 4 processes.
different activities
manipulation
verbal appelations
canalisation
games and toys appropriate for their gender.
functionalists
parsons
see primary socialisation as essential to value consensus and social integration and social order
family is a personality factory
socialisation fills the child with cultural value and norms which make them feel they belong in society.
some sociologists say some peoples process of primary socialisation is different to others therefore they have different norms and values learned from familys which may have an impact on education and life chances
middle class have better education and life chances than working class.
Marxists like Zaretsky suggest cultural values which are passed onto their children is an example of ruling class ideology
this is to make sure their children conform and are passive citizens
never challenge inequality or exploitation that is in a capitalist society