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MCAT Psychological Social Foundations Flashcards: 7b Socialization Agents

Study 7b Socialization Agents in MCAT Psychological Social Foundations with focused flashcards that help you recognize the idea, recall the key rule, and apply it in practice-style prompts.

QUESTION

What is the main agent of socialization during early childhood?

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ANSWER

Family. Parents provide first exposure to language, values, and basic norms.

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MCAT Psychological Social Foundations: Foundational Concept 7: Behavior and Behavior Change

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A media lab exposes participants to a 2-week social media feed curated to emphasize short videos portraying a particular neighborhood as unsafe. Participants are not given crime statistics, but the feed repeatedly highlights dramatic incidents and includes comment threads endorsing avoidance. In follow-up surveys, participants report increased support for restrictive policies targeting that neighborhood and overestimate the likelihood of being harmed there. Based on socialization and its agents, which agent of socialization is most influential in the scenario described?
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