Question

Schools, peers, and co-workers are __________ because they influence or shape our self-concept, attitudes, and behaviors.

Answer 1

The correct answer is C. Agents of socialization

Explanation:

An agent of socialization refers to people, institutions or entities that help individuals to understand and learn rules, attitudes, ideologies, values, etc. of the society in which they were born, which is known as the process of socialization. These agents include people such as relatives, parents, friends, peers, etc. as well as institutions such as school, family or religion.

Besides this, the agents of socialization play an important role in perpetuating values and rules that shape the individual's behavior, attitude, beliefs, and self-concept. According to this, it can be said schools, peers and co-workers are agents of socialization because these are important in the process of socialization and influence our attitudes, behaviors, etc.

Answer 2

Answer:

Agents of socialization

Step-by-step explanation:

• A total institution is a closed social system where life is organized by norms, rules, schedules, whatever happens, within it it's determined by a single authority. These systems are designed to provide care to a population that is unable to care for themselves, and/or protect society from potential harm, examples of these institutions are mental health facilities, prisons or private boarding schools. Sociologically speaking these institution's purpose is resocialization and/or rehabilitation.
• The superego is a component of personality (along with Id and Ego), it holds all of our internalized moral standards and ideals that we acquired from our parents and society it's the sense of right and wrong. It perfects and civilize our behavior.
• Socialization is a lifelong process in which we learn about social expectations and how to interact with other people, this socialization occurs during all our lives but the most important period is during childhood, this is where agent of socialization (groups of people responsible for our socialization) like family, school or mass media influence our socialization.
• Life-course stages are the sequence of events, roles and age categories that people experience from birth until death, these stages are divided into three main levels of socialization (primary, secondary and adult)

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