Attitude and Prejudice — psychology STD 12 Arts — Question
Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ArtspsychologyAttitude and Prejudice3 Marks
Question
Discuss ‘family’ and socialization as factors affecting attitude formation.
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Answer
Family: The family is the smallest unit of society and the individual is the smallest unit of the family.
The family is very important because human beings are social animals.
The family is the parent of social education.
The behavior of different family members affects the child. Everyone in the family has different roles and status.
All family members treat and behave differently with the child.
The mother's behavior has the greatest impact on the baby.
Human babies are parasitic for longer periods of time than animals. The child's instinctive constructive attitude towards the mother develops as most of the child's needs are met by the mother.
The interaction of parents, the interaction of the child with siblings and the satisfaction of their needs, cooperation, acceptance, love, affection, etc. develop a constructive attitude in the child, just as hate, hatred, contempt develop negative attitudes in the child.
Acceptance (disapproval or disapproval) of one's behavior from other family members affects the formation of attitudes of acceptance or disapproval.
If the grandparents take the child who is the victim of the parents' anger and reprimand the parents, then the child develops a constructive attitude towards the grandparents and a negative attitude towards the parents.
Socialization is the process of assimilating so many socializations, habituations and ideologies.
Socialization is a lifelong learning process.
Since the social structure of each society is different, the socialization of different person is different even in the same society.
The process of socialization undergoes rapid changes due to the interaction between different societies.
The child is socialized according to the different castes, religions, customs, lifestyles found in different societies.
After family, school, religion, culture, literature are all factors that affect socialization.
A child raised in a religiously conservative family has a constructive attitude towards religion and customs.
Eating habits also become part of socialization according to language, province and geographical area.
E.g. In Gujarat, dal-rice-bread-vegetables, in Punjab milk-yogurt, cheese and in South India coconut and rice are mostly used in food which develops the attitude towards that food in their children.
Respect for elders, hospitality, and dress are also important factors in socializing.
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