INTERNATIONAL DIFFERENCES AND DIVISIONS
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International Differences and Divisions
. Sociology is a system in which individuals think about understanding society, human behavior, and human relations. Through socialization, individuals determine which actions and norms are acceptable and not (Gottdiener, 2019). Over time, they would learn through their education and considerably adjust to society. Individual identity formation involves the development of a distinct character. This paper aims to discuss identity formation during childhood, adulthood, and adolescence and the socialization agencies that support the construction of an individual’s identity.
During the adulthood period, an individual’s identity will be formed, and the behaviors they demonstrate affect their personalities. It explains why everyone has different personal characteristics. On the other hand, there is a social identity, a group membership that can help people recognize their uniqueness and identify how they relate to others. Nonetheless, collective identity defines the way people can characterize themselves in communicating with the rest of the world. There can be groups of people that partake the same daily experiences, interests, and work together to accomplish successful common goals (Leitch, & Harrison, 2016). Collective identity is a combination of characteristics, including gender, nationality, economic position, ethnicity, race, religious belief, and age.
There are two different types of agencies in socialization; primary and secondary agencies. The primary socialization agent is the family because it has an essential role in children’s social development (Moyson et al., 2019). First of all, parents are responsible for educating their children about how they take care of themselves. Thus, they ensure that the children are familiar with their cultural system of rules, including faith, beliefs, attitudes, and values. Moreover, the children would learn a basic understanding of human behaviors. Secondly, the next significant agents of socialization are education, friends, and social media. In school, children may learn social skills with teachers and friends because they communicate daily (Şahin &Uluyol, 2016). Lastly, the peer group is a massive social group whose individuals have the same common interests and values. Peer groups mostly leave impacts on their members during their time there, and this impact can last for all of their life, whether this effect is beneficial or a bad one.
Extensive research argues that better than individual perception, which reflects how other people view us: personal perceptions have always been filtered through sensitivities, which belong to how people think, consider others, and they view us and understand our identity. It can be informed by the information individuals get from other people, to give them an identity. Individuals can observe other people’s behavior and personalities and form perceptions about them, and maybe even name their character (Gkargkavouzi, Halkos Matsiori, 2019). This personal perception obtains primary data from the ordinary human senses, including touch, vision, sound, taste, and smell.
Observations made using these senses would process data to information and form for types of perceptions. These include visual perception, olfactory perception, haptic perception, and gustatory perception. An excellent personal perception can be of significant importance since it boosts interactions and enables people to build relationships. It may also allow some people to t even discover self-identity. Through the perceptual process, one can understand the behavior of other people.
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Leitch, C.M., and Harrison, R.T., 2016. Identity, identity formation, and identity work in entrepreneurship: conceptual developments and empirical applications. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 28(3-4), pp.177-190.
Moyson, S., Raaphorst, N., Groeneveld, S., and Van de Walle, S., 2018. Organizational socialization in public administration research: A systematic review and directions for future research. The American Review of Public Administration, 48(6), pp.610-627.
Şahin, S., and Uluyol, Ç., 2016. Preservice teachers’ perception and use of personal learning environments (PLEs). International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 17(2), pp.141-161.