Quick questions on Agencies of socialisation - SQA National 5 Care

The first and most influential agency, central to primary socialisation. The family teaches a child to speak, basic manners, right from wrong, and the family's values and culture. Because it acts first and through close relationships, the family's influence is deep and lasting.

A major agency of secondary socialisation. School teaches knowledge and skills, but also how to follow rules set by people outside the family, how to cooperate and compete, and the norms of wider society such as punctuality and respect for authority.

A person's friends and equals. The peer group is very powerful, especially in adolescence. People may copy how friends dress, speak and behave in order to fit in, and peer pressure can push them towards or away from certain behaviours.

Television, newspapers, the internet and social media. The media shapes attitudes, fashions, language and ideas about what is normal. It can influence views on body image, relationships and behaviour, and its reach has grown with social media.

For many people, religion is an agency that passes on beliefs, values and moral guidance, such as ideas about right and wrong, how to treat others, and important customs and ceremonies.

In adulthood, the workplace socialises people into the rules and expected behaviour of their job: punctuality, procedures, dress and professional conduct. It shows that secondary socialisation continues throughout life.

Name the agency of socialisation that is most influential in early childhood. [1 mark]

State one way the peer group can influence a young person's behaviour. [1 mark]