Part 1: Mind Map
Complete the mind map by filling in the boxes. Each box contains a concept related to your socialization process.
Factors That Contribute to Ascribed Status
(Enter 2-3 factors that contribute to your ascribed status in the boxes below.)
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Factors That Contribute to Achieved Status
(Enter 2-3 factors that contribute to your achieved status in the boxes below.)
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My Socialization Process
Social Institutions or Agents of Socialization
(Enter 3-5 social institutions, or agents of socialization, that have contributed to your socialization process in the boxes below.)
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Current or Future Roles
(Enter 3-5 current or future roles that you have or anticipate having across your life span in the boxes below.)
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Part 2: Reflective Writing
Respond to the following prompts:
· In your own words, provide a 50- to 75-word explanation of what socialization means, including how it develops across the life span.
· In your own words, provide a 150- to 175-word description of how each of the social institutions, or agents of socialization, you identified in Part 1: Mind Map of this assignment has impacted, or influenced, your life as a child (in the past) and as an adult (presently).
· In your own words, provide a 150- to 175-word description of how each of the factors that contribute to your ascribed and achieved status has influenced your social interactions in society.
· In your own words, provide a 150- to 175-word explanation of how each of your current or future roles relate to your ascribed or achieved status.
· In your own words, provide a 150- to 175-word description of how your own individual process of socialization has influenced your sense of self.