Describe the influence of the peer group on adolescent socialization. What will be an ideal ...

Answer to q. 1

Free from the dominance of adults, peer groups enable young people to experience conflict, competition, and cooperation with each other. Peers can foster independence from adults, and offer young people an opportunity to forge intimate relationships with friends outside of the family. With their peers, adolescents make their own decisions, develop their own ways of thinking, and a self-concept that is separate from parents and family. Peer groups are the only agency of socialization that is not controlled by adults.

Answer to q. 2

C

Answer to q. 3

The hidden curriculum refers to the informal and unofficial aspects of culture that children are taught in school, along with the formal curriculum of reading, writing, and arithmetic. The hidden curriculum includes discipline and order, conformity and cooperation, and other characteristics considered necessary for success in a modern bureaucratic society.

Answer to q. 4

A

Answer to q. 5

The family is a child's first exposure to the world around him or her. The child is completely dependent upon the family for his or her survival. By the time independence and individual judgment develop, a lot of the socialization process has already taken place. In addition, the family of birth is a major determinant of one's position in society. The social position or social class of one's family has a profound effect on how he or she will be treated by others.

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