AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION

How do we grow up? Where does our typical behavior come from? Who teaches us? Who models for us? Who sets an example?

Why do we behave the way we do, even when we sometimes don’t want to?

Eric Strayer 2014

Family (like father like son)

Family (lessons in behavior)

Like father like son. Oops!

PEER GROUPS

SCHOOL

SCHOOL

THE WORKPLACE

THE WORKPLACE

THE WORKPLACE

RELIGION

RELIGION

RELIGION

THE GOVERNMENT

THE GOVERNMENT

MASS MEDIA

MASS MEDIA

MASS MEDIA

MASS MEDIA

MR. SMITH FROM THE MATRIX

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