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Agents of Socialization: Which Is Typically the Earliest?

Identify family as the typical earliest agent and distinguish an agent from a stage of socialization.

Question

Which of the following is typically the earliest agent of socialization?1. School2. Family3. Mass media4. Workplace

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This is Chapter 5, Section Quiz 14 of the second Canadian edition. The word typically matters: family includes caregiving arrangements rather than one required household structure. The answer identifies the usual earliest agent, without claiming that every child's circumstances follow the same sequence or that later agents are unimportant.