alleryBesides shaping behaviour, socialisation also helps a person develop:
Astrict obedience to norms
Ba standard personality
Ca sense of self-identity
Da fixed social position
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. a sense of self-identity
1. Socialisation conditions our personalities, values and behaviour.
2. Yet it is also the origin of our individuality: each of us develops a sense of self-identity and the capacity for independent thought and action.
3. So socialisation does not make people merely conform.
_Source: NCERT Class XI Sociology, Introducing Sociology, Ch 4 Culture and Socialisation, "Socialisation and Individual Freedom", p. 78_
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