Socialization Basics
This lifelong process helps individuals become functioning members of society, shapes identity, and begins at birth.
What is socialization?
A child’s family is part of this level of Bronfenbrenner’s ecological model.
What is the microsystem?
Income, education level, and occupation together measure this.
What is socioeconomic status (SES)?
Parents who are warm and nurturing and set firm limits use this parenting style.
What is authoritative?
A child attending a high-quality preschool program, like Head Start, is an example of this kind of factor.
What is a protective factor?
Name three of the six key agents of socialization.
What are family, school, peers, media, community, or religion/belief system?
A parent-teacher conference represents this system in Bronfenbrenner’s theory.
What is the mesosystem?
Name one way educators can build culturally responsive relationships with families.
What is asking questions, learning from families, or respecting home languages and practices?
Parents who are strict, controlling, and low in warmth use this parenting style.
What is authoritarian?
Living in low-income housing represents this type of factor.
What is a risk factor?
This group is considered the primary agent of socialization.
What is the family?
Media belongs to this ecological system.
What is the exosystem?
Traditions help children feel...
What is secure, connected, and proud?
Parents who show warmth but set few rules use this style.
What is permissive?
A school system funded by the government and free to attend.
What is a public school?
This term describes someone—like a parent or teacher—who shapes a child’s beliefs and understanding of the world.
What is a social agent?
A family’s religion or belief system belongs to this system.
What is the macrosystem?
Advocacy matters in education for these reasons (name one).
What is ensuring children get services, supporting family rights, closing equity gaps, influencing systems, or building school-family partnerships?
Parents who show little warmth and little structure use this style.
What is uninvolved?
A school system funded through tuition and private sources.
What is a private school?
These attitudes or stereotypes affect decisions and actions without conscious awareness.
What is implicit bias?
A major life event such as divorce is an example of this system.
What is the chronosystem?
The ability to bounce back from adversity and adapt in challenging situations.
What is resilience?
True or false: Children are born resilient.
What is no?
A school system where parents choose to educate children at home.
What is homeschooling?