Socialization

Socialization is roughly defin" rel="nofollow">ined as the process of in" rel="nofollow">internalizin" rel="nofollow">ing the norms, values, and beliefs of your society. Studies of feral and isolated children clearly in" rel="nofollow">indicate that social contact and exposure to agents of socialization (family, school, the media, etc.) is necessary for the process of socialization to occur. A related concept, referred to as resocialization, occurs when an in" rel="nofollow">individual has to replace in" rel="nofollow">internalized norms, values, and beliefs with a new set of norms, values, and beliefs as part of a transition in" rel="nofollow">in the life course (movin" rel="nofollow">ing to a new place, divorce, death of a loved one, gettin" rel="nofollow">ing fired and havin" rel="nofollow">ing to get a new job, etc.) or from exposure to a total in" rel="nofollow">institution (mental in" rel="nofollow">institution, prison, the military, a convent, etc.). Many total in" rel="nofollow">institutions also utilize degradation ceremonies to attempt to erase elements of your old identity in" rel="nofollow">in order to help create a new identity that fits more with the total in" rel="nofollow">institution. Describe in" rel="nofollow">in detail a process of resocialization that you′ve experienced. What types of new norms, values and beliefs did you have to learn as part of the process and what norms, values, and beliefs did they replace? Describe some elements of a degradation ceremony associated with the total in" rel="nofollow">institution of your choosin" rel="nofollow">ing (examples are given above). How do these total in" rel="nofollow">institutions attempt to strip away elements of your in" rel="nofollow">individuality or sense of identity in" rel="nofollow">in order to create a new identity?