Resocialization: How Agents of Socialization Affect Nature Vs. Nurture
In the world of Sociology, there is no normal way of being socialized. Sociologists define socialization as process of which people come to know of their culture. Without socialization, we would not have knowledge of our culture, thus without culture we would not be able to have a society. Therefore, for any society to be possible, socialization is an important process. The agents of socialization we are exposed to are significant because it helps us understand the different way they affect the procedure of socializing. In the movie Room, the two main characters had to learn to resocialize while dealing with the agents of socialization around them.
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Advocates of the “nature” side argue that individuals are molded fundamentally by hereditary qualities and biology. The “nurture” side contends that our natural impacts and socialization are the most imperative variables in deciding who we are and how we behave. Learned conduct is the result of life encounters, nurture rather than nature. A procured conduct is a sort of quality which cannot be passed on hereditarily; language, religion, and the capacity to read and write are all learned behaviors. Sociologists usually come to the conclusion that a baby’s intellect at birth is like a clear page and all future encounters will influence how the child learns how to act. As a result, the environment has a direct impact on an individual’s conduct. This comes into play for Jack because he didn’t have access to any nurture besides his mother which still wasn’t enough considering when they were finally able to escape he wouldn’t talk to anyone besides his mother. After they had escaped he told Ma that he wanted to go back to Room because it was the only place he’s ever known and as a five year old, the real world was too overwhelming for him. The only thing Jack had when they escaped was the nature, which was only his genetics traits that couldn’t be taken away from …show more content…
A feral child is a child who has developed up with none or in some cases, exceptionally small contact with people. This would mean that the child had not been socialized to learn the standards and values of a human society. Feral children are usually the outcome of disregard, abandonment, confinement and in a few cases abuse. Sociologists find feral children cases interesting because it gives them a chance to explore the human outside of the realm of society. These cases gives sociologists a quick sight of raw humanity without the impact of culture or language. Feral children are also extremely critical evidence toward the nature versus nurture debate because the evidence favors the nurture argument, which relates to the conception that humans do and think specific things because they are taught to do so. Feral children are proof to this as they show that without the fitting human socialization they usually do not expand their comprehension of language, emotions, a sense of right and wrong or the norms of human
In the world of Sociology, there is no normal way of being socialized. Sociologists define socialization as process of which people come to know of their culture. Without socialization, we would not have knowledge of our culture, thus without culture we would not be able to have a society. Therefore, for any society to be possible, socialization is an important process. The agents of socialization we are exposed to are significant because it helps us understand the different way they affect the procedure of socializing. In the movie Room, the two main characters had to learn to resocialize while dealing with the agents of socialization around them.
Throughout our childhood, …show more content…
Advocates of the “nature” side argue that individuals are molded fundamentally by hereditary qualities and biology. The “nurture” side contends that our natural impacts and socialization are the most imperative variables in deciding who we are and how we behave. Learned conduct is the result of life encounters, nurture rather than nature. A procured conduct is a sort of quality which cannot be passed on hereditarily; language, religion, and the capacity to read and write are all learned behaviors. Sociologists usually come to the conclusion that a baby’s intellect at birth is like a clear page and all future encounters will influence how the child learns how to act. As a result, the environment has a direct impact on an individual’s conduct. This comes into play for Jack because he didn’t have access to any nurture besides his mother which still wasn’t enough considering when they were finally able to escape he wouldn’t talk to anyone besides his mother. After they had escaped he told Ma that he wanted to go back to Room because it was the only place he’s ever known and as a five year old, the real world was too overwhelming for him. The only thing Jack had when they escaped was the nature, which was only his genetics traits that couldn’t be taken away from …show more content…
A feral child is a child who has developed up with none or in some cases, exceptionally small contact with people. This would mean that the child had not been socialized to learn the standards and values of a human society. Feral children are usually the outcome of disregard, abandonment, confinement and in a few cases abuse. Sociologists find feral children cases interesting because it gives them a chance to explore the human outside of the realm of society. These cases gives sociologists a quick sight of raw humanity without the impact of culture or language. Feral children are also extremely critical evidence toward the nature versus nurture debate because the evidence favors the nurture argument, which relates to the conception that humans do and think specific things because they are taught to do so. Feral children are proof to this as they show that without the fitting human socialization they usually do not expand their comprehension of language, emotions, a sense of right and wrong or the norms of human