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types of

socialisation 2

As Podder and Bergvall’s (2004) note “The human being is a social creature and we need
rules for interaction with one another” and this means social life requires rules of behaviour.

These are taught and learned through a socialisation process involving two main types:

Primary socialisation occurs, according to 2. Secondary socialisation occurs within
Cooley (1909), within primary groups secondary groups where socialisation is
containing relationships that involve “intimate characterised, as Berger and Luckmann
face-to-face association and cooperation… (1967) note, by “a sense of detachment…from
fundamental in forming the social nature and the ones teaching socialisation”; these are
ideals of the individual”. situations where the individual doesn’t
necessarily have close, personal and / or face-
For most of us the first primary relationship to-face contacts with the people responsible
we form is with our parent(s), followed by for doing the socialising.
primary attachments to people of our own
general age (our peers) and, subsequently Secondary socialisation reflects the idea that
with other adults (such as people with whom we have to learn to deal with people who are
we work). not emotionally close to us. In other words,
while we may not like or love them, we need
to get on with them.

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