alleryHearing different rules at home and with friends shows that agencies:
Ado not affect adolescents
Bmatter only in infancy
Calways follow the school
Dmay pull in opposite ways
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. may pull in opposite ways
1. Socialisation in normal circumstances never reduces people to complete conformity.
2. There may be conflicts between socialising agencies, such as between school and home or home and peer groups.
3. So agencies can pull a person in different directions.
_Source: NCERT Class XI Sociology, Introducing Sociology, Ch 4 Culture and Socialisation, "Socialisation and Individual Freedom", p. 78_
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