As an individual develops, they go through the process Mead called, “identity formation” - where socialization takes place in molding a person’s self-image (Dunn, 1998). “Socialization is the development of culture within a person, teaching him or her values, norms and roles” (Weidl,2013). In this process, if an individual is socialized inadequately, it is more likely they will become a criminal. George Herbert Mead, along with psycho-analyst Sigmund Freud, both believed that parents, along with the rest of the family, are agents of primary socialization. Primary socialization is where we learn the norms, values, and roles as a member of a society. This is the starting stages of where the self begins to develop through the family’s norms and values. Following, is secondary socialization - the later process of socialization that is taught by education, peer groups, and other agents of socialization such as mass media or social institutions (Difference Between, 2015). In fact, according to a new study, growing up in a working class family in a poor neighbourhood can significantly reduce the chances of a child graduating from high school (University of Michigan, 2011). David J. Harding, a researcher in this study, stated that after assessing the neighbourhoods of children aged 1-17, they concluded that living in a disadvantaged neighbourhood during one’s childhood can affect their cognitive development years, or even generations later (Wodtke, Harding, & Elwert,
As an individual develops, they go through the process Mead called, “identity formation” - where socialization takes place in molding a person’s self-image (Dunn, 1998). “Socialization is the development of culture within a person, teaching him or her values, norms and roles” (Weidl,2013). In this process, if an individual is socialized inadequately, it is more likely they will become a criminal. George Herbert Mead, along with psycho-analyst Sigmund Freud, both believed that parents, along with the rest of the family, are agents of primary socialization. Primary socialization is where we learn the norms, values, and roles as a member of a society. This is the starting stages of where the self begins to develop through the family’s norms and values. Following, is secondary socialization - the later process of socialization that is taught by education, peer groups, and other agents of socialization such as mass media or social institutions (Difference Between, 2015). In fact, according to a new study, growing up in a working class family in a poor neighbourhood can significantly reduce the chances of a child graduating from high school (University of Michigan, 2011). David J. Harding, a researcher in this study, stated that after assessing the neighbourhoods of children aged 1-17, they concluded that living in a disadvantaged neighbourhood during one’s childhood can affect their cognitive development years, or even generations later (Wodtke, Harding, & Elwert,